RTA-15T this is too much right

coolsax
coolsax Posts: 1,824
edited October 2010 in Vintage Speakers
Correct me if I'm wrong, but this seems quite high for these speakers...

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  • leroyjr1
    leroyjr1 Posts: 8,785
    edited October 2010
    Upgraded tweeters but still overpriced.
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited October 2010
    /2-100
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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,254
    edited October 2010
    he will never get it...
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  • phocion
    phocion Posts: 157
    edited October 2010
    I got mine for $100, but that was a pretty good deal. 2-300 depending on condition is my guess.
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,569
    edited October 2010
    I sold mine for that a few years back.
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  • maxilla
    maxilla Posts: 41
    edited October 2010
    phocion wrote: »
    I got mine for $100, but that was a pretty good deal. 2-300 depending on condition is my guess.
    Pretty good deal? You stole them.
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  • Ricardo
    Ricardo Posts: 10,636
    edited October 2010
    It is too much for the going rate, but it is a steal for the sound you can get out of them.
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited October 2010
    Overrated loudspeaker. They need work to sound really good.
    CTC BBQ Amplifier, Sonic Frontiers Line3 Pre-Amplifier and Wadia 581 SACD player. Speakers? Always changing but for now, Mission Argonauts I picked up for $50 bucks, mint.
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  • Ricardo
    Ricardo Posts: 10,636
    edited October 2010
    dorokusai wrote: »
    Overrated loudspeaker. They need work to sound really good.

    True. But there's documented improvements in this forum, and it just takes some xover changes. If you are anyway going to update the xover, the mod is really easy.
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  • Knucklehead
    Knucklehead Posts: 3,602
    edited October 2010
    Ricardo wrote: »
    True. But there's documented improvements in this forum, and it just takes some xover changes. If you are anyway going to update the xover, the mod is really easy.

    Would this be true for the RT8T'a as well?
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  • Ricardo
    Ricardo Posts: 10,636
    edited October 2010
    Knucklehead wrote: »
    Would this be true for the RT8T'a as well?
    Absolutely no idea.
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited October 2010
    Ricardo wrote: »
    True. But there's documented improvements in this forum, and it just takes some xover changes. If you are anyway going to update the xover, the mod is really easy.

    That's my point.
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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,254
    edited October 2010
    IMO doing a XO upgrade on these older speakers is a no brainer.. And the cost in doing the 15's - 8's is a budget upgrade to beat..

    I had the 15's and decided I did not want to put the money in them as at the time I had the Monitor 10's ,7B's and 3 sets of SDA's, and sold them.. I thought they sounded blotted if that makes sense.
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited October 2010
    Knucklehead wrote: »
    Would this be true for the RT8T'a as well?

    The only RTA I would leave alone is the RTA12, the rest need some work. The RTA8T is the easiest to hotrod.
    CTC BBQ Amplifier, Sonic Frontiers Line3 Pre-Amplifier and Wadia 581 SACD player. Speakers? Always changing but for now, Mission Argonauts I picked up for $50 bucks, mint.
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited October 2010
    TOOLFORLIFEFAN wrote: »
    IMO doing a XO upgrade on these older speakers is a no brainer.. And the cost in doing the 15's - 8's is a budget upgrade to beat..

    I disagree. Not every vintage loudspeaker NEEDS an upgrade.

    TFLF - Bloated? Absolutely. Much akin to the Monitor 12.
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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,254
    edited October 2010
    dorokusai wrote: »
    I disagree. Not every vintage loudspeaker NEEDS an upgrade.

    Sorry I didn't mean they "NEED" an upgrade but the cost can be very low to do so plus the benifits can be great as well as what you learn in doing so..
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited October 2010
    TOOLFORLIFEFAN wrote: »
    Sorry I didn't mean they "NEED" an upgrade but the cost can be very low to do so plus the benifits can be great as well as what you learn in doing so..

    Agreed for the most part. A loudspeaker should be based on its original merit. Sure, you can upgrade anything but at some point you take away the signature of that loudspeaker. My DQ10's are modestly modified as I didn't want to take away the original sonic signature of the loudspeaker.

    For some reason, when someone changes or upgrades their xover, they turn into a audio engineer and designer. I try to keep it simple. DIY folks rule, don't get me wrong. Replacing a couple things with better components doesn't really WOW me. There are some folks on this forum that actually build speakers....replacing things is not awesome.

    The xover upgrade fashion started a couple years ago on this forum and the payoff is not rocket science....and sometimes its just because there's nothing else to do.
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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,254
    edited October 2010
    dorokusai wrote: »
    The xover upgrade fashion started a couple years ago on this forum and the payoff is not rocket science....and sometimes its just because there's nothing else to do.

    Only a couple years ago?? Really?? The payoff on my 1.2tl's was awesome!! I will have a hard time letting go of them as well as my 1C's. I am done for the time being buying Polk Speakers as I want to get outside the box now, try something different.. I have thought about building my own but I have a few things to learn first. I can build the cabinets thats the easy part for me but matching components will be the trick. oh and honning my solding skills:p

    Back to the 15's, IMO they need the upgades to get them to shine..
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  • skrol
    skrol Posts: 3,381
    edited October 2010
    Wow, I didn't pay that much for my RTA11TL's brand new.
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    HT:
    Marantz SR7010, Polk: RTA11TL (RDO198-1, XO and Damping Upgrades), S4, CS250, PSW110 , Marantz UD5005, Pioneer PL-530, Panasonic TC-P42S60

    Other stuff:
    Denon: DRA-835R, AVR-888, DCD-660, DRM-700A, DRR-780; Polk: S8, Monitor 5A, 5B, TSi100, RM7, PSW10 (DXi104 upgrade); Pioneer: CT-6R; Onkyo CP-1046F; Ortofon OM5E, Marantz: PM5004, CD5004, CDR-615; Parasound C/PT-600, HCA-800ii, Sony CDP-650ESD, Technics SA 5070, B&W DM601
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  • TrashyTrucker
    TrashyTrucker Posts: 225
    edited October 2010
    dorokusai wrote: »

    ...For some reason, when someone changes or upgrades their xover, they turn into a audio engineer and designer...

    Man am I glad I let you all talk me into my XO and the rest of the mods on my 3.1TL's. They are freaking amazing now! Way better than stock...IMHO
    TOOLFORLIFEFAN wrote: »
    ... The payoff on my 1.2tl's was awesome!!...

    +1 Larry

    Didnt mean to threadjack all...
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