Question.......SDA-1A
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thehaens@cox.net
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Picked up some SDA's yesterday,
http://clubpolk.polkaudio.com/forum...&threadid=29223
and haven't had a lot of time to listen to em' but here something is bothering me....again, I only had about 20 minutes of time to listen as the wife wanted to watch some reality dance competition. I really need a room to myself........anyway. First off they are being powered by a Parasound HCA-1500, fair power for the speakers. I have a Sony ES receiver handling the pre/pro duty. Anyway I played back some music, CD material. Placed the sony in 2 Channel, took a listen, and then placed the sony in auto decode, (puts the subs in the 2 channel lineup), When I put the subs in the equation the speakers were noticeably quieter.........(I have two PSW-150's)......turned off the subs, and the speakers got louder. Also I noted the speakers sounded better without the sub, but def. not enough low end for my taste....Unfortunately I can only place them 6 inches from the side of each wall, as the rest of my system spreads out along the entire wall. So I know I am not placing them in the optimum position. To be exact, they are 25" from the back wall.....6" from side wall, and approx 14 feet apart....
I am sure I am going to have more questions as I become engaged to these speakers, but just wondering if anyone has found the attenuation that I have when adding a sub. One more thing, I never had this attenuation with the RT-16's that were hooked up.
scott
http://clubpolk.polkaudio.com/forum...&threadid=29223
and haven't had a lot of time to listen to em' but here something is bothering me....again, I only had about 20 minutes of time to listen as the wife wanted to watch some reality dance competition. I really need a room to myself........anyway. First off they are being powered by a Parasound HCA-1500, fair power for the speakers. I have a Sony ES receiver handling the pre/pro duty. Anyway I played back some music, CD material. Placed the sony in 2 Channel, took a listen, and then placed the sony in auto decode, (puts the subs in the 2 channel lineup), When I put the subs in the equation the speakers were noticeably quieter.........(I have two PSW-150's)......turned off the subs, and the speakers got louder. Also I noted the speakers sounded better without the sub, but def. not enough low end for my taste....Unfortunately I can only place them 6 inches from the side of each wall, as the rest of my system spreads out along the entire wall. So I know I am not placing them in the optimum position. To be exact, they are 25" from the back wall.....6" from side wall, and approx 14 feet apart....
I am sure I am going to have more questions as I become engaged to these speakers, but just wondering if anyone has found the attenuation that I have when adding a sub. One more thing, I never had this attenuation with the RT-16's that were hooked up.
scott
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Don't know about the lower level thing with subs.
Is the Parasound 1500 common ground?
Do you have the interconnect cable?
These have a blade blade interconnect, right?Dodd - Battery Preamp
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Originally posted by hoosier21
Don't know about the lower level thing with subs.
Is the Parasound 1500 common ground?
Do you have the interconnect cable?
These have a blade blade interconnect, right?
The parasound is common ground........
Yes, interconnect is on, and works properly, did the left/right balance to check if all drivers were working and all is working. -
They are too far out from the back wall, way to far apart and as you indicated, too close to the side walls. With your current set up they are never going to sound right. The only thing that comes to mind about the sub situation is something with the way the pre/pro processes in auto decode.Political Correctness'.........defined
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I figured as much, unfortunately my audio racks, (Bello's), and TV are pushed back as far as they can go, so I would have to place the speakers behind the racks to get them closer. So, with that I will just have to live with it, or hook the RT's back up, and move the SDA's to another room.........
