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audiocr381ve
06-07-2011, 06:45 PM
Are their any situations in which you prefer to leave the SDA cable disconnected? I ran into a thread sometime ago about someone preferring not to use it.
george daniel
06-07-2011, 06:46 PM
nope.
fastz28
06-07-2011, 06:50 PM
nope
Toolfan66
06-07-2011, 07:47 PM
IMO anyone doing so should just sell the speakers, if there not going to take the time to do it right!!!:rolleyes:
heiney9
06-07-2011, 08:10 PM
Are their any situations in which you prefer to leave the SDA cable disconnected? I ran into a thread sometime ago about someone preferring not to use it.

Nope, not a single solitary time have I ever enjoyed having the cable disconnected. They are not designed to sound their best without the cable. The entire design is predicated on having the dimensional drivers in use.

If I had an Emo amp I'd just disconnect the right and left speaker cables and listen that way....ha..ha..lol :biggrin::biggrin:

H9
Toolfan66
06-07-2011, 08:12 PM
If I had an Emo amp I'd just disconnect the right and left speaker cables and listen that way....ha..ha..lol :biggrin::biggrin:

H9


Dude!!! Thats funny right there!!
heiney9
06-07-2011, 08:22 PM
Dude!!! Thats funny right there!!

For me personally, that's what I'd do. I don't want to start an Emo haters thread. They have their place in the audio hierarchy and for many they are an improvement in an HT rig over a HTiB or most receivers.

H9
Toolfan66
06-07-2011, 08:34 PM
For me personally, that's what I'd do. I don't want to start an Emo haters thread. They have their place in the audio hierarchy and for many they are an improvement in an HT rig over a HTiB or most receivers.

H9

I know, me too except in my HT rig (Where I do have an Emo Amp) but still funny none the less:tongue:!!
Conradicles
06-07-2011, 08:42 PM
Never
inspiredsports
06-07-2011, 08:56 PM
Are their any situations in which you prefer to leave the SDA cable disconnected? I ran into a thread sometime ago about someone preferring not to use it.

nope
F1nut
06-07-2011, 09:12 PM
Nope
nspindel
06-07-2011, 09:14 PM
Nope.
aviator
06-07-2011, 10:13 PM
Are their any situations in which you prefer to leave the SDA cable disconnected? I ran into a thread sometime ago about someone preferring not to use it.

Were the responses unambiguous enough?
Joe08867
06-08-2011, 08:57 AM
Not a single reason.
pitdogg2
06-08-2011, 10:09 AM
IMO anyone doing so should just sell the speakers, if there not going to take the time to do it right!!!:rolleyes:


agreed 100%
headrott
06-08-2011, 11:00 AM
So far it looks to be a universal "nope".

Oh, and nope.

Greg
inspiredsports
06-08-2011, 11:08 AM
So far it looks to be a universal "nope".

Oh, and nope.

Greg

Seems to me SDA's without the interconnect is kind of like a rear wheel drive care without a driveshaft.

You can experience sitting in the driver's seat, starting the engine and revving it up, but you can't get anywhere.
civilian
06-08-2011, 11:35 AM
Dog-pile!
If I am not going to sit down in the SDA sweetspot and listen then I switch to 7-channel stereo mode and run it through the HT speakers.
audio_alan
06-08-2011, 12:45 PM
I'll add more than just a "nope"....

When I first got into SDA's, I did quite a bit of testing with and without the cable, just to learn what it was about. The soundstage definitely suffers when you disconnect the cable. Additionally, bass output goes down because you aren't creating as much pressure inside the cabinet when only half of your drivers are moving.

So not just nope, but Hell Nope! :biggrin:


BTW, H9, while your comment about Emotiva amps is funny, it sounds like you just didn't find a synergy with an Emo amp and the rest of your gear. Others (including me) have. No sense dragging it into a thread that isn't even about amps...