SL2000 on Center Channel?

deronb1
deronb1 Posts: 5,021
edited November 2011 in Vintage Speakers
Did Polk ever make a center channel utilizing the SL2000 tweeter? If so, would the RDO 198 be a plug n play for said speaker?
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  • Joe08867
    Joe08867 Posts: 3,919
    edited November 2011
    No is the answer. I have used a monitor series speaker that utilized the SL2000 for center duty but Polk never made a center with the SL2000 tweeter.
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  • falconcry72
    falconcry72 Posts: 3,580
    edited November 2011
    Joe08867 wrote: »
    No is the answer. I have used a monitor series speaker that utilized the SL2000 for center duty but Polk never made a center with the SL2000 tweeter.

    This is correct. And if Polk had made a center speaker that used the SL-2000, the RD0198 would not be the proper replacement. It would be the RD0194.

    I once modified a Polk CS-350LS center channel to be able to physically accept an SL-2000. I did not modify the crossover, but it sounded great and matched my RTA-12C's better than the stock tweeter did. When I switched to RD0's in my fronts, I went back to the stock tweeter, which matches the RD0's much better than it matches the SL-2000. I never tried an RD0 in the center, but I'm sure it would work well, based on how well the SL-2000 worked.

    Link to my mod thread:

    http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?109050-SL-2000-in-a-CS-350LS&highlight=350ls

    Note that I still absolutely prefer a vintage Polk from the Monitor series to any modern center, even with the swapped tweeter. There have been a lot of threads on this. Search away.

    Here's a current thread:

    http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?125909-Center-Speaker-Suggestions-for-RTA-12C
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  • deronb1
    deronb1 Posts: 5,021
    edited November 2011
    Thanks for the info guys. Lots of good info on those links. The CS400i sounds pretty good with my RTA8ts, but I was thinking tweeter matching might sound better.
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  • falconcry72
    falconcry72 Posts: 3,580
    edited November 2011
    deronb1 wrote: »
    Thanks for the info guys. Lots of good info on those links. The CS400i sounds pretty good with my RTA8ts, but I was thinking tweeter matching might sound better.

    Try a Monitor 5B or 7C or 10B.
    2-Channel: PC > Schiit Eitr > Audio Research DAC-8 > Audio Research LS-26 > Pass Labs X-250.5 > Magnepan 3.7's

    Living Room: PC > Marantz AV-7703 > Emotiva XPA-5 > Sonus Faber Liuto Towers, Sonus Faber Liuto Center, Sonus Faber Liuto Bookshelves > Dual SVS PC12-Pluses

    Office: Phone/Tablet > AudioEngine B1 > McIntosh D100 > Bryston 4B-ST > Polk Audio LSiM-703's
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