Monitor 10 tweeter replacement

hifi808
hifi808 Posts: 3
in Vintage Speakers
Just wondering if anyone knew what tweeter this is. I have had these for a while and love them. Is it possible to find a direct replacement?

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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,537
    edited January 2022 Answer ✓
    That is the absolutely worst looking Peerless I've ever seen. You're also missing two screws.

    Do you live by the ocean?
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  • JayCee
    JayCee Posts: 1,500
    edited January 2022 Answer ✓
    I had some 1C's and smaller Polk bookshelfs in climate controlled storage, pro moving company contracted by military on the east coast, while we lived in Germany. Stored for 4 years along w/smaller Polk's.

    Not to the extent of the OP's tweets but I had similar happening to Larry's rings and the panhead screws on the 1C's. Not the smaller speaks. Difference between the sets of speakers was the rope caulk (can't remember the commercial name, too lazy to look up). I came to the conclusion it was the caulk putty. Removed it and replaced w/an Armacell gasket. No problems since.

    I've seen a few other posts with this problem and it helped reinforce my conclusion that there's something in the caulk that becomes a catalyst for metal corrosion. FWIW, no 12 step analysis process studies conducted, just a hunch but will never use it again....for this and other documented reasons.
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  • Clipdat
    Clipdat Posts: 12,934
    Nice patina.
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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 25,436
    edited January 2022
    Original peerless, good luck finding a pair.
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  • hifi808
    hifi808 Posts: 3
    edited January 2022
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    Yes I know I took them out to look on the back. Funny thing is they were working like that for years. I will take a picture of the other side. Hawaii is not kind to electronics.
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  • Gardenstater
    Gardenstater Posts: 4,459
    Probably about the same vintage

    https://www.ebay.com/itm/265486011047?hash=item3dd0330aa7:g:81kAAOSwIVZh1e-M
    George / NJ

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    Onkyo A-8017 integrated
    Logitech Squeezebox Touch Streamer w/EDO applet
    iFi nano iDSD DAC
    iPurifier3
    iDefender w/ iPower PS
    Custom Steve Wilson 1m UPOCC Interconnect
    iFi Mercury 0.5m OFHC continuous cast copper USB cable
    Custom Ribbon Speaker Cables, 5ft long, 4N Copper, 14awg, ultra low inductance
    Custom Vibration Isolation Speaker Stands and Sub Platform
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  • lawdogg
    lawdogg Posts: 455
    Well, it's just metal. A little vinegar could be a start, a full disassembly / stripping / sanding / priming / painting could be a solution.
    <3 my 3.1TLs

    I will fix your shifted magnets for free. :)
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  • wispolkboy
    wispolkboy Posts: 150
    Wow... I plan on moving to the beach when I retire but if that's what it does to my peerless tweeters I'm having second thoughts...
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    M7's 1982 Peerless tweeters
    M5's X2 (1981 Peerless tweeters, 1988 with upgraded tweeters)
    M4's X2 both with Peerless tweeters
    M5Jr with SL1500 (in the garage, they sound great)
    M4.6 series2 X2 with upgraded tweeters
    SDA 2 with upgraded tweeters
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  • hifi808
    hifi808 Posts: 3
    Got the replacements on the way. Ill go grab some stainless screws too.
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  • Gardenstater
    Gardenstater Posts: 4,459
    edited January 2022
    Good deal and then you could disassemble and clean up your OEM ones. I think black oxide Grade 8 Button Heads are the way to go for screws. What vintage are the replacements?
    George / NJ

    Polk 7B main speakers, std. mods+ (1979, orig owner)
    Martin Logan Dynamo sub w/6ft 14awg Power Cord
    Onkyo A-8017 integrated
    Logitech Squeezebox Touch Streamer w/EDO applet
    iFi nano iDSD DAC
    iPurifier3
    iDefender w/ iPower PS
    Custom Steve Wilson 1m UPOCC Interconnect
    iFi Mercury 0.5m OFHC continuous cast copper USB cable
    Custom Ribbon Speaker Cables, 5ft long, 4N Copper, 14awg, ultra low inductance
    Custom Vibration Isolation Speaker Stands and Sub Platform
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  • Gardenstater
    Gardenstater Posts: 4,459
    Coincidentally I just scored 6 1978 vintage NOS open box 8 Ohm Peerless on eBay. 4 of them are the typical rectangular bezels and 2 have round. They have to be Danish.
    George / NJ

    Polk 7B main speakers, std. mods+ (1979, orig owner)
    Martin Logan Dynamo sub w/6ft 14awg Power Cord
    Onkyo A-8017 integrated
    Logitech Squeezebox Touch Streamer w/EDO applet
    iFi nano iDSD DAC
    iPurifier3
    iDefender w/ iPower PS
    Custom Steve Wilson 1m UPOCC Interconnect
    iFi Mercury 0.5m OFHC continuous cast copper USB cable
    Custom Ribbon Speaker Cables, 5ft long, 4N Copper, 14awg, ultra low inductance
    Custom Vibration Isolation Speaker Stands and Sub Platform
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  • Gardenstater
    Gardenstater Posts: 4,459
    I'll be the first to admit they are a little rough looking, bordering on museum pieces lol. Unfortunately most of the ID #'s are pretty illegible. They measure between 7.0 and 7.7 Ohms. I think these are different years. Best one is the 7.65Ohm #25143577. Two of the others are #451422?? and the 4th is completely illegible.

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    George / NJ

    Polk 7B main speakers, std. mods+ (1979, orig owner)
    Martin Logan Dynamo sub w/6ft 14awg Power Cord
    Onkyo A-8017 integrated
    Logitech Squeezebox Touch Streamer w/EDO applet
    iFi nano iDSD DAC
    iPurifier3
    iDefender w/ iPower PS
    Custom Steve Wilson 1m UPOCC Interconnect
    iFi Mercury 0.5m OFHC continuous cast copper USB cable
    Custom Ribbon Speaker Cables, 5ft long, 4N Copper, 14awg, ultra low inductance
    Custom Vibration Isolation Speaker Stands and Sub Platform
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  • Gardenstater
    Gardenstater Posts: 4,459
    This is the one in the lower left above. Sticky tape restoration method. May be some hope for these and my $53 investment.

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    George / NJ

    Polk 7B main speakers, std. mods+ (1979, orig owner)
    Martin Logan Dynamo sub w/6ft 14awg Power Cord
    Onkyo A-8017 integrated
    Logitech Squeezebox Touch Streamer w/EDO applet
    iFi nano iDSD DAC
    iPurifier3
    iDefender w/ iPower PS
    Custom Steve Wilson 1m UPOCC Interconnect
    iFi Mercury 0.5m OFHC continuous cast copper USB cable
    Custom Ribbon Speaker Cables, 5ft long, 4N Copper, 14awg, ultra low inductance
    Custom Vibration Isolation Speaker Stands and Sub Platform
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  • xschop
    xschop Posts: 5,000
    Esscore
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  • StantonZ
    StantonZ Posts: 444
    edited January 2022
    Very nice "restoration" (kind of curious about what kind of tape)...and good find!
    Yamaha RX-A2050 AVR (5.0.2); LG OLED77C2 4K TV
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  • Gardenstater
    Gardenstater Posts: 4,459
    edited January 2022
    It was a very thin double sided tape of unknown manufacturer. Been in my kitchen drawer for many years. 2" wide, 0.002" thick (0.006" with release paper). I cut it into 1/4" wide strips which I folded back on themselves (release paper still on) and worked that into the area between the convolute and the dome and all over the dome and outside the convolute. Takes a lot of patience and it will adhere like gangbusters to the fragile dome if you are not careful so only use a small area of the tape at any time. Keep making a fresh fold to maintain stickiness and cut a fresh piece often.

    These domes must've been very sticky at one time to have so much stuff stuck on and some knucklehead must've stored them with the box lids open and the domes facing up, is all I can think of.

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    George / NJ

    Polk 7B main speakers, std. mods+ (1979, orig owner)
    Martin Logan Dynamo sub w/6ft 14awg Power Cord
    Onkyo A-8017 integrated
    Logitech Squeezebox Touch Streamer w/EDO applet
    iFi nano iDSD DAC
    iPurifier3
    iDefender w/ iPower PS
    Custom Steve Wilson 1m UPOCC Interconnect
    iFi Mercury 0.5m OFHC continuous cast copper USB cable
    Custom Ribbon Speaker Cables, 5ft long, 4N Copper, 14awg, ultra low inductance
    Custom Vibration Isolation Speaker Stands and Sub Platform
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