What RT800i's tweeters are made of?

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hamzahsh
hamzahsh Posts: 439
edited June 2002 in Speakers
I'm asking because once I touched the grille where the tweeter is and it felt very hard.

I want to know what they are made of alluminum, stainless steel are something else?

Is touching tweeters is safe?

Please let me know.

Thanks for the help.

Hamzah.
Panasonic TH-50PX80U Plasma HDTV
Polk Audio RT800i (fronts)
Polk Audio CS400i (center)
Polk Audio F/X1000 (side surrounds)
Polk Audio RTi6 (back surrrounds)
Velodyne CHT-15 (subwoofer)
Yamaha RX-V1400 (Pre/Pro)
NAD C272 (2-ch Amp)
Adcom GFA-7605 (5-ch Amp)
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  • etrigan
    etrigan Posts: 160
    edited June 2002
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    Don't touch - Please ! :eek:

    Just smell them :D

    CHEERS! jeff!
    Art as expression-Not as market campaigns-Will still capture our imaginations.
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  • har_navalta
    har_navalta Posts: 957
    edited June 2002
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    Touching Tweets are OK... they are very soft and gentle to touched, I'm touching mine right now...



    Har
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  • jcaut
    jcaut Posts: 1,849
    edited June 2002
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    I'm going out on a limb here, 'cause I really don't know... BUT, I would guess that the domes are basically made out of some sort of plastic or polymer-type material that's been coated with aluminum, stainless steel or whatever.

    I DO know that they're fairly flexible and resilient. I ordered my RT800i's from Crutchfield. The UPS guys managed to essentially destroy the first set, so I asked Crutchfield to see if there was any way to beef-up the packaging. Well, they decided to open the boxes, wrap the speakers in plastic, put them back in the boxes and then spray that expanding-foam material all around :(

    The speakers arrived without any loose parts, but both tweeter domes were caved-in. I called Polk about this, and they told me that the domes would most likely pop back out and be fine. Within a few hours one of them did pop back out without any apparent damage. The other one was in worse shape. It did eventually straighten out, but there was a visible crease in the dome. Polk cheerfully sent out a replacement, which I swapped-in. Since that time (getting close to a year, now) the crease in the dented tweeter has just about disappeared, as well.

    I guess that was a lengthy way to say that they're pretty tough. I wouldn't handle them excessively, but I don't think you'll hurt them by brushing up against the grille.
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  • har_navalta
    har_navalta Posts: 957
    edited June 2002
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    I wouldn't handle them excessively, but I don't think you'll hurt them...


    Oh yeah, thats what I handled my tweet gently :D





    :lol: ,
    Har
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  • sgtgto
    sgtgto Posts: 310
    edited June 2002
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    Some kind of material!!!!


    Gary:lol:
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  • hamzahsh
    hamzahsh Posts: 439
    edited June 2002
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    Clean up your dirty minds and get real.

    I guess nobody answer my questions?
    too bad....
    Panasonic TH-50PX80U Plasma HDTV
    Polk Audio RT800i (fronts)
    Polk Audio CS400i (center)
    Polk Audio F/X1000 (side surrounds)
    Polk Audio RTi6 (back surrrounds)
    Velodyne CHT-15 (subwoofer)
    Yamaha RX-V1400 (Pre/Pro)
    NAD C272 (2-ch Amp)
    Adcom GFA-7605 (5-ch Amp)
    Toshiba SD-3109 (DVD/CD player)
    Malata DVP-580 (Multi-region DVD player)
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  • jcaut
    jcaut Posts: 1,849
    edited June 2002
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    Well, I TRIED!!:)

    --Jason "Arkansas Jones" Cauthron
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