My tri-laminate dome tweeter is "blue"

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edited February 2004 in Speakers
I have a pair of LS400's and I noticed that one of my tweeters is "blue".

Here is the blue one ... 138_3861_2.jpg

Here is the "normal" one....
138_3860_2.jpg

Is this bad? I don't notice any popping, hissing or tone deficit.

Thanks in advance.

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  • Posts: 7,532
    edited February 2004
  • Posts: 17,986
    edited February 2004
    What's an LS400?
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
  • Posts: 8,901
    edited February 2004
    Originally posted by RuSsMaN
    What's an LS400?

    That was my thought. The LS series as I know it is the 50, 70, and 90 mains and the CS350LS center
  • Posts: 11,154
    edited February 2004
    Could it be a RT400.....
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  • Posts: 17,986
    edited February 2004
    Not with a tri-lam, the RT400 had a 1" black silk dome. (didn't you just get a single the other day, or was that someone else?)

    It LOOKS like a first gen LS series trilam, but the 400 is throwing me.
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
  • Posts: 4,413
    edited February 2004
    CS400 maybe, and he has two of them??
    Scratch that I see a driver below the tweeter in the second picture

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  • Posts: 8,901
    edited February 2004
    Originally posted by RuSsMaN
    Not with a tri-lam, the RT400 had a 1" black silk dome. (didn't you just get a single the other day, or was that someone else?)

    It LOOKS like a first gen LS series trilam, but the 400 is throwing me.

    Just looked at my LS50's and my 350 and they look exactly like those (except not blue)
  • Posts: 11,154
    edited February 2004
    Originally posted by RuSsMaN
    Not with a tri-lam, the RT400 had a 1" black silk dome. (didn't you just get a single the other day, or was that someone else?)

    It LOOKS like a first gen LS series trilam, but the 400 is throwing me.

    That was me...I know where a new one is that I CAN buy cheap....I am trying to find another before I bought it. I did not look that closely at the tweeter but it is a Polymer dome and yes...it is black....my mistake. See... I guess I was hoping that they were the RT400s and I could convince the guy one was shot because it was discolored and he would sell them to me....
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  • Posts: 686
    edited February 2004
    Thats the special one in a million tweeter. Return it to polk and they will give you in return a complete SRT system.:eek: It is kinda cool looking.
  • Posts: 2,374
    edited February 2004
    Look at the outer brown-ish rim of the tweeter and compare it to the other bright silver one. Yep... this is a cooked tweeter. My guess - clipping. The coil got so hot that it started to melt the coating. You were VERY CLOSE to bringing this tweeter to non-functional.
  • Posts: 686
    edited February 2004
    If it's still under warranty, you should be able to get a new one. Polks pretty good about that.
  • Posts: 11,435
    edited February 2004
    Yes, I noticed this also. Good call, right on.


    Originally posted by rskarvan
    Look at the outer brown-ish rim of the tweeter and compare it to the other bright silver one. Yep... this is a cooked tweeter. My guess - clipping. The coil got so hot that it started to melt the coating. You were VERY CLOSE to bringing this tweeter to non-functional.

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  • Posts: 372
    edited February 2004
    How does it sound?
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  • Posts: 3
    edited February 2004
    They are LS50's... what was I on?

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