New to me RTA11TL

DAA
DAA Posts: 5
in Vintage Speakers
New to the forum....

About to pickup a dead mint pair of RTA11TLs locally with new, upgraded tweeter for $150. Will play them as is for a bit before upgrading. Was thinking of throwing in Dayton caps for the 12/16 and leaving the big cap. I'll see.

Curious what users are driving them with. I have a restored Marantz 2270 and Sony ES integrated.

First set of Polks. What can I expect!? My favorite speakers currently are restored/upgraded Original Large Advents and a pair of upgraded Boston A100s. Mostly acoustic jazz, some rock and classical. I like accuracy over boom and clarity of presentation.

Thanks in advance!!
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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 25,441
    edited May 2017
    Very nice set of speakers I would love to get ahold of a pair that nice for that price. I would put better sets of caps and resistors in as well. Many here like clarity or sonicaps. Dayton is ok if your on a tight budget. If it comes down to it and that is the caps you go with I'd get the 1% version in all locations on the board if possible. If you can swing it get some better for the high pass. The Daytons will be much better than factory for sure.
    They like good high current but will run with receivers. The better high current integrated and power amps will reward you very well with those.
    Welcome to Club Polk and stash your wallet we will help you spend it for sure.
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  • DAA
    DAA Posts: 5
    Interesting, I've always used Dayton caps and have been really happy with results. You guys feel it's worth while changing resistors too? Ill rope caulk the drivers and radiators. Maybe put some deading material on woofer baskets.

    Sounds like these have pretty accurate bass and can play pretty deep. Looking forward to getting them setup!
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,546
    edited May 2017
    Do not rope caulk anything.

    Mills resistors are a must and no Daytons.
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  • skrol
    skrol Posts: 3,375
    I also have the RDO-198 tweeters but went Clarity Cap PX for the tweeter caps and Mundorf MR10 resistors and Jensen for the mid-woofer caps. I am very pleased with the results. Also consider: Dynamating the mid-woofer baskets and Passive Radiator baskets.

    Here is the thread from when I did mine: http://forum.polkaudio.com/discussion/comment/1640444#Comment_1640444
    Stan

    Main 2ch:
    Polk LSi15 (DB840 upgrade), Parasound: P/LD-1100, HCA-1000A; Denon: DVD-2910, DRM-800A; Benchmark DAC1, Monster HTS3600-MKII, Grado SR-225i; Technics SL-J2, Parasound PPH-100.

    HT:
    Marantz SR7010, Polk: RTA11TL (RDO198-1, XO and Damping Upgrades), S4, CS250, PSW110 , Marantz UD5005, Pioneer PL-530, Panasonic TC-P42S60

    Other stuff:
    Denon: DRA-835R, AVR-888, DCD-660, DRM-700A, DRR-780; Polk: S8, Monitor 5A, 5B, TSi100, RM7, PSW10 (DXi104 upgrade); Pioneer: CT-6R; Onkyo CP-1046F; Ortofon OM5E, Marantz: PM5004, CD5004, CDR-615; Parasound C/PT-600, HCA-800ii, Sony CDP-650ESD, Technics SA 5070, B&W DM601
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  • pkquat
    pkquat Posts: 748
    F1nut wrote: »
    Milks resistors are a must and no Daytons.

    Mills resistors

    The rest has been covered. I just wanted to check both speakers, have the RD-0198 tweeters. These are black domes, and do not have a foam ring around them.

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  • DAA
    DAA Posts: 5
    xci8hdgmytr9.jpg

    Yep, both tweeters upgraded...

    Anyone have a link for the proper resistors? Thx!
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,546
    pkquat wrote: »
    F1nut wrote: »
    Milks resistors are a must and no Daytons.

    Mills resistors

    The rest has been covered. I just wanted to check both speakers, have the RD-0198 tweeters. These are black domes, and do not have a foam ring around them.

    Damn predictive text. Fixed it in the nick of time, thanks.
    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."

    President of Club Polk

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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,546
    edited May 2017
    DAA wrote: »
    xci8hdgmytr9.jpg

    Yep, both tweeters upgraded...

    Anyone have a link for the proper resistors? Thx!

    http://www.soniccraft.com/

    I'm going to repeat.....Do not rope caulk anything.
    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."

    President of Club Polk

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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 25,441
    edited May 2017
    http://m.homedepot.com/p/Armacell-2-in-x-30-ft-R-1-Foam-Insulation-Tape-TAP18230/100539553

    Use this instead. ^^^^^^^ If your stock gaskets are not torn they should still work.
    Rope caulk was used in the past but can create more problems later when you need to pull drivers.
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  • westmassguy
    westmassguy Posts: 6,850
    Welcome to CP. The RTA-11tl are exceptionally good speakers. If you're on a tight budget, I'd recommend the Clarity PX as mentioned, for the high and low pass. Clarity ESA for the high pass and PX for the low pass also work well together. I prefer Sonicaps all around, rather than mix and match.
    Home Theater/2 Channel:
    Front: SDA-2ATL forum.polkaudio.com/discussion/143984/my-2as-finally-finished-almost/p1
    Center: Custom Built forum.polkaudio.com/discussion/150760/my-center-channel-project/p1
    Surrounds & Rears: Custom Built forum.polkaudio.com/discussion/151647/my-surround-project/p1
    Sonicaps, Mills, RDO-194s-198s, Dynamat, Hurricane Nuts, Blackhole5
    Pioneer Elite VSX-72TXV, Carver PM-600, SVS PB2-Plus Subwoofer

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  • DAA
    DAA Posts: 5
    What's the spec for mills resistor please?

    Thanks for good info, all!

    No rope caulk!! ;)
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  • K_M
    K_M Posts: 1,629
    DAA wrote: »
    Interesting, I've always used Dayton caps and have been really happy with results. You guys feel it's worth while changing resistors too? Ill rope caulk the drivers and radiators. Maybe put some deading material on woofer baskets.

    Sounds like these have pretty accurate bass and can play pretty deep. Looking forward to getting them setup!

    Same here. Many use dayton with great results.
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  • agfrost
    agfrost Posts: 2,428
    https://us.v-cdn.net/5021930/uploads/attachments/4/6/7/2/8/18708.pdf

    Should be 12W, 1.5ohm. I usually recommend Soniccraft.com, but it doesn't appear that they're currently stocking 1.5R in 12W or 10W Mills.
    Jay
    SDA 2BTL * Musical Fidelity A5cr amp * Oppo BDP-93 * Modded Adcom GDA-600 DAC * Rythmik F8 (x2)
    Micro Seiki DQ-50 * Hagerman Cornet 2 Phono * A hodgepodge of cabling * Belkin PF60
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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 25,441
    Mills resistors may be a thing of the past. I believe they were bought out again by Vashay-Dale. That is the rumors I have been hearing. Good thing is Mundorf should still be viable but theirs are 10watt instead of 12watt but still very good stuff. Most all here have ditched the cheap sand cast resistors for better non inductive resistors. They are still very reasonable priced and you are already in there so why not get something better.
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  • DAA
    DAA Posts: 5
    Thanks guys
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  • codycatalist
    codycatalist Posts: 2,662
    Did the TLs come in walnut? I thought it was only black and the T's were the wood.
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  • skrol
    skrol Posts: 3,375
    edited May 2017
    They came in natural oak, natural walnut and black oak wood veneer finishes. I attached the brochure, tech info and instructions for the RTA_TL series.
    Stan

    Main 2ch:
    Polk LSi15 (DB840 upgrade), Parasound: P/LD-1100, HCA-1000A; Denon: DVD-2910, DRM-800A; Benchmark DAC1, Monster HTS3600-MKII, Grado SR-225i; Technics SL-J2, Parasound PPH-100.

    HT:
    Marantz SR7010, Polk: RTA11TL (RDO198-1, XO and Damping Upgrades), S4, CS250, PSW110 , Marantz UD5005, Pioneer PL-530, Panasonic TC-P42S60

    Other stuff:
    Denon: DRA-835R, AVR-888, DCD-660, DRM-700A, DRR-780; Polk: S8, Monitor 5A, 5B, TSi100, RM7, PSW10 (DXi104 upgrade); Pioneer: CT-6R; Onkyo CP-1046F; Ortofon OM5E, Marantz: PM5004, CD5004, CDR-615; Parasound C/PT-600, HCA-800ii, Sony CDP-650ESD, Technics SA 5070, B&W DM601
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  • codycatalist
    codycatalist Posts: 2,662
    skrol wrote: »
    They came in natural oak, natural walnut and black oak wood veneer finishes. I attached the brochure, tech info and instructions for the RTA_TL series.

    Very cool!
    Just a dude doing dude-ly things

    "Temptation is the manifestation of desire which equals necessity." - Mikey081057
    " I have always had a champange taste with a beer budget" - Rick88
    "Just because the thread is getting views don't mean much .. I like a good train wreck doesn't mean i want to be in one..." - pitdogg2
    "Those that don't know, don't know that they don't know." - heiney9
    "Audiophiles are the male equivalent of cat ladies." - Audiokarma Member
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