amp or amps for Polk SDA 1 & SDA 2


I am the orginial owner of SDA1 and SDA 2. I have never been clear on weather they were versions a,b, or c. Anyhow I have always had a Proton AA 1150 or AA1200 amp running them in parallel. This works great till the amp does majoring clipping on one channel. I'm tired of it and am starting to look for a new(er) amp(s) to run my favorite speakers. For thoes unfamiliar with the Proton amps they have 6db of headroom and reted for 2 ohm loads. I have tried a Parasound HCA1000 and a vintage JBL SR6630 running just one pair neither sounded very good nor had anywhere near the headroom.

Any suggestions? Price is an object but right now am looking for a great solutions and from there will wittle down the choices with prices in mind.

As an alternative is there someone out there who could repair my Proton amps?

What do you suggest?
ihammerhands

Showing 2 responses by djbnh

I'm using Groneberg cables. I use Groneberg TS premium and Quattro Ref ICs with my Odyssey Extreme Monos / Tempest preamp, so I guess there's some type of synergy going there (Odyssey uses Groneberg cable internally). I also note I use Walker SST in my system, which also makes a nice improvement to speaker cables, ICs, PCs, cartridge and tube pins, RCA connections, PC and IEC pins, etc (gotta carefully follow directions when using SST).
I have a pair of SDA 1Cs that I previously powered with a cap-upgraded Odyssey Audio Stratos. I recently upgraded to Odyssey's Extreme Monos, and while still in the process of burning in the monos, I can say the enhanced sound of this combination is not subtle. I agree with "Pops'" post that more power seemingly suits the SDAs. The Extreme Monos are rated at 300 wpc into 8 ohms, probably at least 450 wpc into 6 ohms.

Happy listening and best of luck with your upgrade quest.