New member here, what is the tweeter of choice to replace what is in the RTA 15 TL's?

edebbold
edebbold Posts: 3
edited November 2014 in 2 Channel Audio
I am about to go pick up a pair that has bad tweets. Ive heard about Sl2000 and RDO 198's. Any other options that would work better? I'm going to be running them with a Carver 772 receiver.
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 51,674
    You'll not get what those speakers are capable of with a receiver.
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  • boston1450
    boston1450 Posts: 7,758
    Well it will be hard for you to compare where those SL3000's are gone. But the RDO198's sound alot better than the stock ones. Just changed over mine & big difference. Worth the $$$ enjoy your new speakers & welcome to Club Polk
    Randy-Maine
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  • edebbold
    edebbold Posts: 3
    Appreciate all the advice. Polk is out of the RDO198's now but I will have an order in with them as soon as they are.
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  • boston1450
    boston1450 Posts: 7,758
    Listening to Kansas with the RDO198's & wow how sweetn1thvmq8u9wo.jpg
    Randy-Maine
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  • edebbold
    edebbold Posts: 3
    Nice set up Boston. What amp and how much power are you running to your TL's? Once I get my RDO198' I will be running them with a Carver 772 Reciever. I keep hearing I don't want to run those off a receiver but its a 150 watts/ch of old school power. What do you think? I have that Carver running a set of Timeframe 700's now and they are begging for mercy.
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  • boston1450
    boston1450 Posts: 7,758
    I tried the 15tl's on Adcom 555 & it didnt sound good at all. Listened to it for 2-3weeks. Then i switched over to the Yamaha cr1000. It is rated at 70wpc & does a very fine job power wise & sounds perfect
    Randy-Maine
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  • Christoj1969
    Christoj1969 Posts: 2
    I picked up this set of RTA 15TL and one of the tweets is bad. I see that prior comments say that the RDO198 is the replacement to the original SL3000. Who has heard both? Opinions please?

    I think my Dynaco MKIII are plenty of power for these and hope its only the tweeter. I plan on replacing both obviously. Are there any Xover tweeks/mods?

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  • westmassguy
    westmassguy Posts: 6,850
    edited April 2015
    The SL3000 is a fine tweeter, but 20+ year old technology. The RDO-198-1s are Silk Dome, and smooth as silk. Drop in replacements, no mods needed.
    The Crossovers are due for a rebuild. You can upgrade to better Caps and Resistors, with the Same Value, and there's also the "Decato" Mod, which many feel improves the sound quite a bit.
    Here's the thread: http://forum.polkaudio.com/discussion/comment/2126712#Comment_2126712
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    Sonicaps, Mills, RDO-194s-198s, Dynamat, Hurricane Nuts, Blackhole5
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  • boston1450
    boston1450 Posts: 7,758
    There are lots of info on the rta15tl's in Vintage Speakers section on the forum. Search Button is your friend. On the top of that section youll see alot of useful info too. Enjoy those speakers. Welcme to Club Polk
    Randy-Maine
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  • boston1450
    boston1450 Posts: 7,758
    Heard em both. Order the rd0198's & your ears will thank you later :smile:
    Randy-Maine
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  • Christoj1969
    Christoj1969 Posts: 2
    Just installed the RDO198. Wow. What a fantastic difference. Now to mod the Xovers.

    Thanks for the help friends...
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  • boston1450
    boston1450 Posts: 7,758
    Nice choice. Sure you noticed a difference right off. When i installed mine i went out & started looking for music that i had never heard before - just to hear the tweets get a workout :smile: Enjoy them
    Randy-Maine
    2ch-RTA15tl crossover upgrade
    by David WMG
    Yamaha cr1000 cr2040
    HT-Yamaha Parasound Acurus
    MIT BJC Cs1000p Polk Rotation
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