Sda-1c recap questions

chadgio
chadgio Posts: 7
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I'm sorry if this has already been posted but I didn't find it in a search. Can someone point me in the right direction to a list of suggested internal replacement parts (caps, etc). I just got these beauties and they sound great but I don't mind spending a bit and taking them to my local speaker shop to get them sounding their best. All mid drivers and tweeters are sounding great so I don't think I will replace them right now. Mostly interested in getting the internals updated.
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  • Nightfall
    Nightfall Posts: 10,086
    The SL2000's don't sound great, get four RDO-194's. B)
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    They didn't speak a word of English, they were from South Carolina.

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  • chadgio
    chadgio Posts: 7
    Nightfall wrote: »
    The SL2000's don't sound great, get four RDO-194's. B)

    That was the first thing I thought I wanted to do. Then I read a comment somewhere saying it was almost an unnoticeable difference. Made me hesitant to drop $200
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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 25,655
    chadgio wrote: »
    Nightfall wrote: »
    The SL2000's don't sound great, get four RDO-194's. B)

    That was the first thing I thought I wanted to do. Then I read a comment somewhere saying it was almost an unnoticeable difference. Made me hesitant to drop $200
    That's a bold statement right there. Most are firmly in the much better camp than sl2000's I'd even go so far as to say that person may just have a hearing problem.
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  • Dennis Gardner
    Dennis Gardner Posts: 4,861
    If you have a hearing loss you may interpret the sl2000 as a more crisp tweeter and the 194's sound as muted, but most like the smoother presentation of the newer replacement.
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,729
    chadgio wrote: »
    Nightfall wrote: »
    The SL2000's don't sound great, get four RDO-194's. B)

    That was the first thing I thought I wanted to do. Then I read a comment somewhere saying it was almost an unnoticeable difference. Made me hesitant to drop $200

    That person is deaf.
    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."

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  • Malbec
    Malbec Posts: 554
    http://www.gimpod.com/parts1c.html

    Contact @westmassguy (Dave). He's done crossovers for a number of Polkies on the forum.
    From my experience upgrading to the RDO-194's was a big improvement over the sl2000's. I would not hesitate to make that my first upgrade.
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  • chadgio
    chadgio Posts: 7
    I think you all have talked me into the upgraded rdos. Do you guys think I should keep the sl2000s for future resale or just sell them on fleabay and make up some of the difference?
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  • michaeljhsda2
    michaeljhsda2 Posts: 2,185
    There's a market for SL2000's. I'd put them up on Ebay.
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  • PolkieMan
    PolkieMan Posts: 2,446
    Yes the 194's are much smoother, I know . Do the X-overs.
    http://www.gimpod.com/parts1c.html
    POLK SDA 2.3 TLS BOUGHT NEW IN 1990, Gimpod/Sonic Caps/Mills RDO-198
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    POLK SDA 1C BOUGHT USED 2011,Gimpod/Sonic Caps/Mills RDO-194
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