Restored(?) 1982 RTA 11's
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ever thought about ditching those old sl-1000 tweeters for newer ones?
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canadianicon25 wrote: »ever thought about ditching those old sl-1000 tweeters for newer ones?
those are Peerless tweeter much desired over sl1000/sl2000 -
oh yeah. one of the pics looked silver but the others show that they are peerless. my bad.
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I picked up some insulation foam at Home Depot to replace mine. Great speakers. Listening to mine right now!
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1ShotBill wrote:Does anyone have experience replacing these? I'm wondering whet function they serve. My guess it that they partially seal off one of the upper chambers, but I'm not certain. How important is it to find the same material as a replacement?
Yes, I have replaced the foam damping material in a pair of Monitor 11's. They were the Sonex type foam, not the egg crate foam you have. It's very important to use similar material. You can easily find egg crate foam and it's much cheaper than Sonex. The pieces are glued in place on each side. I forget what glue I used, sorry. The purpose of the foam is to change the driver characteristics, so unlike the Monitor 10's, both drivers aren't producing the same frequencies. Hence, the specific left and right speakers.
Shacky, get the proper material as it makes a difference.Political Correctness'.........defined
"A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."
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Yes, I have replaced the foam damping material in a pair of Monitor 11's. They were the Sonex type foam, not the egg crate foam you have. It's very important to use similar material.
Another member redirected me to your original post from 2011 about the Sonex, where you mentioned extra foam after your restoration. Do you still have any left? I'd like to buy some from you if possible. -
Nice work
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Another member redirected me to your original post from 2011 about the Sonex, where you mentioned extra foam after your restoration. Do you still have any left? I'd like to buy some from you if possible.
I ended up using the extra, sorry.Political Correctness'.........defined
"A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."
President of Club Polk
