Brand new Peerless Tweets, Grab quick No/affil

Polkersince85
Polkersince85 Posts: 2,883
edited August 2005 in Flea Market
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5803405207

Better get em if you want a pair.

Peerless tweeters No/affiliation
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  • candyliquor35m
    candyliquor35m Posts: 2,267
    edited August 2005
    Did you buy a pair? I see there's 2 left out of 4. Good luck!
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  • Polkersince85
    Polkersince85 Posts: 2,883
    edited August 2005
    Not yet, Those would bring new life to a vintage Polk. Maybe one of us with a blown one could put it to best use. Right now I've speakers running out of every **** I've got. :eek:
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  • Polkersince85
    Polkersince85 Posts: 2,883
    edited August 2005
    I think Polk put the hole in the ones they sold. I've got a set out of RTA12B's that don't have a hole.
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,986
    edited August 2005
    Correct, Polk did make the 'hole', by hand acutally - with the tip of a hot soldering iron. Beleive it. Don't drink any coffee that morning, maybe you can too.

    Those are (early versions of the) Peerless 810665, for all intents and purposes the same tweeter. They last sold for $28 each through Madisound and Parts Express before they went OOP, about 18 months-2yrs ago.

    Cheers,
    Russ
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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited August 2005
    Man. Russ knows everything.
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    Wonder WTF happened to the rest of my money.
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  • WilliamM2
    WilliamM2 Posts: 4,796
    edited August 2005
    Interesting. Do you know why Polk put a hole in them? Seems like it would allow dust into the voice coil.
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,986
    edited August 2005
    A lot of DIY full-range designs still do it. Yes, techincally the dustcap is just that, a dust cap. Truth is, very little, if any dust gets in - certainly not enough to make a 1-inch voice coil rub - and it 'extends' the high frequency response (to varying degrees, depending on driver in question), and adds a touch of airiness, a little more expansion in the top end soundstage, by breaking up (very slightly) the HF waves from not having a 'perfect' convex dome.

    That, and I'm sure Polk just wanted to be different too, have their 'mark', if you will. This tweeter (and many other similar designs) was used frequently in the 70's and 80's, for no other reason than it simply sounded good. Braun, A/D/S, even Phillips made a similar dome.

    I think everyone ran with what Phase Technology had recently invented, the first soft-dome tweeter.

    Cheers,
    Russ
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  • Polkersince85
    Polkersince85 Posts: 2,883
    edited August 2005
    That didn't take long. All four are gone. Bet he wishes he priced em a little higher.
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,986
    edited August 2005
    Nah. I've just had the honor of spending time with some audio old timer's.

    If an old school guy talks, pull up a chair and listen. Just passing on what I've been told.

    Cheers,
    Russ
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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