Rex81
Well-Known Member
I'm not a fan of their passive woofers.
Why is that?
I'm not a fan of their passive woofers.
Why is that?
I like tight bass.
All the bass in every SDA I've heard was plenty tight. Maybe not overly tight, but natural, musical, and low distortion. That passive is a real wonder if you ask me.
Now, I have heard loose bass on SDAs, but that was when they were hooked up to a receiver that wasn't giving them enough current.
It didn't cut it for me when I listened to jazz with an upright bass. I had some M10s and 5JRs too.
I'm not dissing Polks. They are fine speakers and I like them. I've gone through dozens of vintage and new speakers. It's made me picky and I know what I like.
No disrespect to the vintage monitor series, as I've enjoyed the ones I owned in the past, but the SDA line is quite a step above them. Especially in the bass department.
Not all SDA 2s are created equal. I had some 2s with interconnects and they sounded fine, but I'm not a fan of their passive woofers.
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The Polks are one of the better "vintage" speakers. But I was always striving for better sound. There is also two variations of the SDA-2. One has one tweeter and two mids. Mine had two tweeters and three mids, along with the passive woofer.I know I'm really late to this post but I have a pair of these and they are great. I've kept them all of these years because of their sound. Like one pixel I'm not crazy about the passive woofers and mine are not set up correctly and they sound really nice.
The Polks are one of the better "vintage" speakers. But I was always striving for better sound. There is also two variations of the SDA-2. One has one tweeter and two mids. Mine had two tweeters and three mids, along with the passive woofer.
The Polks are one of the better "vintage" speakers. But I was always striving for better sound. There is also two variations of the SDA-2. One has one tweeter and two mids. Mine had two tweeters and three mids, along with the passive woofer.
There are two models of the SDA 2 that have two tweeters, three mid-drivers and a single passive radiator. The original had SL1000 tweeters while the next version had SL2000 tweeters. One tweeter is stereo and the other dimensional. Both of those models are subpar examples of SDA speakers. The later models are vastly superior.
Other later SDA models that include the number 2 are as follows,
SDA 2A
SDA 2B
SDA SRS 2
SDA SRS 2.3
SDA SRS 2.3TL
Using a passive radiator instead of a port offers considerably lower distortion resulting in tight, accurate bass. However, you need to drive SDA's with a high current power source to get out of them what they are capable of. Receivers, AVR's and budget amps aren't going to cut it