SDA 4.6TL Placement Problems

Bubinga99
Bubinga99 Posts: 283
edited October 2009 in Vintage Speakers
Not sure how else to position these, but the bass is too pronounced, and they're so heavy to move around.
;)

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  • hoosier21
    hoosier21 Posts: 4,413
    edited October 2009
    disconnect 2 of them :)
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  • kawizx9r
    kawizx9r Posts: 5,150
    edited October 2009
    hoosier21 wrote: »
    disconnect 2 of them :)

    +1
    And let me have them ;)
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,463
    edited October 2009
    Bubinga99 wrote: »
    Not sure how else to position these, but the bass is too pronounced, and they're so heavy to move around.
    ;)

    Jesus... and my wife thought my 1.2tl's took up to much space.:D
    If I were you I would sell a set of those and put the cash towards a set of 1.2tl's andthen sell the other set. You will be well pleased.:)
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  • vc69
    vc69 Posts: 2,500
    edited October 2009
    kawizx9r wrote: »
    +1
    And let me have them ;)

    That is exactly what I thought!

    I'm certain the SDA effect is not possible with four of those puppies in play. Am I right?
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  • JohnLocke88
    JohnLocke88 Posts: 1,150
    edited October 2009
    where in the country are you bub? I want to see that in person....that's crazy.
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  • comfortablycurt
    comfortablycurt Posts: 6,745
    edited October 2009
    vc69 wrote: »

    I'm certain the SDA effect is not possible with four of those puppies in play. Am I right?

    That's a very good question...I would guess not. Or at least nowhere near as well.


    Very nice either way though! I wish I had a couple pairs of the big boys to play with!
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,753
    edited October 2009
    That's a wall of bad sound.
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,463
    edited October 2009
    F1nut wrote: »
    That's a wall of bad sound.
    you mean to much of a good thing;)...
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  • kcoc321
    kcoc321 Posts: 1,788
    edited October 2009
    That looks cool...I thought they were just 2 speakers until I looked closer...
    IDK how to help with "too much Bass"....

    Now when do you hear someone complaining about too much Bass??????

    Pardon my ignorance...but why did you reverse the outside two speakers?
    Wouldn't that cancel something out....or 'confuse' something....
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,753
    edited October 2009
    nooshinjohn wrote: »
    you mean to much of a good thing;)...

    Yeah yeah, that's what I meant.
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  • woodsman10b
    woodsman10b Posts: 408
    edited October 2009
    Im thinkin doctored up photo! but it looks awesome! lol
    Most of them only hear how loud it sounds, and the rest of us hear everything else - :rolleyes:
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  • maandjojo
    maandjojo Posts: 293
    edited October 2009
    Now you did it! You got John thinkin', " maybe I should look for another pair of 2.3TL's."
    They would sound great with that 1000 center channel you've got.

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  • nguyendot
    nguyendot Posts: 3,594
    edited October 2009
    I never understood people with great speakers, and then in their pictures there's always a piece of furniture directly in front of one of them. What's the point?
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited October 2009
    F1nut wrote: »
    That's a wall of bad sound.
    Crap, you beat me to it.
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  • Conradicles
    Conradicles Posts: 6,134
    edited October 2009
    Awesome TV.
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  • xsmi
    xsmi Posts: 1,798
    edited October 2009
    nguyendot wrote: »
    I never understood people with great speakers, and then in their pictures there's always a piece of furniture directly in front of one of them. What's the point?

    Wives or girlfriends. When they are involved you still have to fill the room with furniture.
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  • concealer404
    concealer404 Posts: 7,440
    edited October 2009
    xsmi wrote: »
    Wives or girlfriends. When they are involved you still have to fill the room with furniture.

    Gotta find the right one! Mine was ok with me nixing the idea of a coffee table because it would interfere with my setup. :D
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  • leroyjr1
    leroyjr1 Posts: 8,785
    edited October 2009
    Sell a pair and get yourself a brand new shiny flat screen TV.
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  • BIZILL
    BIZILL Posts: 5,432
    edited October 2009
    that cabinet gonna get hot.

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  • RCFGuitars
    RCFGuitars Posts: 159
    edited October 2009
    woodsman10b wrote: »
    Im thinkin doctored up photo! but it looks awesome! lol

    That's the first thing I thought too.
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,215
    edited October 2009
    No wonder the bass is too pronounced, dude. 2 sets of speakers?

    Bad, bad, bad move.

    Lose a set. Seriously. You are getting absolutely no true SDA whatsoever. I can only imagine the image smearing you are experiencing. All you are providing yourself with is sound [a lot of it] and it doesn't sound good, it just provides a lot of bad sound.
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  • artinaz
    artinaz Posts: 185
    edited October 2009
    >Im thinkin doctored up photo!

    I thought so too, since there is no edge between teh 2 speakers on the wood cabinet. However, if you look at the refelctions on the mid-drivers you will see that they are all different in the 4 speakers. Also, th lighting is consistent- all teh reflectiosn point away from teh center flash.

    If its a doctored photo, someone definitely did an intelligent job.
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  • concealer404
    concealer404 Posts: 7,440
    edited October 2009
    He's not running both sets i don't think. There's only ONE 2-channel amp up there.
    I don't read the newsssspaperssss because dey aaaallllllllll...... have ugly print.

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  • Bubinga99
    Bubinga99 Posts: 283
    edited October 2009
    woodsman10b wrote: »
    Im thinkin doctored up photo! but it looks awesome! lol

    Yep, the 4.6TL "Polk Jackalope" speakers are a doctored photo:)
    The top and bottom wood pieces were fudged to full width, and the seam in between the pairs was blended to make it look like one speaker. I put lefts next to rights because the driver symmetry made it look more dramatic for photo purposes ;o).
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  • concealer404
    concealer404 Posts: 7,440
    edited October 2009
    Bubinga99 wrote: »
    Yep, the 4.6TL "Polk Jackalope" speakers are a doctored photo:)
    The top and bottom wood pieces were fudged to full width, and the seam in between the pairs was blended to make it look like one speaker. I put lefts next to rights because the driver symmetry made it look more dramatic for photo purposes ;o).

    How did you deal with the flash reflection on the drivers, though? It's different on every single driver...
    I don't read the newsssspaperssss because dey aaaallllllllll...... have ugly print.

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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,463
    edited October 2009
    Bubinga99 wrote: »
    Yep, the 4.6TL "Polk Jackalope" speakers are a doctored photo:)
    The top and bottom wood pieces were fudged to full width, and the seam in between the pairs was blended to make it look like one speaker. I put lefts next to rights because the driver symmetry made it look more dramatic for photo purposes ;o).
    and here we were having a serious discussion about them:eek:


    Thanks jackass:p
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  • Bubinga99
    Bubinga99 Posts: 283
    edited October 2009
    Well, no, the 2 pairs of 2.3's are real. Just the 4.6TL "double wide 2.3's" that's fake.

    Never intended to leave them like this but couldn't resist hearing how they sound in this
    configuration. Oriented as shown in the pic, sounds pretty dull and thin. Putting lefts together and rights together improved it, but still lacking. Then unplugging both SDA cables was a large improvement from there, which I guess shows the double dose of difference signal on each side was a main cause. Plugging just one SDA cable in improved it from there, in that you could hear some SDA effects, and moving in close, about 3 feet away, sounded best. But one pair, one SDA cable, was the winner.
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