replacement silk dome SL1000 tweeter

pitdogg2
pitdogg2 Posts: 25,447
edited April 2012 in Vintage Speakers
Hey all check these out. I have not heard them but have dealt with this vendor and for my experience they have been very good to deal with.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Replacement-Tweeter-Polk-Audio-SL-1000-8-ohm-Tweeter-MT-4115-8-/150791478865?pt=Speakers_Subwoofers&hash=item231bdf5e51


just thought I'd pass it along.
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  • nhhiep
    nhhiep Posts: 877
    edited April 2012
    why is it more expensive than the RD0194-1 from Polk directly?
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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 25,447
    edited April 2012
    nhhiep wrote: »
    why is it more expensive than the RD0194-1 from Polk directly?

    One this company don't buy as many and 2 it's not more expensive Polk's are 48.00 for club members and 60.00 for non members. yes this company charges shipping but the upside is that if you have SL1000 you do not have to modify to fit RDO194's. I'm not stating it's better or anything else just an option.
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,165
    edited April 2012
    why is it more expensive than the RD0194-1 from Polk directly?

    Probably because it's not the same manufacturer, seller, or driver.

    I'd stick with the Polk approved driver or if someone wants to be a guinea pig and try this. One thing to note is the bezel for the sl1000 is a tad smaller than the Polk RD0 replacement so there is some minor dremel modification of the opening involved.

    I know Midwest Speaker has a good rep, so maybe a call to them about what and how they derived at this for a drop in replacement is in order. Never hurts to have a solid back-up vendor.

    H9
    "Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Pangea AC14SE MKII | Legend L600 | BlueSound Node 3 - Tubes add soul!
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,165
    edited April 2012
    NM........guess I should read all the associated literature in the ad before commenting.

    Note since the bezel size is different between the peerless and sl1000 some modification might be necessary. I'd also investigate if the sl1000 and peerless had the same electrical properties.

    These look more like Peerless direct replacement than sl1000

    H9
    "Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Pangea AC14SE MKII | Legend L600 | BlueSound Node 3 - Tubes add soul!
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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 25,447
    edited April 2012
    either way they took the time to have a company make a silk dome instead of some sort of plastic. Like you and I stated Brock it's just another option to help some folks out with a fried tweeter.
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  • geppy1
    geppy1 Posts: 3,075
    edited April 2012
    The company is about 3 miles from me. It is an exact copy of the original Denmark made Peerless tweeter used by Polk from around 1978 to 1980. The only difference is Polk put a hole in dome to vent it in the later version 79-80.

    Peerless still sold these tweeters up until about 9 years ago when the tooling cracked. They called it quits at that point. No more made

    Some one mentioned the holes being different for SL1000 and Peerless. The holes fror SL1000 and Peerless are identical they are a direct swap out for each other. I thnk there may be about a 1/64 difference in the face plates but i have never had an issue just swapping them out on anything I have owned. KG
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  • techlectic
    techlectic Posts: 19
    edited April 2012
    The RD0194-1 is 3/16" wider than an SL1000 and has different hole spacing.
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  • geppy1
    geppy1 Posts: 3,075
    edited April 2012
    Correct
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  • kcoc321
    kcoc321 Posts: 1,788
    edited April 2012
    These were discussed last year and "I think" I remember someone trying them out, but I don't remember who
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  • canadianicon25
    canadianicon25 Posts: 200
    edited April 2012
    you're looking at a peerless replacement. looks like the one from midwest speaker found here: http://w.mawebcenters.com/midwestspeaker/ecommerce/home-audio/tweeters/mw-audio-mt-4115-tweeter.html

    it would be interesting to see the spec sheets side by side and also how they sound compared to the original peerless.
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