RTA 8t with replacement drivers?

tin_can
tin_can Posts: 34
in Vintage Speakers
So I came across these RTA 8t's: https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/2800045453605342/

I'm still a noob but something doesn't look right about them. Are those drivers not original? For those without Markeplace, here are the pics:l5kct2t86xnt.jpgtdl3qek8yfh7.jpg

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  • xschop
    xschop Posts: 5,000
    I'll let F1 make the call....
    Don't take experimental gene therapies from known eugenicists.
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,542
    edited November 2020
    Definitely not original and neither are the screws. Pass even if free.
    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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  • tin_can
    tin_can Posts: 34
    Thank you for the confirmation!
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,791
    F1nut wrote: »
    Definitely not original and neither are the screws. Pass even if free.

    yeah, but... a pair of SL2000 tweeters with dimpled domes -- I mean, how could you pass that up for free?

    :#

    PS I wonder if they're actually hooked up to the heating unit in the background of the second photo in some way...
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  • VSAT88
    VSAT88 Posts: 1,257
    Need shop speakers ? For free, take them. I would not hook them up to any amp that I liked... If you pay for them you are a sucker ! LOL !! Just kidding.
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  • VSAT88
    VSAT88 Posts: 1,257
    Oh, one more thing. The first Polk speakers I ever had were RTA 8T's they had MW's with the magnets shifted. I just thought they were blown so I took 4 matching speakers and put them in. Never really liked the sound but they were not all that bad. Kept them as spares/shop speakers. Well, over the years I continued on with Polk speakers until I had enough stock PA speakers laying around that I popped them in and guess what, I think they sound great in the shop. They rock, LOUD and take all the power I ever want to put to em. So, still have them with all stock parts in. I do not think I would sell them either so.......
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  • Nightfall
    Nightfall Posts: 10,086
    Yeah those are trash.
    afterburnt wrote: »
    They didn't speak a word of English, they were from South Carolina.

    Village Idiot of Club Polk
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  • tin_can
    tin_can Posts: 34
    Thanks all! Yeah, those are definitely out. But I'm looking at a pair of 11t's, maybe I'll pick those up...
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  • skrol
    skrol Posts: 3,375
    Might be worth doing a 660 watt 60Hz test.
    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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  • tin_can
    tin_can Posts: 34
    Hmmm... Can you elaborate? Not familiar with that one.
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  • xschop
    xschop Posts: 5,000
    It's a great test to help evaluate the viability of your polyswitches too.
    Don't take experimental gene therapies from known eugenicists.
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