my new stereo
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Emotiva!
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If ya get up to the Dallas TX area... you sure can! bring double hearing protection and some BBQ sauce and we can make a day of it.I've wanted a pair of these for a hundred years and finally acquired them in the Dallas area. They have not disappointed. I bought the
Emotiva gear as an alternative to spending thousands on a krell or levinson or mcintosh system. I believe this system is 1% less than any of them in sound quality and better in some ways. (Much cheaper) I have owned so much gear I cant remember it all and I think I have struck it on the head of the nail on this system. It is intense to say the least. The speakers are 6 ohms and the amps put out 500wpc at 8 ohms and 1000 at 4 ohms. so correct me if I'm wrong but that means 750 out of the amp at 6 ohm? Either way it's too much to bear at high volumes so I just idle along and listen to things at a reasonable level....... unless there is beer involved. I've studied the properties of beer for quite some time and have found that it is made of the same stuff earplugs are made of . All natural ingredients that came from planet earth.( rocks dirt and water.) and I also found when you are on a plane and swallow, your ears pop. That means your ears are connected to your swallowing reflex so when you drink beer it fills your ears with a natural earplug from the inside. Thats why beer protects your ears from high volume pink floyd sessions. School taught me that so kids, its important to study while in school!
Emotiva!
Active Member
So here is 4 and a half hours of work sealing drivers and dynamat extreme all spokes on drivers to stop ringing and make things better. After all was said and done, I put in some rolling stones and the difference was incredible. The soundstage widened, was deeper by about 2 feet and and the lows and highs and mids woke up from their sleep. It was a 40 dollar upgrade that made a 2
thousand dollar difference in sound. I used armaflex on drivers and x-over to seal them and used the dynamat extreme on tweets, and all drivers and on the back of the aluminum crossover cover. I highly recommend this to any speaker owner to do.Attachments
Emotiva!
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I'm in Dallas, if you want I can bring over some of my Frank Marino recordings and help you break in those new speakers.Nice system by the way.
Frank Marino is always welcome in my home.. lemme know if you get to rockwall sir.
cnh2
Super Member
Classic Polk 180+ lbs. monster SDAs! Can pressurize your room to ear-bleeding levels. Hope your room is 'big' enough to handle those...they need a lot of breathing room!
Enjoy. I run the much smaller SDA-2Bs on a Jolida tube amp. Smaller room...love that SDA effect!
cnh2
Enjoy. I run the much smaller SDA-2Bs on a Jolida tube amp. Smaller room...love that SDA effect!
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backinthelou
Well-Known Member
I love Polks too. Those are insane. I'd like to own a pair of those, but you need alot of room-that I don't have right now. I've owned SDA 2A's and a couple pair of Monitor 10's-still have a pair and working on acquiring another set of the SDA 2's. Wish I lived close to you. I'd love to feel those too.
Fast_Eddie
Upper-middle fi
Yes you can with an isolation transformer in the interconnect cord. they originally could be purchaced new from polk but I have used a far bigger transformer inline as the folks at the polk forum have used as a better replacement than the original one. It works like a charm.
Neat! I never knew that. Very cool!
But you still kinda look like a blockhead.
pioneervato
Lunatic Member
Those are some badass speakers! Hmmmm....are you and your SO in the witness protection program? :scratch2:
The S+M side of me would enjoy that....like being in a mosh pit at a Slayer concert.
Emotiva!
Active Member
Multiple reasons. They spanked a levinson to the ground along with a rotel 980 bx, modified denon poa 2200, and many other amps i've heard. The only way to get this much clean power for this price is to steal it or take another job! Read the reviews and you will find many good things said about these Chinese units. most transistors are Japanese in every other amp along with 95% of the rest of the parts in every other amp, cd player, reciever, or any other component that uses output transistors and power supply's I cant find a 1000 watt per channel tube amp for under 3 million dollars so I'm stuck with what I have.
pioneervato
Lunatic Member
I remember when they used to say that about Japanese electronics. "Made In Japan" was a phrase used to indicate inferior products. Boy, has that changed!
This sounds like someone that doesn't know what they're talking about:yes:
That is one seriously nice set up emotiva. Cold beer and big sda's:thmbsp:; really, does it get any better than that? I know I don't think so.
roadie1
Super Member
Very, very nice set-up. Emotiva pieces are on my short list after I sell some of my present gear.:yes:
Though I have no idea why some people like to threadcrap.
....R1
71Challenger
Super Member
Maybe a failed attempt at sarcasm? Just missing the smiley face?
For my part, great speakers, kickass ass amps and really nice Daisy Dukes
Emotiva!
Active Member
Absolutely 2 channel only. I don't have 7.1 ears or 10.1 ears I only have 2 and most cd's I play are stereo only... (its just better that way.) also when I play movies through this system It seems to surround you with sound even in the neighbors house. :thmbsp:
I played some Dave Mathews last night , proudest monkey and almost had a religious experience. Thats the clearest, cleanest, most dynamic song I've ever heard.
