2.3 tweeter question

BrettT1
BrettT1 Posts: 560
edited August 2011 in Vintage Speakers
I picked up a pair of original 2.3s with the donut drivers. Why does the bottom tweeter look different than the others? I checked the compendium, but unless I missed it, they all appear to be sl2000s.

Thanks.

Brett
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  • BrettT1
    BrettT1 Posts: 560
    edited August 2011
    Just noticed I cracked 500 posts. Damn, it only took 6+ years. ;)
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  • headrott
    headrott Posts: 5,496
    edited August 2011
    Are they all original tweeters? (Kind of an obvious question I know, but....) Were any replaced with RDO-194's? A picture would help.

    Greg
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  • BrettT1
    BrettT1 Posts: 560
    edited August 2011
    No replacements that I know of. Definitely not RDOs. Here are the RDOs in my 1.2TLs and 1Cs. Here's a pic of the bottom two tweets on these donut 2.3s I recently picked up.
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  • michaeljhsda2
    michaeljhsda2 Posts: 2,184
    edited August 2011
    They're SL2000's
    SDA SRS 2.3TL's
    Silk Audio MS-90-BT integrated tube amp
    Yaqin MS-20L integrated tube amp
    SDA 2B TL's
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,566
    edited August 2011
    Yeah, that bottom tweeter does not look healthy.
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    "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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  • headrott
    headrott Posts: 5,496
    edited August 2011
    Yes they are SL2000's. If I remember correctly the 2000's can age differently resulting in the different way the 2 look. That is, the silver coils age differently resulting in the different looks they have. Others probably know more than I though and will hopefully give their input.

    Greg

    Edit: Jesse beat me to it, so go by what he says.:wink:
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    Taken from a recent Audioholics reply regarding "Club Polk" and Polk speakers:
    "I'm yet to hear a Polk speaker that merits more than a sentence and 60 seconds discussion." :\
    My response is: If you need 60 seconds to respond in one sentence, you probably should't be evaluating Polk speakers.....

    "Green leaves reveal the heart spoken Khatru"- Jon Anderson

    "Have A Little Faith! And Everything You'll Face, Will Jump From Out Right On Into Place! Yeah! Take A Little Time! And Everything You'll Find, Will Move From Gloom Right On Into Shine!"- Arthur Lee
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  • BrettT1
    BrettT1 Posts: 560
    edited August 2011
    I'm referring to tweeters cover. It's a smaller dome than the others above it. The bottom tweeters on both speakers look identical. ?
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  • Joe08867
    Joe08867 Posts: 3,919
    edited August 2011
    The bottom tweeters were driven to hard and are melted. If they work I am amazed but they are SL2000's and are a mess to say the least.

    Had an SL1000 do the same thing way back when. I didn't realize i was driving it to hard with to little of an amp.
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  • BrettT1
    BrettT1 Posts: 560
    edited August 2011
    I did the high tech paper towel roll test and yes, the bottom tweeters are fried on both of them. What seemed weird was both of them looked factory made.

    Ordering some RD0s.

    Thanks guys.

    Brett
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,566
    edited August 2011
    What seemed weird was both of them looked factory made.

    They are factory made, no one said otherwise. This is what haapened, the previous owner cooked them, took them out of the top (full range) position, put them in the bottom (limited range) so that the loss would not be as noticeable.
    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

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  • Joe08867
    Joe08867 Posts: 3,919
    edited August 2011
    F1nut wrote: »
    They are factory made, no one said otherwise. This is what haapened, the previous owner cooked them, took them out of the top (full range) position, put them in the bottom (limited range) so that the loss would not be as noticeable.

    That's probably exactly what happened.:cool:
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