kevintomb
Well-Known Member
RTA11t for sure. 5jr+ was a great smaller one.
Most of the larger SDA models were quite nice.
Sold them all many years ago, and never cared for the SDA effect on stereo image. Not a failure, but something that some love and some simply do not love.
I remember when the marketing guy came to our place years ago, and tried to explain SDA. When some of us questioned the validity of the "Processing" on Typical Studio recordings, rather than the examples given about using 2 mics in a concert hall etc as in the "white paper", we were told not to question the why of it but to simply use it as a selling point to move product.
Not sure where the cutoff for vintage lies, but 20 years ago they came out with what I consider to be one of their best speakers ever. Well mostly the entire Lsi line.
Those seemed to be the first "true" audiophile speaker, where component cost and cabinet cost were not on the chopping block.
The more commonly considered 80s and early 90s cabinets were done to quite a low price, with glue and particle board, that was substandard.
I remember then even using multiple Midwoofer parts numbers in the same speaker models, and doing all kinda iffy stuff with crossovers to save bucks. Nothing was ever discarded, it was simply recycled onto another speaker model, whether it belonged or did not belong.
Still a lot of the 80s models were quite nice!
Most of the larger SDA models were quite nice.
Sold them all many years ago, and never cared for the SDA effect on stereo image. Not a failure, but something that some love and some simply do not love.
I remember when the marketing guy came to our place years ago, and tried to explain SDA. When some of us questioned the validity of the "Processing" on Typical Studio recordings, rather than the examples given about using 2 mics in a concert hall etc as in the "white paper", we were told not to question the why of it but to simply use it as a selling point to move product.
Not sure where the cutoff for vintage lies, but 20 years ago they came out with what I consider to be one of their best speakers ever. Well mostly the entire Lsi line.
Those seemed to be the first "true" audiophile speaker, where component cost and cabinet cost were not on the chopping block.
The more commonly considered 80s and early 90s cabinets were done to quite a low price, with glue and particle board, that was substandard.
I remember then even using multiple Midwoofer parts numbers in the same speaker models, and doing all kinda iffy stuff with crossovers to save bucks. Nothing was ever discarded, it was simply recycled onto another speaker model, whether it belonged or did not belong.
Still a lot of the 80s models were quite nice!
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