Diy sda ic

stubby
stubby Posts: 723
edited September 2009 in DIY, Mods & Tweaks
Hi all, does anyone have a suggestion for which connector to use for a DIY SDA cable? I haven't seen an RCA plug which will work. And yes, this is for a pin/blade style cable. Thanks!!

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  • george daniel
    george daniel Posts: 12,096
    edited August 2009
    In the past,I've just removed the "collar" from an rca plug.If that is not your fancy,give Ben a jingle and he'll make you one.Good luck.
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  • Deadof_knight
    Deadof_knight Posts: 980
    edited August 2009
    Switch it over to a simple bannana plug !!!
    :cool: " He who dies with the most equipment wins Right ? "

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  • kawizx9r
    kawizx9r Posts: 5,150
    edited September 2009
    I had to use an older thread because I just didn't want to make a new one simply for a simple question. I got PM'd on AVSforum regarding my SDA 1C's and this is what it says -

    "Hi, nice sdas. If you find your sdas a little bright for music, I can send you a free cap to put on the top tweeter that will smooth out the highs like they should be. Let me know. It looks like this"

    attachment.php?attachmentid=31246

    Will this really work in my position having the stock SL2000 tweeters and unmodified crossover? I do find a slight harshness and wondered if this would really help out.

    -Freddy
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  • comfortablycurt
    comfortablycurt Posts: 6,745
    edited September 2009
    I've never heard of that...but the slight harshness could be easily remedied with a quad of RD0-194's. Very smooth sounding tweeters.
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  • kawizx9r
    kawizx9r Posts: 5,150
    edited September 2009
    comfortablycurt wrote: »
    I've never heard of that...but the slight harshness could be easily remedied with a quad of RD0-194's. Very smooth sounding tweeters.

    Oh trust me that mod is soon to come, I've already taped up the driver baskets and applied caulk cord in place of all the stock gaskets (to include the terminals).

    The guy even offered it to me for free if I wanted some for my SDA's, I mean what other such mod is as cheap as this one....other than removing the grille during use lol.

    Money right now is going to go into my DIY sub project :D
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited September 2009
    kawizx9r wrote: »
    Will this really work in my position having the stock SL2000 tweeters and unmodified crossover? I do find a slight harshness and wondered if this would really help out.

    -Freddy
    NO!

    Unless you like all sorts of peaks and nulls in your frequency response.
    "He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you." Friedrich Nietzsche
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  • Ricardo
    Ricardo Posts: 10,636
    edited September 2009
    Ha ha ha. What a curse. Was that Candyliquour who PM'd you??
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited September 2009
    He goes by Cornholio or some other dumb name over there.
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  • kcoc321
    kcoc321 Posts: 1,788
    edited September 2009
    Face wrote: »
    NO!

    Unless you like all sorts of peaks and nulls in your frequency response.

    wow really, a 2.2uF cap will do all that?

    So then putting a SL1000 or SL2000 tweeter on a Peerless x-over with the extra 4.7uF cap (or the 6.7uf) would be twice as bad?

    I have been wondering about that....
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited September 2009
    No, that would only affect the crossover frequency.
    "He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you." Friedrich Nietzsche
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  • Ron Temple
    Ron Temple Posts: 3,212
    edited September 2009
    Ricardo wrote: »
    Ha ha ha. What a curse. Was that Candyliquour who PM'd you??
    Yes it was...: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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  • kawizx9r
    kawizx9r Posts: 5,150
    edited September 2009
    Er...yes it was cornhulio that PMed me about this. He even offered a pair for free to send them over, but I dont know who this candyliqour person is?
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  • comfortablycurt
    comfortablycurt Posts: 6,745
    edited September 2009
    kawizx9r wrote: »
    Er...yes it was cornhulio that PMed me about this. He even offered a pair for free to send them over, but I dont know who this candyliqour person is?

    cornholio and candyliquor are the same person...he was candyliquor here. One of the most famous trolls in Club Polk history. Luckily, I joined up right after he got banned, so I missed the epidemic.

    He's also the guy that decided an SL-2000 tweeter would be a great replacement for the tweeter in his CSi3.:rolleyes: I'd take his advice with a grain of salt...or better yet, an entire salt shaker.


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    Audioquest Speaker Cables and IC's
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited September 2009
    I'm sure it sounds great with that extra port.
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  • kawizx9r
    kawizx9r Posts: 5,150
    edited September 2009
    He posted me that link of his center channel, thought it was funny but wouldn't use it myself. So I take it this was pretty much Slowpolky times 100?
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  • comfortablycurt
    comfortablycurt Posts: 6,745
    edited September 2009
    kawizx9r wrote: »
    So I take it this was pretty much Slowpolky times 100?

    From what I've gathered, yes. Like I said, I joined up just after he got banned, so I missed out on it.

    You can still look up his old posts though if you're interested...it makes for some interesting reading if you're particularly bored.

    candyliquor35m was his screen name.
    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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  • Ron Temple
    Ron Temple Posts: 3,212
    edited September 2009
    comfortablycurt wrote: »
    From what I've gathered, yes. Like I said, I joined up just after he got banned, so I missed out on it.

    You can still look up his old posts though if you're interested...it makes for some interesting reading if you're particularly bored.

    candyliquor35m was his screen name.
    slowpolky was a toxic idiot. CL35 isn't a bad guy underneath his obsession.

    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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