Some new speakers at Jerry Mansions! :-)

[jandl100]

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii114/jandl100/SD1.jpg

Picked them up yesterday after an eBay win. By golly, but they sound good. :)

They rather over-shadow my quite large Bowers Actives ..... !

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii114/jandl100/SD1BowersActive.jpg

[Marco]

Nice one, Jerry.

I bet they sound good - love the drivers and the design principle used; butt-ugly, though!

I can't see them winning too many prizes in the WAF department, thankfully you don't have to worry about that ;)

Marco.

[jandl100]

Yep, they do big scale music very enthusiastically! Best I've heard in that respect in my own home. Second only to big Wilsons I've heard at Shows.

My Krell KSA50 drives them very nicely.

As you say, with my own music room, WAF isn't an issue ... but they don't look too bad with their 'togs' on ....

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii114/jandl100/SD1withgrille.jpg

Still bloody big though :)

[The Grand Wazoo]

What Taste you have!

The SD1's are fantastic speakers & I know they sound well with the KSA50.
A few tips:
The imaging is superb - holographic if you can get them placed right. They need space behind them and a little toe-in, so the axes cross just in front of your nose.

They respond more than most to tri-wiring and even more so to tri-amping and like solid core cable.

I also like the OBS's (a pair of which I still own in th 2nd system) - in some ways I actually prefer them because of the more seamless integration of the drivers but the SD1's have got the bass !!

Some of the best noises I ever heard were these tri amped with a MF A370 & 2 A1's.

[jandl100]

Thanks for the advice GW. Axes pointed in front of me? ... I've not tried that - yet!

At the moment they fire across the width of my room with about 30 inches space behind them - but I can easily change them around to fire along the length with a good 6 foot behind. I'll try that sometime soon.

And yes, I agree, they sound fab! :)

[jandl100]

What Taste you have!

The SD1's are fantastic speakers & I know they sound well with the KSA50.
A few tips:
The imaging is superb - holographic if you can get them placed right. They need space behind them and a little toe-in, so the axes cross just in front of your nose.


I tried toe-ing them in as described. Yup, works a treat - everything now seems to hang in 3D between and behind the speakers. Thanks GW, I'll try the other tips soon. :)

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BTW - I fired up my OTL monoblocks today ... they work a treat with the SD1's. My Krell is now being used as an amp stand :smoking:

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii114/jandl100/SD1OTL.jpg