Looking forward to L800 but have concerns, what are your thoughts?
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By the looks of it, the term SDA is the only thing they share.The Gear... Carver "Statement" Mono-blocks, Mcintosh C2800 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
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nooshinjohn wrote: »Just speculation on my part, but I wonder what influence the massive power port firing out the bottom has on the imaging issues everyone talks about with the L800. From my experience with the L200, there was a bunch of sound coming from the back.
I have never heard a set of SDA have the difficulties the new ones are said to have, and the major functional difference is that port.
SDA operates above 370hz and I believe is limited in upper frequency as well but has a tweeter for some of that range. The port tuning is definitely non directional. I can’t hear or localize it so the power port is doing it’s job to minimize port noise and chuffing even at high volumes. I must so say the L800 plays deep at low volumes and scales well up to a point.- Living Room Music-2.1 Polk Legend L800 | SVS SB1000Pro | McIntosh C70 | McIntosh MA5200 (Treble) | McIntosh MC452 (Bass) | Sublimeacoustic K231 Active xover | Denon DP-2500A | Denafrips Ares II | Marantz HD-CD1 | Belkin Soundform Connect | iPad Pro USB to DAC
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nooshinjohn wrote: »Just speculation on my part, but I wonder what influence the massive power port firing out the bottom has on the imaging issues everyone talks about with the L800. From my experience with the L200, there was a bunch of sound coming from the back.
I have never heard a set of SDA have the difficulties the new ones are said to have, and the major functional difference is that port.
SDA operates above 370hz and I believe is limited in upper frequency as well but has a tweeter for some of that range. The port tuning is definitely non directional. I can’t hear or localize it so the power port is doing it’s job to minimize port noise and chuffing even at high volumes. I must so say the L800 plays deep at low volumes and scales well up to a point.
This answered my next question: if the second tweeter was a part of the SDA circuit like the first gen SDA-CRSs.2ch rig: Speakers: Magnepan LRS w/Magna Riser stands Preamplifier: Parasound P5 Amplifier: Parasound A23 CDP: Pioneer DV-563A Cables: Wireworld Equinox 7 XLR ICs, Wireworld Ultraviolet 7 USB, AudioQuest Q2s, AudioQuest NRG X(preamp)
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I only had to hear the positive side of this review and i was sold.
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Check page 14 and the next couple pages after. We've had some solid discussion related to this review.Mikey081057 wrote: »
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3ezBecK788
I didn't read the whole thread so apologies if this was previously posted
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You ordered a pair?The Gear... Carver "Statement" Mono-blocks, Mcintosh C2800 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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I only had to hear the positive side of this review and i was sold.displayname wrote: »
Check page 14 and the next couple pages after. We've had some solid discussion related to this review.Mikey081057 wrote: »https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3ezBecK788
I didn't read the whole thread so apologies if this was previously posted
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Yes John. Black ash ,coming from Melbourne to Perth which is a couriers 3 day non stop drive so I should have them within 5to 7 days. I don’t have the space for them but I’ll make them work!nooshinjohn wrote: »You ordered a pair?
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Will be a sweet shoot out, your modded sda versus the L800!- Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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@VR3 we'll need an Abbot L800 upgrade to be fair!
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I was interested in the route. Congrats on your speakers!
36 h (3,417.1 km) via National Highway A1
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BlueBirdMusic wrote: »I was interested in the route. Congrats on your speakers!
36 h (3,417.1 km) via National Highway A1
Oh dear! That route crosses the Nullarbor Plain, which is the area where hitchhiker Jamie Lee Curtis was being pursued by a killer in the film "Road Games".
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Correction. Thank you. 3 days with stops .
I have done the crossing over the Nullarbor whilst in the 3rd Royal Australian Regiment from Sydney to Perth and back 3 times and this was a 3 day ride only stopping for feeds!😀BlueBirdMusic wrote: »I was interested in the route. Congrats on your speakers!
36 h (3,417.1 km) via National Highway A1BlueBirdMusic wrote: »I was interested in the route. Congrats on your speakers!
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@ptrooper - I believe you win the award for furthest traveled to get a pair of speakers to feed your audio hobby. Wow!
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ptrooper - I believe you win the award for furthest traveled to get a pair of speakers to feed your audio hobby. Wow!
Tom
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Sorry Tom.I got a bit carried away talking about the distance which i had forgotten the time it takes to drive ! I definately wouldn't drive to pick them up.couriers would be far cheeper considering fuel prices here!
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Polks demo room.How far apart do you think these speakers are?
That's one of the demo rooms at the old Polk HQ in Baltimore. The demo rooms at the current ARAD facility are much larger.
BTW, that's the back of Polk Paul's head. Political Correctness'.........defined
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This is the space my L 800’s will have with a maximum of 4 ft between them, they'll be the best telly speakers in the house 😀,
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why would you pay that much for speakers if your setup will not allow them get anywhere near their full potential ? like buying a souped up race car when the speed limit is 40 mph all over your state.Amplifiers: Norma IPA 140, MasterSound Compact 845, Ayre v6xe, Consonance Cyber 800
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My soundproof theatre room has two sets of SDA SRS with the Vr3 abbot Mods and a Lsim706 ctr These are run by 3 x Sunfire signiture 2’s,this 7 mtr x 6 mtr room is only 2 mtrs to the left through the double doors In the pics . I can move house or room with the L800’s anytime but I am hoping one sunfire signiture 2 will allow the L800’s to fill the current room being 10 mtr x 6 mtr with a nice balance of sound from low volumes to reasonable lvls and if I want to do some serious listening I’ll move them.If they are anything like the srs,they will fill this room without any problems!
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@ptrooper
Your place looks very nice...
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Audiholics L800 SDA Speaker Unboxing & Setup
https://youtu.be/6MLgmBm-LtE
Interesting as he touches on the type of amp you SHOULDNT be using with this.
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Interesting. Looking forward to more
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TopperDude wrote: »Audiholics L800 SDA Speaker Unboxing & Setup
Interesting as he touches on the type of amp you SHOULDNT be using with this.
Looking forward to his actual review.
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TopperDude wrote: »Audiholics L800 SDA Speaker Unboxing & Setup
Pretty good video until he suggested using unused channels on your AVR to bi-amp them for "more power". After that he lost most of his credibility. -
TopperDude wrote: »Audiholics L800 SDA Speaker Unboxing & Setup
Pretty good video until he suggested using unused channels on your AVR to bi-amp them for "more power". After that he lost most of his credibility.
There's only one thing to add to this...
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I bi-amped my home theater system with my mother's old Panasonic cassette recorder.
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Completely agree.
