Polk Audio SDA-SRS

I also forgot to mention, I have a friend that drives his with a sansiu 9090db and sometimes with a g-8700

Actually they sound quite good on the g8700!!

Dallas is a city I want to visit one day. Seems to be a beautiful city with lots of beautiful women.

I know I suggested this before but you really need to concentrate on a excellent power source and a pre-amp. When I was running my SRS2's with the following units I progressively heard better and better sound. The better the power supply the better they sounded and sound great at lower levels too.
I had used a Cambridge Audio A500 integrated amp at maybe 65 wpc and they sound nice but this fine little IA didn't do them justice. I gotta say for a little guy this IA is great.
Then a Carver M-1.5t at 350 wpc and things picked up a little but not what I wanted/expected. Maybe it is because this amp is old and needs to be re-capped.
Then a Adcom 5400 with a Adcom 450 pre and that was a nice combination but for me lacked the raw power I needed.
Now I have a Belles 350a that is awesome. High current, excellent design and damn good when it comes to controlling all those drivers. Yeah it cost more than a average amp but your not driving average speakers. Anything short of a high current, high powered, high quality amp and your cheating yourself and your speakers. Of course if you go to a tube amp you don't have to concern yourself as much with the power, so to speak.
A high quality Amp/tube Pre-amp combo will take you to a new world. Of course you'll need IC's to match the performance too. It does not seem to end
Have fun with what ever you do.

I have moved up the food chain of amplification and can only add the following to what my CP brothers have said. I started with an Onkyo at 80wpc then to a Denon 5700 at 140 wpc then to a Sunfire 2 X 300 finally to the Sunfire Signature at 425 wpc. My observations are that, yes the more wattage the louder you can make it but the more important aspect, to me, was the clarity and soundstage width and depth at normal listening levels. The improvement in SQ as the wattage increased was pretty dramatic. Subtle background sounds that were non existent in the Onkyo became beautifully displayed with the Sunfires. I usually use a RS db meter and set my listening levels to about 88 db's. The most noteable aspect is the soundstage width and depth with the 1.2's. It is literally like having headphones on with sounds coming from the entire breadth and width of an 18'0" X 8'0" wall. The more intriguing part to me is all of the subtle little sounds like drumstick strikes, fingers sliding on strings, singers breathing etc, etc. are the beauty of high quality sound not just loud. FWIW my 2c.

F1nut wrote: »

I'm sure the high's seem tame compared to what you are use to.

Jesse I was looking for my treble knob. Did you take it so I couldn't turn it up ???

davis419b wrote: »

I tried the Marantz 2325 and it is definately out. Then I tried the Yamaha cr-3020 and it was good but not as good as the Sansui 8080db. It is amazing how good these speakers sound with the Sansui. Not having alot of luck finding big Carvers yet. Not really sure yet how the tweeter aray works just yet. It seems as though the second one down on the left speaker and the third one down on the right speaker are not working.

Forget the Carver stuff and go for a Sansui AU 20000 or perhaps the BA 5000.

I would like to shoot myself in the head for letting the AU20000 I had get away.:cool:

davis419b wrote: »

As far as what would I have to put this way. I have 14 pair of klipsch speakers which 4 of them are Klipschons in my home theater. I have 21 vintage 70's receivers in cluding Sansui, Marantz, Pioneer, Kenwood, Yamaha and Harman Kardon im my collection. I am not afraid to spend money but I just wanna be sure it was well spent. All others rooms including the garage have Klispch speaakers with Sansui receivers. My living room is going to be the Polk Audio room and I hope it sounds the best !

Thanks, Don

You need help.

Help to clear all that stuff out, that is, if you have a nice vintage Sansui or even better a Luxman to sell let me know.

Yep 1.2tl's you want RDO-198's

Not only was it normal... It was COMMONPLACE.

The SL-3000 tweeters denote the TL designation

If they are SRS 1.2's the speakers are 6 ohm. Your pioneer is putting out more watts per channel than 150 at 8 ohms. Probably in the 175 range. It is decent for these speakers but you would get a fuller sound with a solid state amp in the 200+ range. Many of us use 200+ watt amps to experience the complete range of these speakers. Is it mandatory to have one no. Would your speakers benefit from one yes. If you go with a tube amp, you don't need many watts to power the speakers properly. If you live close to your neighbors, I doubt if you would want to play your speakers that loud. So if you enjoy them and like the sound sit back and enjoy the music. There is always someone who is going to tell you about a better amp or speakers. If you go down that road you will never be satisfied. If you feel your system is lacking there are many opinions here to try and help you.