I'm happy to be a new member of the SDA family!

Dawgfish
Dawgfish Posts: 2,554
edited September 2009 in Vintage Speakers
Howdy fellow Club Polkers! I am happy to report that I am a proud new owner of some SDA-1Cs. I bought these form Reeltrouble 1 on the board Saturday. What a nice and cool guy he is and man does he have some nice gear! I have wanted a pair of SDAs for three years, especailly the 1Cs and they were well worth the wait. In the past when a pair would come up, they would be too far away for me to pickup, or if a pair did show up within reasonable driving distance (9 hours one way was my cutoff), I wouldn't have the funds. Finally everything worked out and I purchased an extremely well taken care of pair form a great CP member. These things sound great! Again they were well worth the wait and I couldn't be happier.
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited September 2009
    Reeltrouble 1 yeah he's ok..

    Congrats on your SDA 1C's. those are my next SDA's that I plan to own.. ;)
    PolkFest 2012, who's going>?
    Vancouver, Canada Sept 30th, 2012 - Madonna concert :cheesygrin:
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  • inspiredsports
    inspiredsports Posts: 5,501
    edited September 2009
    Dawgfish wrote: »
    Howdy fellow Club Polkers! I am happy to report that I am a proud new owner of some SDA-1Cs. I bought these form Reeltrouble 1 on the board Saturday. What a nice and cool guy he is and man does he have some nice gear! I have wanted a pair of SDAs for three years, especailly the 1Cs and they were well worth the wait. In the past when a pair would come up, they would be too far away for me to pickup, or if a pair did show up within reasonable driving distance (9 hours one way was my cutoff), I wouldn't have the funds. Finally everything worked out and I purchased an extremely well taken care of pair form a great CP member. These things sound great! Again they were well worth the wait and I couldn't be happier.

    You have some real first class speakers there!

    We've been conversing in another forum, but officially, Welcome Aboard!

    Did you ever score the Grado woody? The one I linked to went within a few dollars of retail list last night
    VTL ST50 w/mods / RCA6L6GC / TlfnknECC801S
    Conrad Johnson PV-5 w/mods
    TT Conrad Johnson Sonographe SG3 Oak / Sumiko LMT / Grado Woodbody Platinum / Sumiko PIB2 / The Clamp
    Musical Fidelity A1 CDPro/ Bada DD-22 Tube CDP / Conrad Johnson SD-22 CDP
    Tuners w/mods Kenwood KT5020 / Fisher KM60
    MF x-DAC V8, HAInfo NG27
    Herbies Ti-9 / Vibrapods / MIT Shotgun AC1 IEC's / MIT Shotgun 2 IC's / MIT Shotgun 2 Speaker Cables
    PS Audio Cryo / PowerPort Premium Outlets / Exact Power EP15A Conditioner
    Walnut SDA 2B TL /Oak SDA SRS II TL (Sonicaps/Mills/Cardas/Custom SDA ICs / Dynamat Extreme / Larry's Rings/ FSB-2 Spikes
    NAD SS rigs w/mods
    GIK panels
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  • george daniel
    george daniel Posts: 12,096
    edited September 2009
    Ted is on a board??? pine or oak?,,LOL--Congrats on your 1C's-- I'm assuming you have tubes,,or will have very soon--enjoy.
    JC approves....he told me so. (F-1 nut)
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,753
    edited September 2009
    Lasareath wrote: »
    (F1nut) worked on those 1C's

    Yep, I rubbed my dingus all over them.
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

    President of Club Polk

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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,753
    edited September 2009
    george daniel wrote: »
    Ted is on a board??? pine or oak

    Hehe.......
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

    President of Club Polk

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  • Dawgfish
    Dawgfish Posts: 2,554
    edited September 2009
    Thanks to all!

    Ted mentioned that Jesse had worked on them. He did a great job. The fabric is extremely nice on these. I love the RDO tweeter upgrade also.

    I didn't score the Grado Woody. The bidding got a little higher than I wanted to go considering my recent expendentures. It's ok, I am extremely with my system right now considering all of the recent upgrades I have made to it. The Grado can wait for another day, I have enough new things to enjoy and break-in to last me for a pretty good while.

    I have recently added a Grant B-283 tube buffer to the system and upgraded the stock 6J1 tubes with some Mullard 8100s and added some Herbies tube dampers. This thing made a huge improvement to the system! I will definitely be adding a tube pre or tube amp in the future (or maybe a tube CDP). Thanks to all again. I'm glad to be a part of the family!

    Steve
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  • Dawgfish
    Dawgfish Posts: 2,554
    edited September 2009
    F1nut wrote: »
    Yep, I rubbed my dingus all over them.

    Thanks for letting me know. I'm going to go home and spray them now!
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  • maandjojo
    maandjojo Posts: 293
    edited September 2009
    Hey Dawg, welcome to some great music listening. I'm sure you will hear sh@t you haven't heard before.

    Good luck,
    Joe
    Joe
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  • Ron Temple
    Ron Temple Posts: 3,212
    edited September 2009
    Dawgfish wrote: »
    Thanks for letting me know. I'm going to go home and spray them now!
    You do know that the mottled black and white finish is not stock, right? :eek:

    Combo rig:

    Onkyo NR1007 pre-pro, Carver TFM 45(fronts), Carver TFM 35 (surrounds)
    SDA 1C, CS400i, SDA 2B
    PB13Ultra RO
    BW Silvers
    Oppo BDP-83SE
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  • kcoc321
    kcoc321 Posts: 1,788
    edited September 2009
    Dawgfish wrote: »
    ...
    I didn't score the Grado Woody. The bidding got a little higher than I wanted to go considering my recent expendentures. ....The Grado can wait for another day, I have enough new things to enjoy and break-in to last me for a pretty good while.....

    Hi Steve, Since you mentioned wanting one, I remembered seeing this one on our local CL. I don't know if it a good deal, looks like the Sonata Statement is $600 new and the PH-1 is $500 new (looking at Audiogon sales) I don't have the funds nor the TT, but I thought I would give a heads up, if you are interested.
    He wants $300 For the Sonata, or $550 for the cart + a PH-1. can tell you he has listed it a couple of times, but has not yet dropped the price.

    Cartridge only
    http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/ele/1379686458.html
    Cartridge & PH-1
    http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/ele/1383565575.html

    PS: based on this Audiogon ad, the the Statement is .5mv output
    http://www.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?anlgcart&1256597634&/Grado-Sonata-1-new-model-Free-
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  • Fongolio
    Fongolio Posts: 3,516
    edited September 2009
    Congrats on the 1C's. I've had mine a couple of months now and they just sound sweeter everytime I play them.
    SDA-1C (full mods)
    Carver TFM-55
    NAD 1130 Pre-amp
    Rega Planar 3 TT/Shelter 501 MkII
    The Clamp
    Revox A77 Mk IV Dolby reel to reel
    Thorens TD160/Mission 774 arm/Stanton 881S Shibata
    Nakamichi CR7 Cassette Deck
    Rotel RCD-855 with modified tube output stage
    Cambridge Audio DACmagic Plus
    ADC Soundshaper 3 EQ
    Ben's IC's
    Nitty Gritty 1.5FI RCM
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  • BB3
    BB3 Posts: 297
    edited September 2009
    That's awesome Dawgfish.

    Congratulations on the purchase and I wish you many years of just wonderful listening.
    BB3
    Sony 52in.XBR6
    Sony 32in.XBR6
    Anthem AVM50V
    Anthem PRE-2L
    Sonic Frontiers SFCD-1
    Carver C-9
    Carver C-19 PreAmp
    Carver C-16 PreAmp
    2-Carver Silver 7-T's
    4-Carver TFM55's
    2-Carver TFM35's
    1-Carver TFM25
    Carver 490T
    Denon DCD1560
    Sony BDP-S350
    Sony PS3
    Nintendo Wii
    Panasonic DMK23DVR

    Speakers :

    PolkAudio SDA-SRS
    PolkAudio SDA-SRS 1.2TL
    PolkAudio SDA-CRS+(Compliments Of Mr. Jim Thomas"jtgranby")
    PolkAudio RTA-15TL
    PolkAudio M3
    3-Velodyne F-1500's
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,463
    edited September 2009
    BB3 wrote: »
    That's awesome Dawgfish.

    Congratulations on the purchase and I wish you many years of just wonderful listening.
    BB3

    Agreed man, congrats! Let me be the first to warn you that the longer you listen to these, the greater your desire will be for more. I caution you to listen with caution lest you end up with the big dawgs in the house.;)
    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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  • comfortablycurt
    comfortablycurt Posts: 6,745
    edited September 2009
    Nice! Congrats!

    I'd like to get some 1C's eventually...or possibly some 2B's with the TL mod...but there are some other speakers I've gotta try before I continue down the SDA path. Namely some Tyler Acoustics...:cool:
    The nirvana inducer-
    APC H10 Power Conditioner
    Marantz UD5005 universal player
    Parasound Halo P5 preamp
    Parasound HCA-1200II power amp
    PolkAudio LSi9's/PolkAudio SDA 2A's/PolkAudio Monitor 7A's
    Audioquest Speaker Cables and IC's
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  • bluecomet
    bluecomet Posts: 1,118
    edited September 2009
    Nice pick up. Congrats. Great speakers for a medium size room that are wife friendly. Are you going to use them in a 2 channel system or HT. Either way you will be happy with them. Enjoy.
    Polk HT system 1: LSIC, LSI25 mains, LSI F/X rears, Lsi F/X rear centers,
    Yamaha RX-V2500 System, Carver A753 3 channel amp.

    Polk HT system 2: , SRT system with f/x 1,000's rear speakers on 7.1 system currently using Onkyo TX-RZ820 receiver, powered by Sunfire Grand Theater amp

    Polk Speaker collection: SDA SRS 1.2tl x 2, SRT system, SDA SRS 2 P/B, SDA 2A, SDA 1C Studio, SDA CRS+, Monitor 7B & 4, SRS 3.1tl, RTA 15tl, LS90, LSI 9
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  • Dawgfish
    Dawgfish Posts: 2,554
    edited September 2009
    Thanks again everyone! I am actually using them for both two channel and home theater since incorporating a pre with hometheater pass-through. I couldn't be happier with both, but two channel is so sweet with these things, especially playing vinyl. I have moved my former front mains, RTA-12Bs to sorround duties since they use similiar drivers to the SDAs. They make very good sorrounds for the SDAs! I know this is taboo, but I actually listened to some tunes in 7-channel stereo and the combination of SDA-1C mains, RTA-12B sorrounds, and RTi-10 rear sorrounds was awesome! I know, I know, I do listen to them in two channel mode the majority of time, but it's cool to experiment a little.


    Thanks for the links kcoc321. I have pretty much spent my audio budget for the next couple of months with all of the new additions, otherwise I would jump all over this. One of these days I will introduce one of those wood bodied Grados into the system, or the Dynavector, or the ClearAudio Arum Beta. I am really enjoying the Denon DL-160 with it now. Thanks again to everyone!
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  • Conradicles
    Conradicles Posts: 6,134
    edited September 2009
    Cool Dawg. SDA's rule.
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  • ben62670
    ben62670 Posts: 15,969
    edited September 2009
    Cool to see you hooked up with my favorite SDA's. Tubes and 1C's are definite match.
    Please. Please contact me a ben62670 @ yahoo.com. Make sure to include who you are, and you are from Polk so I don't delete your email. Also I am now physically unable to work on any projects. If you need help let these guys know. There are many people who will help if you let them know where you are.
    Thanks
    Ben
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,215
    edited September 2009
    Welcome to the SDA machine.........
    ~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~
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