Today's haul - after long break - SDA 1's
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1st Generation SDA 1 is supposed to have 2 SL1000 tweeters and 4 MW6501. Some early ones had a 3 pin IC connector. I think I see a hole where a 3rd pin would have been on yours.
What model # are your MW's? Not quite good enough focus or closeup enough for me to read the #.
If you use a pair of needle nose pliers and worry the connection slightly to break the oxidation you should then be able to pull the wire straight off. You only need to pull one off of each driver in order to get a meter reading on it. Make sure the white wires on all drivers (and tweeters) are NOT connected to the tab with the red dot.George / NJ
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All mid woofers (top two) on both speakers work.
I tested with a test signal and all of them are good.
Finally I got the wires off of the two left bass woofers and left one reads around 4.5 ohms but started at 28 ohms.
Tested with a test signal and no sound. It's shorted.
The right one reads open so it's also a dead one.
So the left speaker so far has two good mid woofers and two bad bass woofers.
Right speaker has all four good woofers.
Will test tweeters separately with a test tone and if that doesn't work need to desolder some of the lead/s as they are soldered.
Tweeters don't have red dot so not sure if they are wired correctly.Gardenstater wrote: »1st Generation SDA 1 is supposed to have 2 SL1000 tweeters and 4 MW6501. Some early ones had a 3 pin IC connector. I think I see a hole where a 3rd pin would have been on yours.
What model # are your MW's? Not quite good enough focus or closeup enough for me to read the #.
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Edit: MW6600X on the woofers with some hand written numbers.
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The model # is under the word "audio" in the "polk audio" at the top of the label and it looks like they may all be MW6600X, which I believe is considered equivalent to MW6501? Weird but true.
Whoever handwrote those dates must've had way too much coffee but I think I read 8-25-83 on one
George / NJ
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Gardenstater wrote: »The model # is under the word "audio" in the "polk audio" at the top of the label and it looks like they may all be MW6600X, which I believe is considered equivalent to MW6501? Weird but true.
Whoever handwrote those dates must've had way too much coffee but I think I read 8-25-83 on one
Haha... didn't even look on the printed part.
Yes all six are MW6600X. The two that I didn't take out should be also the same.
So basically, I epoxied two bad woofers, first for me.
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If the MW6600X is supposed to be equivalent to the MW6501 it should have a DCR of 7.75 Ohms. What reading do you get on the ones you say are good?George / NJ
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The one I could pull the leads off reads 8.4 ohms.Gardenstater wrote: »If the MW6600X is supposed to be equivalent to the MW6501 it should have a DCR of 7.75 Ohms. What reading do you get on the ones you say are good?
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Pictures of problematic fast ons
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It's just tight. I pulled one and it reads 8.4.Pictures of problematic fast ons
do not cut
Working ones are working so no need to troubleshoot.
Top ones in this photo.
https://us.v-cdn.net/5021930/uploads/editor/xf/zxrdptxebkpj.jpg
Next is to check tweeters and fuses.
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Lol guess I could have scrolled up 🤦🏻♂️
Tight is good. (Shut up @ken brydson )😜 In all seriousness I would remove all and hit everything with a stainless steel brush or some sort of wet/dry sandpaper just to remove any oxidation.
I was going to recommend a awl or small flat blade to loosen. They can become stuck on by oxidation somewhat. -
It's just tight. I pulled one and it reads 8.4.Pictures of problematic fast ons
do not cut
Working ones are working so no need to troubleshoot.
Top ones in this photo.
https://us.v-cdn.net/5021930/uploads/editor/xf/zxrdptxebkpj.jpg
Next is to check tweeters and fuses.
It's great that you have some working and I'm sure you're happy enough with that right now. It would still be a good idea to check DCR's on all of them because the closer they are matched, the better will be your stereo center image and the closer will be the relative voicing between the two speakers.George / NJ
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Checked the fuses and both stereo tweeter fuses are blown.
Dimensional tweeter fuses are good, obviously as it was not used, so I swapped the fuses.
If all tweeters work, I'm thinking about using SL1000 with as stereo but that means I have to switch SL2500 and make more holes.
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Didn't someone "TL" these and make a plate to center one tweeter?Don't take experimental gene therapies from known eugenicists.
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Checked the fuses and both stereo tweeter fuses are blown.
Dimensional tweeter fuses are good, obviously as it was not used, so I swapped the fuses.
If all tweeters work, I'm thinking about using SL1000 with as stereo but that means I have to switch SL2500 and make more holes.
Since you don't have the IC anyway at this time, AND we know the SL2500 is NOT the correct tweeter, I wouldn't make any new (incorrectly located) holes. Before I did that I would just cut a couple pieces of aluminum plate and block off the dimensional tweeter locations until such time as I got 2 more SL1000's and an IC cable. 1/4" or even 1/8" Baltic Birch plywood may be a suitable temporary fix as well.George / NJ
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Yes that is an option but too much work.Gardenstater wrote: »...Before I did that I would just cut a couple pieces of aluminum plate and block off the dimensional tweeter locations until such time as I got 2 more SL1000's and an IC cable. 1/4" or even 1/8" Baltic Birch plywood may be a suitable temporary fix as well.
I'd rather wire the SL1000 with stereo wires at the same outside location.
More than IC cable, I need to source two woofers as these are not usable without those.
So what woofers will work?
6600, 6501, what else? Anything 8 ohm Polk of that era?
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I think those are your only 2 options. I suggest putting "Polk MW6501 MW6600X" in as a search term on ebay and make it a saved search. I see 3 avail. right at this moment.George / NJ
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Don't take experimental gene therapies from known eugenicists.
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I have never seen that thread. I have some nice SDA 1A's. If I every run out of stuff to do, it could be a project."Sometimes you have to look to the past to understand where you are going in the future"Anger is just anger. It isn’t good. It isn’t bad. It just is. What you do with it is what matters.
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It is not a true TL mod but its a very nice thread and well done.
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After putting good fuse for the 2500 tweeters, they work great.
Even with bass from only one speaker, it sounds good.
Yes, not correct tweeter but it's not an audiophile setup anyways.
For crying out loud, I used my phone to play music.
Need to decide if I want to make them complete or sell as is or part out.
It's quite bit of money to get two mids and two tweeters plus IC cable.
And as if I need more speakers than what I already have.
Time will tell...
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It is not a true TL mod but its a very nice thread and well done.
How would the tweeter circuit need to be modded to accept the factory RD0198?Don't take experimental gene therapies from known eugenicists. -
Well I'm not real sure. My SDA1 signatures do have a 5.8uf cap across a resistor. I have to wonder if they also need a different inductor as well in the tweeter circuit.
The 5.8uf cap across the resistor creates a contour circuit for the tweeter.
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That's not even a TL mod as he was installing the RD0194.Political Correctness'.........defined
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Quick question, how are the IC pins connected? Left to left, right to right?
Can I use some wires with spade ends to connect pins together to make a hill billy IC cable?
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Well I'm not real sure. My SDA1 signatures do have a 5.8uf cap across a resistor. I have to wonder if they also need a different inductor as well in the tweeter circuit.
The 5.8uf cap across the resistor creates a contour circuit for the tweeter.
Dave or Trey are much smarter than I maybe they have a better answer.
Thanks for confirming, WMG has explained it before in good detail. IIRC, it attenuates the output as frequencies increase.
That's not even a TL mod as he was installing the RD0194.
Leave it to F1.....ya just ruined the guy's last 13 yrs of "TL" pride!Don't take experimental gene therapies from known eugenicists. -
Quick question, how are the IC pins connected? Left to left, right to right?
Can I use some wires with spade ends to connect pins together to make a hill billy IC cable?
Not sure I understand the question but I'll give it a try. The cable itself is straight through. What I mean is one wire is big blade and one is small. So if you think of it as positive and negative. Remember once upon a time most speaker cable had a transparent jacket? On the outside of jacket one side had a line and one side had postive symbols. Hook positive side to big blade and negative to line side or small blade.
As I said previously the switch is in the cabinet on the plug jack. Making a cable is stupid simple. Call polk the used to sell ends or complete cable with aftermarket ends. The complete cable was 65.00 at one time.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Interconnect-Cable-Polk-Audio-SDA-2-and-other-SDA-Series-w-2-flat-pins-20ft-NEW/383825726469?hash=item595dcbcc05:g:0tUAAOSwpLNYB435 -
Not sure I understand the question but I'll give it a try. The cable itself is straight through. What I mean is one wire is big blade and one is small. So if you think of it as positive and negative. Remember once upon a time most speaker cable had a transparent jacket? On the outside of jacket one side had a line and one side had postive symbols. Hook positive side to big blade and negative to line side or small blade...
This one doesn't have pin and blade.
Both are same size pin and there's a big hole below them.
It looks like that hole isn't connected to anything (maybe) and it's just to orient the IC cable.
So the question is how should those two pins be connected together?
Outside pin on left speaker, looking from the back, connects to outside pin of right speaker or outside to inside!
Another question is what happens if the IC leads are connected the wrong way?
Will it damage the speaker or just the SDA side won't work correctly?
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Your SDA 1 is one of the earlier ones that doesn't have the large blade and the small blade. Normally the large blade would be Pin #1 and small blade would be Pin#2. Others can correct me if I'm wrong but I believe the SDA IC cable should have 2 wires and both wires carry a signal. Pin #1 on one end should connect to Pin #1 on the other end and same for Pin #2. I would identify and label Pin #1 and Pin #2 on your Left and Right speakers by using your meter and doing the following checks:
George / NJ
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If hooked up wrong it can take out your amp or Preamp or both.
https://forum.polkaudio.com/discussion/159532/polk-sda1-with-ports-below-tweeters#latest2 Channel
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That's messed up.dkfreebird wrote: »If hooked up wrong it can take out your amp or Preamp or both.
https://forum.polkaudio.com/discussion/159532/polk-sda1-with-ports-below-tweeters#latest
It would've been so easy if they marked the pins like 1,2,3 as in xlr connections.
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Dude inside you should have numbers or HNG or something close to discern. Either way you're going to have two different color wires if the green wire is on + or #1 then green wire on other side needs to be on - or #2 then wire two would be the same.
Now I just made up the green color it could have been any color wire I'm not quite sure which color they used at this point in time cuz I rewired mine so I can't look. but I will say I just used binding post on mine and just used speaker cable and basically the switch in the connection is on the inside so that's an old RTA type socket and there should be two different wires there and you should be able to discern which one needs to go to which pin whether it be a neutrik connector or a binding post.
Yes you can let the magic smoke out if done wrong. But seriously it's not hard to figure out.
