Why was the tri-lam, replaced

thesurfer
thesurfer Posts: 574
edited February 2011 in Speakers
Curiouse, folks to this day love the tri-lam tweeters, why did polk stop useing them,????
Not an Audiophile, just a dude who loves music, and decent gear to hear it with.
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  • mantis
    mantis Posts: 17,204
    edited February 2011
    I'm gonna assume that it was replaced with a much smoother sounding more natural Tweeter, that is my opinion from listening to older Rt series to new Rt series speakers.
    Dan
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  • Ron Temple
    Ron Temple Posts: 3,212
    edited February 2011
    I've heard both, and except for the vifa tweeter, I don't think any Polk tweeter does justice to the midrange. I've heard other speakers that have parts priced (probably) in the Polk kit range, that are silk domes I believe, that sound more natural or less edgey. It's my gripe with the brand. I dont' think the trilams are bad or the current RTi silk domes, just that I've heard better from GR Research (maybe it's the crossover) and they cost less than $50.00 to the consumer.

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  • TNRabbit
    TNRabbit Posts: 2,168
    edited February 2011
    Tri-lams are still around:


    http://www.movieweb.com/movie/revenge-of-the-nerds/HU0E38123MdV27
    TNRabbit
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  • wayne3burk
    wayne3burk Posts: 939
    edited February 2011
    TNRabbit wrote: »
    Tri-lams are still around:


    http://www.movieweb.com/movie/revenge-of-the-nerds/HU0E38123MdV27

    It's funny that Matthew Polk is in that Clip -- he's the guy with the glasses
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