What do you power your sda's with?
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00p225 wrote:Currently running my SDA-1C's with a 35wpc Eico HF-87 tube amp with EL34's. Previously a Soundcraftsmen PM-840, 200 wpc @ 8 ohms
DING DING DING!!!!! We have a winner, by a whole 5 less watts
"SOME PEOPLE CALL ME MAURICE,
CAUSE I SPEAK OF THE POMPITIOUS OF LOVE" -
I got the original SDA's in 86.
At first, I had an AKAI 35 wpc receiver which worked ok, nut I knew nothing really about what the SDA's could do then.
My next aquisition was a Kenwood KA-900 Audio Purist amp. Interesting amp, if I put bread on it, I could make my breakfast toast. This was an item I got from DAK elaectronics back in the late 80's, I blew it out once with the SDA's. The heat sink on this puppy could seat a few folks at a football game! Rated thd .003%.
But with the high end fading in the 69% range, I got more power. A Kenwood KA-900 straight amp. Rated power 100 WPC into 8 ohms, rated thd .09. My source goes into a BSR-3000 equalizer, then gets split, and I bi-amp the low end with the KM, and the high end with the KA. I have, in the last few days, rewired things, and don't get the hiigh end cutoff as much as I used to. I have ordered the polyswitches, and am considering oredering the upgrade to the SL-2000's.
I do not understand the emphasis on tube amps here, but I remember the old turntables and preamps, is there really an opinion that SS electronics can't do the job?
Also, if anyone has replaced the grill cloth, if they know what glues/apparatus to do it, please let me know.
Currently listening to: Phantom of the Opera
Recommended:
Elvis Costello: My Aim is True. Lots of weird guitar and organ chords
Thompson Twins: Into the Gap This is an extrordinarily powerful sonic experience, I would compare it to "Tubular Bells"
Yes: Close to the Edge A rock opera!
anything by Pink Floyd, but I agree Welcome to the Machine is probably best
If you have a digital copy of "Grease", the title track will make you almost wreck your car! -
djf wrote:I do not understand the emphasis on tube amps here, but I remember the old turntables and preamps, is there really an opinion that SS electronics can't do the job?
By no means is anyone saying that. Some just prefer the tube sound to SS sound. I'm using tube pre/ss amp combo at this time, but will be going to an all tube amp as soon as I can, but out of preference not necessity. "SOME PEOPLE CALL ME MAURICE,
CAUSE I SPEAK OF THE POMPITIOUS OF LOVE" -
My personal preference is low THD and dynamic range. I remember the first CD player I ever heard (A Sony CDP-200) and I was astounded by the dynamic range.(It was a Billy Joel cd).
Interesting that if I record a CD onto my 7.5 ips AKAI r2r, the playback sounds better on the r2r.
The SDA's are the best home sound I've ever heard. Some may sound better at low volumes, or at certain frequencies, but these are overall the best investment I ever made.
I don't wanna blow out any more amps, so I'm diggin for suggestions.
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djf- if you like Yes, try Fragile as well. Specifically, the beginning of track 4, tracks 6, 8, and 9. Hell, listen to the whole CD. So far, this is the best CD I have that I've found for listening to my SDA's....Ludicrous gibs!
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Saw Yes in concert in 73 at Geneseo college, right before Fragile came out, sat on the gym floor and wondered what all those people were smokin!
Still tryin to find Topographic Oceans locally.
Listenin right now to "Blood on the Tracks". -
SDA SRS 2 - ADCOM GFA-555
200 watts at 8 ohms
Using HK DPR1005 as pre
SDA 1B's - Nakamichi PA-5
100 watts at 8 ohms
Using Nakamichi CA-5 as preHT Rig
Polk SDA SRS 2.3tl - Anthem 2 SE
Polk CSi5 - Adcom 555
Polk Monitor 30 - HK DPR1005
SVS PB12 ISD/2
Denon DCD-1500II
Sony SXRD 60"
ShengYa CS-10
Basement Rig
Polk SDA SRS2
Carver 1.5t
Carver C2
Technics SLD202
Some Other Sony DVD/CDP -
I have an Ipod for sale with funky little ear thingies. Anybody interested?
,ooo4 WPC!!
Damn, I remember the KLH;s(excellent for classical). the JBL's, the Carvers and McIntosh's, one of the first components I owned was a Lafayette amp from Radio Shack. -
I think tube vs solid state on the sda series of speakers is just a matter of taste. Mainly, I feel a good quality tube amplifier just helps my sda-1c's in midrange tone/timbre, an area where they allready excel. The combo produces low fatigue listening for long periods.Main System
Pre - Homebrew 12au7 tube preamp
Amp - Eico HF-87 with EHEL34's
Source - Modded Toshiba 3950
Interconnects - DIY Belden
Speakers - Polk SDA-1C
Basement System
Pre - McIntosh C-28
Amp - McIntosh MC2100
Source - Modded Toshiba 3960
Tape - Pioneer RT-707
Turntable - Thorens TD150MKII with Denon DL-160
Speakers - Pioneer HPM-100 -
There are some sounds you can only hear when it's night.
Current: ABC, the Lexicon of love.
Heard a story that Martin Frye got so bent he flushed his gold lame jackect down a toilet in Strassbourg, but don;t know how reliable it is.... -
Adcom- GFA 555.
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Larry Chanin wrote:Hi Keith,
I'm using a Parasound HCA-2200II to power my SDA-1Cs.
220 watts RMS x 2, 20Hz-20kHz, 8 ohms
385 watts RMS x 2, 20Hz-20kHz, 4 ohms
I'm using a Parasound HCA-2003 to power my SDA-CRS+s.
200 watts RMS x 3, 20 Hz - 20 kHz, 8 ohms
300 watts RMS x 3, 20 Hz - 20 kHz, 4 ohms
Larry
That 2200 is beast, ain't she
Works great on my SRS's. At 5ohms nominal, I figure I'm getting around 350 per side.
WesLink: http://polkarmy.com/forums
Sony 75" Bravia 4K | Polk Audio SDA-SRS's (w/RDO's & Vampire Posts) + SVS PC+ 25-31 | AudioQuest Granite (mids) + BWA Silver (highs) | Cary Audio CAD-200 | Signal Cable Silver Resolution XLR's | Rotel Michi P5 | Signal Cable Silver Resolution XLR's | Cambridge Audio azur 840C--Wadia 170i + iPod jammed w/ lossless audio--Oppo 970 | Pure|AV PF31d -
I-SIG wrote:That 2200 is beast, ain't she
Works great on my SRS's. At 5ohms nominal, I figure I'm getting around 350 per side.
Wes
Hi Wes,
Yes, I'm very happy with it, but I've occassionaly thought it would nice to go bigger. I've tinkered with the idea of getting an HCA-3500:
Continuous Power Output
350 watts RMS per channel from 20 Hz-20 kHz into 8 W, both channels driven
500 watts RMS per channel from 20 Hz-20 kHz into 4 W, both channels driven
Remember our old thread on the subject?
Parasound HCA2200II or HCA3500 safe with SDAs?
Regards,
Larry -
SRS 2s being driven by a Sunfire Reference Stereo amp. 250 @ 8 and 500 @ 4. Cold as ice.
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djf,
I heard YES twice in Pittsburgh during the '73 - '75 period. Unbelievable sound! Rick Wakeman was tremendous! Where did you see them?
CarlCarl -
Larry Chanin wrote:Hi Wes,
Yes, I'm very happy with it, but I've occassionaly thought it would nice to go bigger. I've tinkered with the idea of getting an HCA-3500:
Continuous Power Output
350 watts RMS per channel from 20 Hz-20 kHz into 8 W, both channels driven
500 watts RMS per channel from 20 Hz-20 kHz into 4 W, both channels driven
Remember our old thread on the subject?
Parasound HCA2200II or HCA3500 safe with SDAs?
Regards,
Larry
I had forgotten about that one. I figure if there was really a problem, the blade-blade SRS's would've really shown it.
Wonder what the verdict is on the 3500? I'd love some more juice for the SRS's myself. I figure right now that $$$ is better spent on tweeters, binding posts, and crossover upgrades.
WesLink: http://polkarmy.com/forums
Sony 75" Bravia 4K | Polk Audio SDA-SRS's (w/RDO's & Vampire Posts) + SVS PC+ 25-31 | AudioQuest Granite (mids) + BWA Silver (highs) | Cary Audio CAD-200 | Signal Cable Silver Resolution XLR's | Rotel Michi P5 | Signal Cable Silver Resolution XLR's | Cambridge Audio azur 840C--Wadia 170i + iPod jammed w/ lossless audio--Oppo 970 | Pure|AV PF31d -
They are the original SDA-SRS's, as previewed in SR Nov, 85. w/ the SL2000 tweeters, I am unsure of a part number on the midranges, but they are stamped with a manufacture date of Nov 18, 1985.
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I have an original pair of SDA-SRS's that I puchased in 1986. I used two Adcom GFA-555's biwired in stereo for high and low freq's. You could warm your coffie on them. I upgraded to 565 mono blocks in the early 90's, and until a recent failure, they worked great. I just purchased a pristine and seldom used Adcom GFA-555MKII, until my mono amp is checked out. I think that I'm going to sell the mono-blocks because the upgraded 555MKII has better bass handling.
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djf wrote:They are the original SDA-SRS's, as previewed in SR Nov, 85. w/ the SL2000 tweeters, I am unsure of a part number on the midranges, but they are stamped with a manufacture date of Nov 18, 1985.
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twochannel wrote:I upgraded to 565 mono blocks in the early 90's, and until a recent failure, they worked great. I just purchased a pristine and seldom used Adcom GFA-555MKII, until my mono amp is checked out. I think that I'm going to sell the mono-blocks because the upgraded 555MKII has better bass handling.
That failure was likely due to the fact that the SDA-SRSs weren't made to be powered by mono blocks, bridged to mono or (other) non-common ground stereo amps. -
Bob- how would it have lasted nearly 10 years, then? Just curious...Ludicrous gibs!
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SRS 3.1TL's powered by Krell KAV250A (250wpc).
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Adcom GFA-565 mono blocks can be used with most SDA speakers that cannot use the A-1 speaker interface cable by connecting both amps negative speaker output together by using a jumper wire. This makes them common ground on the output side. If you don't make the Adcom amps common ground, you will damage the speakers crossover network before you damage the amp. Care must also be taken on the 120 volt input power to eliminate a possible ground loop, by connecting them on the same grounded circuit.
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nadams wrote:Bob- how would it have lasted nearly 10 years, then? Just curious...
I can't give you a definitive answer to that but I believe it was in the luck of the draw.
Years ago my brother had a pair of amps damaged in the same manor but it happend slowly over a long period of time. (Can't remember exactly but say around a year or more.) One amp was obviously badly damaged at that point and the other one was only just showing that it too was starting down the same road. Why not both at the same time and rate??? This was even after talking to the amp manufacturer about joining the two chassis together to create a common ground setup so we thought we had that covered.
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Sda 1c's powered by Belles 350A JC approves....he told me so. (F-1 nut)
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Hey George, i thought that deal was dead in the water. you lucky dog!there is a guy on the audiocircles who just bought the Belles 350 A and gave it a first impression mini review and some of the other heavy hitters over there also listened to it and were saying that it compares very favorably to the McCormack DNA 500. you must be in audio Nirvana right about now!thanks....WCW IIIgeorge daniel wrote:Sda 1c's powered by Belles 350ARogue Audio stereo 100 tube amplifier - Lector Zoe preamplifier with 6H30 pi's
.Audience AU24SE speaker and ic cables- Chord Qutest DAC - Black Cat Silverstar II 75ohm digital cable-Tyler Acoustics Linbrook Signature system with large bass cabinets to accommodate 10" Seas magnesium woofers.
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Long story short; agon,agree to buy,send mo. priority tracking(when I left the post office, I had a strange feeling that something was not right),3 days later No receipt,seems that the clerk had flipped the last two digits of the zip, seller gets a little concerned, puts it back up for sale,two weeks pass and "presto" the mail arrives, seller e-mails me, still has it, ships, got it last wednesday,meantime I'm rebuilding x-overs,so it sounds pretty darn good through 5 jrs and the uld-15 velo,I'll post pic's, part #'s and prices when my order of sonicaps arrive.I'm going to pull the trigger on the mono's with Klaus for the other set of 1c's that I have to pick up from another club member,got another tube pre in the makings,wife is happy since I've sold most of my other gear,,all I do is endorse checks for her deposits,,but she does not get ALL of it. Two things that I've always lived by,but never always act on them
#1-Trust your gut feeling (should have @ the post office)
#2- Careful what you ask/wish for, you just might get it.
Thanks for turning me on to Klaus,did he say that he has a 380 lb. amp :eek:
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yeah George,he has a 380 lb power amplifier. its a Symphonic Line Kraft 400 stereo unit. 450 wpc class A with banks of capacitors larger than 12 oz beer cans and you can fry an egg on it when it is cranked up! built in the 1990s and now available only by special order it retailed for $36,000 bucks and is still to this day considered one of the best sounding solid state amplifiers in existance.i also know a guy named Marbles over at the audio circles that owns a pair of Kraft 400 Monos! how cool is that ? thanks....WCW IIIgeorge daniel wrote:Long story short; agon,agree to buy,send mo. priority tracking(when I left the post office, I had a strange feeling that something was not right),3 days later No receipt,seems that the clerk had flipped the last two digits of the zip, seller gets a little concerned, puts it back up for sale,two weeks pass and "presto" the mail arrives, seller e-mails me, still has it, ships, got it last wednesday,meantime I'm rebuilding x-overs,so it sounds pretty darn good through 5 jrs and the uld-15 velo,I'll post pic's, part #'s and prices when my order of sonicaps arrive.I'm going to pull the trigger on the mono's with Klaus for the other set of 1c's that I have to pick up from another club member,got another tube pre in the makings,wife is happy since I've sold most of my other gear,,all I do is endorse checks for her deposits,,but she does not get ALL of it. Two things that I've always lived by,but never always act on them
#1-Trust your gut feeling (should have @ the post office)
#2- Careful what you ask/wish for, you just might get it.
Thanks for turning me on to Klaus,did he say that he has a 380 lb. amp :eek:Rogue Audio stereo 100 tube amplifier - Lector Zoe preamplifier with 6H30 pi's
.Audience AU24SE speaker and ic cables- Chord Qutest DAC - Black Cat Silverstar II 75ohm digital cable-Tyler Acoustics Linbrook Signature system with large bass cabinets to accommodate 10" Seas magnesium woofers. -
Any pic's of this monster :eek:JC approves....he told me so. (F-1 nut)
