Fixing an original SDA-1! Yay me!

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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,463
    edited August 2009
    I am sorry that I did not get back to you... yes I am, and this amp is all I could ever want for HT... I would love a dedicated two channel for the big Polks though.
    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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  • JohnLocke88
    JohnLocke88 Posts: 1,150
    edited August 2009
    nooshinjohn wrote: »
    I am sorry that I did not get back to you... yes I am, and this amp is all I could ever want for HT... I would love a dedicated two channel for the big Polks though.

    PM incoming... I think I've jacked this thread enough ;)
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  • snow
    snow Posts: 4,337
    edited August 2009
    lakedmb wrote: »
    Troll? Hardly, just an enthusiast who doesn't believe in stroking my ego with the price of my cables.

    I have lately become quite interested in Polk Audio speakers, due to some very nice finds on Craigslist. I recently picked up some M5Jr+'s that I have really enjoyed. I snagged a set of LS-70's, but wasn't very impressed with them. After, reading another forum members review of the LS-90's, I am very interested in giving them a listen.

    Have a great day.
    It has nothing to do with stroking ones ego, my comment has everything to do with someone who has never tried the gear that he is putting down but jumps in with negative comments and or links simply to stir up the **** that bothers me, that is being a troll ;)

    The total value retail of my 2 channel system speakers preamp amp source is less than 15k so for me buying anything that costs more than lets say $1500.00 speaker cable or IC wise would most likely be money not spent wisely even if I were to get 10% better sound quality by upgrading either my cables or IC's I would in my mind barely break even with cost versus gain but I do know from my own experience that yes changing your speaker cables and IC's can result in better sound.

    Anything more than this $$ value would be highly likely better spent elsewhere, if I ever felt that I had achieved everything I could on components and had no place else to make improvements then perhaps the amount spent on cables wouldnt matter.



    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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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,136
    edited August 2009
    lakedmb wrote: »
    Troll? Hardly, just an enthusiast who doesn't believe in stroking my ego with the price of my cables.

    That's like saying one buys high end gear to stroke ones ego . . . cut me a break!
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  • george daniel
    george daniel Posts: 12,096
    edited August 2009
    still goin' at it,,eh ?
    JC approves....he told me so. (F-1 nut)
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  • Bobsama
    Bobsama Posts: 526
    edited August 2009
    george daniel wrote: »
    still goin' at it,,eh ?

    After coming to a form of agreement with nooshinjohn, apparently there is still a lot of discussion on something off-topic. Oh well.
    polkaudio Monitor 5 Series II
    polkaudio SDA-1 (with the SL1000)
    TEAC AG-H300 MK III stereo receiver
    beyerdynamic DT-880 Premium (600 Ω) headphones
    SENNHEISER HD-555 headphones
    Little Dot MK IV tube headphone amp
    Little Dot DAC_I balanced D/A converter
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  • JohnLocke88
    JohnLocke88 Posts: 1,150
    edited August 2009
    hearingimpared wrote: »
    That's like saying one buys high end gear to stroke ones ego . . . cut me a break!

    Are you denying that there are those that DO buy high end audio gear, cars, houses, etc. because they are indeed status symbols? Don't you take pride in your gear? In it's quality, value and price? I do. Most people do to a certain extent.

    Just because you don't doesn't mean EVERYONE doesn't.
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  • AudioGenics
    AudioGenics Posts: 2,567
    edited August 2009
    Chaos in mission control
    I'm being followed wherever I go
    Somebody's wearing my clothes
    My mirror image is starting to show

    I've been in and out
    Had my turnabouts
    Baiting the hook that broke on...
    On neutral ground

    CHORUS
    I'm the leader of the two-track
    I'm going through Stereo Madness
    I'm not a mono-maniac
    Had enough of this Stereo Madness

    And someone lives on the fringe
    And one who's left has come back again
    Who thinks I'm taming the shrew
    When I'm involved in a dual rendezvous?

    I've been up and down
    Had my turnarounds
    Wasting advice to fuse
    A few of us

    CHORUS
    i'm the leader of the two-track
    I'm going through Stereo Madness
    I'm not a mono-maniac
    Had enough of this Stereo Madness

    ref: http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/d/dalbello/stereo_madness.html
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  • Bobsama
    Bobsama Posts: 526
    edited August 2009
    Hate to do this but I've got some more pictures. L SDA 2075 & R SDA 2075. :)
    polkaudio Monitor 5 Series II
    polkaudio SDA-1 (with the SL1000)
    TEAC AG-H300 MK III stereo receiver
    beyerdynamic DT-880 Premium (600 Ω) headphones
    SENNHEISER HD-555 headphones
    Little Dot MK IV tube headphone amp
    Little Dot DAC_I balanced D/A converter
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,136
    edited August 2009
    johnlocke88 wrote: »
    are you denying that there are those that do buy high end audio gear, cars, houses, etc. Because they are indeed status symbols? Don't you take pride in your gear? In it's quality, value and price? I do. Most people do to a certain extent.

    Just because you don't doesn't mean everyone doesn't.

    I said, "one," you said everyone.
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  • JohnLocke88
    JohnLocke88 Posts: 1,150
    edited August 2009
    JohnLocke88 wrote: »
    Are you denying that there are those that DO buy high end audio gear, cars, houses, etc. because they are indeed status symbols? Don't you take pride in your gear? In it's quality, value and price? I do. Most people do to a certain extent.

    Just because you don't doesn't mean EVERYONE doesn't.
    hearingimpared wrote: »
    I said, "one," you said everyone.

    What's your point? If you want to argue semantics, I don't think you're going to win.

    The point I was making, and that everyone else but you seems to be getting, is that some people do buy gear for the brag factor.

    Go ask any logician (or anyone with a third grade education), my statement was valid.

    You're response has no merit or import.

    Bye. :rolleyes:
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  • JohnLocke88
    JohnLocke88 Posts: 1,150
    edited August 2009
    Bobsama wrote: »
    Hate to do this but I've got some more pictures. L SDA 2075 & R SDA 2075. :)

    Nice... what is the peerless going into?
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  • Bobsama
    Bobsama Posts: 526
    edited August 2009
    JohnLocke88 wrote: »
    Nice... what is the peerless going into?

    ATM, nowhere. :p I'm willing to trade it and a few bucks for a pair of SL1000's, though. In all likelihood, I'll hang onto it because I'm sure that, eventually, I'll need it as a spare.
    polkaudio Monitor 5 Series II
    polkaudio SDA-1 (with the SL1000)
    TEAC AG-H300 MK III stereo receiver
    beyerdynamic DT-880 Premium (600 Ω) headphones
    SENNHEISER HD-555 headphones
    Little Dot MK IV tube headphone amp
    Little Dot DAC_I balanced D/A converter
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  • JohnLocke88
    JohnLocke88 Posts: 1,150
    edited August 2009
    Bobsama wrote: »
    ATM, nowhere. :p I'm willing to trade it and a few bucks for a pair of SL1000's, though. In all likelihood, I'll hang onto it because I'm sure that, eventually, I'll need it as a spare.

    You can never have too many parts. Most of my parts are in working speakers, but they're ready to give their lives to science if something further up the speaker food chain comes along and needs organ donors. :D
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