Thoughts on SDA's...

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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 365
    Reminds me of school ground jam pile.
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  • [Deleted User]
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    @K_M , you came into this thread and stated over and over that SDA was an effect, something you can just turn on and off.

    The members of this Forum are trying to help you and everyone else that may be confused, to understand the differences in certain technologies and what is best.

    Read the SDA Law that I laid out and the link that @heiney9 has provided. They are excellent resources.
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  • K_M
    K_M Posts: 1,632
    Okay maybe I am not understanding what you guys are meaning by the word effect, or why it seems offensive.

    I gather some find the word "offensive", or wrong, but after reading over several other SDA threads, I saw the term "Effect" used by many.

    I understand fully how it works and why, and it can be turned off simply by disconnecting the connecting cable.
    EFFECT:
    "a change that is a result or consequence of an action or other cause."

    "cause (something) to happen; bring about."

    When the SDA speakers are employed, the effect of them being used is a different soundstage, than when they are not used.

    So to me that implies the STEREO DIMENSIONAL ARRAYS are indeed effecting the overall soundstage.

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  • K_M
    K_M Posts: 1,632
    KenCustomerService wrote: »
    @K_M , you came into this thread and stated over and over that SDA was an effect, something you can just turn on and off.

    The members of this Forum are trying to help you and everyone else that may be confused, to understand the differences in certain technologies and what is best.

    Read the SDA Law that I laid out and the link that @heiney9 has provided. They are excellent resources.

    I never said it was AN effect, I said it was The SDA effect.
    Meaning, by using the Dimensional Arrays, it creates a different soundstage.

    So the effect of the SDA array (Stereo dimensional array) being used, results in a different sound than when it is not obviously.

    I am not saying it is a "Sound Effect", but that the dimensional drivers effect the sound, and they do.
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,398
    edited August 2017
    Wow, just let it go........There are numerous other threads where you clearly call it an effect, not the SDA effect.
    "Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Puritan Audio PSM136 Pwr Condtioner & Classic PC's | Legend L600 | Roon Nucleus 1 w/LPS - Tubes add soul!
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  • crashb4
    crashb4 Posts: 222
    nbrowser wrote: »
    SDAs rock!

    /thread end. :)

    +1 SDAs rock!
    +1 thread end.
    Schiit Freya+, Krell KAV-250a, R-Pi network streamer, 8Tb NAS, Thorens TD-145 MKIII with Ortofon 2M red, Polk: Monitor-10B, SDA-1A, SDA-SRS
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  • msg
    msg Posts: 10,450
    edited August 2017
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  • Emlyn
    Emlyn Posts: 4,620
    edited August 2017
    It's not offensive, just incorrect. The SDA drivers affect (make a difference to) the soundstage presented by the speakers compared to traditional stereo speakers through their physical acoustic properties. A pair of SDA speakers effects (brings about) a more spacious soundstage than traditional speakers because of their physical properties which remove from perception a negative artefact inherent in using two speakers.

    An alternative way of looking at this is if someone (me) added a pair of Radio Shack super tweeter modules on top of their cheapo speakers back in the early 1980s to get more extended high frequencies, that action affected the sound produced by the system through acoustics by adding something physical. That something added was not an effect, although it did affect the overall sound and someone could say they liked the effect of adding them. That still wouldn't make the super tweeters an effect. Cranking up the treble control on the old console stereo to try and get a similar outcome without using those super tweeters was the act of using an effect.
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  • mikeyb128
    mikeyb128 Posts: 2,885
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  • Inscrutabl0915
    Inscrutabl0915 Posts: 47
    Fairly new here ... getting my bearings before posting much ...

    I think I stumbled into the Wayback Machine and dropped into the old RAO newsgroup
    ... fellow old-timers will cringe/know what I mean ... those of you never exposed, count yourself lucky :)



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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 26,928
    Emlyn wrote: »
    It's not offensive, just incorrect. The SDA drivers affect (make a difference to) the soundstage presented by the speakers compared to traditional stereo speakers through their physical acoustic properties. A pair of SDA speakers effects (brings about) a more spacious soundstage than traditional speakers because of their physical properties which remove from perception a negative artefact inherent in using two speakers.

    An alternative way of looking at this is if someone (me) added a pair of Radio Shack super tweeter modules on top of their cheapo speakers back in the early 1980s to get more extended high frequencies, that action affected the sound produced by the system through acoustics by adding something physical. That something added was not an effect, although it did affect the overall sound and someone could say they liked the effect of adding them. That still wouldn't make the super tweeters an effect. Cranking up the treble control on the old console stereo to try and get a similar outcome without using those super tweeters was the act of using an effect.

    Give it up bro. Heres a hammer go wack yourself in the head you'll get more satisfaction. Some old crap with her.. twist words, distort the truth, deny and obfuscate. Then say oh yea that's not what i meant .... she is so misunderstood. Let the pity party begin.
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