Fast track to SDAs

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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited July 2009
    I love mine for watching movies. Not only are they dimensional and dynamic, they are refined and real sounding.
    madmax
    Vinyl, the final frontier...

    Avantgarde horns, 300b tubes, thats the kinda crap I want... :D
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,380
    edited July 2009
    cnh wrote: »
    It's a bit infectious, you get on this site and you hear all the veterans talking about SDAs and the SDA effect....so you start wondering what is that effect....and you read the White Paper...and then you start to think OK...I think I know what this is..BUT WHAT DOES IT SOUND LIKE. Then a pair at a ridiculous price shows up and you say...well for a 2, 3 or 4 hundred...why not give these a try.

    You were thinking about upgrading your 2 channel in any case...and the vintage value is hard to argue with...plus you've got all the other guys nipping at your heels if you don't make your move because someone else will snap those up. And so, all of a sudden, you've got a pair of SDAs in your house and you're back on the site for HELP. Positioning, RDOs, crossovers, etc. And before you know it...you're 'polked'.

    cnh
    This is without any doubt the truest statement ever made by anyone here on the forum:D The second truest is that Lightman is a(n)...(insert your own derogatory statement here):p
    The Gear... Carver "Statement" Mono-blocks, Mcintosh C2300 Arcam AVR20, Oppo UDP-203 4K Blu-ray player, Sony XBR70x850B 4k, Polk Audio Legend L800 with height modules, L400 Center Channel Polk audio AB800 "in-wall" surrounds. Marantz MM7025 stereo amp. Simaudio Moon 680d DSD

    “When once a Republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil.”— Thomas Jefferson
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  • lightman1
    lightman1 Posts: 10,788
    edited July 2009
    Middle finger to you, John.;)
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  • I-SIG
    I-SIG Posts: 2,238
    edited July 2009
    madmax wrote: »
    I love mine for watching movies. Not only are they dimensional and dynamic, they are refined and real sounding.
    madmax

    I have yet to have a guest complain that my SRS's weren't good for movies.

    Wes
    Link: http://polkarmy.com/forums

    Panasonic TH-42PHD8UK 42" HDTV | Polk Audio SDA-SRS's (w/RDO's & Vampire Posts) + SVS PC+ 25-31 | AudioQuest Granite (mids) + BWA Silver (highs) | Cary Audio CAD-200 | Signal Cable Silver Resolution XLR's | Wyred 4 Sound STP/SE Pre | Signal Cable Silver Resolution XLR's | Cambridge Audio azur 840C--Wadia 170i + iPod jammed w/ lossless audio--Oppo 970 | Pure|AV PF31d
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  • snow
    snow Posts: 4,337
    edited July 2009
    nooshinjohn wrote: »
    This is without any doubt the truest statement ever made by anyone here on the forum:D The second truest is that Lightman is a(n)...(insert your own derogatory statement here):p
    True but he's one of our favorites. :p

    lightman1 wrote: »
    Middle finger to you, John.;)
    Here ya go russ :D



    REGARDS SNOW
    Well, I just pulled off the impossible by doing a double-blind comparison all by myself, purely by virtue of the fact that I completely and stupidly forgot what I did last. I guess that getting old does have its advantages after all :D
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  • lightman1
    lightman1 Posts: 10,788
    edited July 2009
    HEEHEE that's a keeper snowman! Thanks! You payin' attention John!!!
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  • ND13
    ND13 Posts: 7,601
    edited July 2009
    I have yet to hear anything that sounded artificial on SDAs, when set up and driven properly. I've owned 4 different sets of SDAs in the last 4.5 years and am breaking in a pair of Paradigm Mon 7 V2s(traded some tube singles I couldn't seem to have the time to sell) next to Ricardo's modded CRS+s and though neither are fully broken in yet, the Pdimes do only a couple of things better that the SDAs and the SDAs do several things better. The Pdimes are getting very musical, but just can't touch the versatility and soundstage of the SDAs.
    "SOME PEOPLE CALL ME MAURICE,
    CAUSE I SPEAK OF THE POMPITIOUS OF LOVE"
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