blown SL2500
jbmaxwell
Posts: 4
Hello, All.
I'm new to the forum, but have loved Polks since I was a kid. Actually, I bought the current Monitor 5s I'm using for my studio setup after a long, hard search for good, reasonably priced studio monitors. I couldn't believe what these new companies wanted, price-wise, for what the speakers actually sounded like. Suddenly, I recalled the wonderful, crystal clear sound of the Polks I grew up with (also Monitor 5s), and decided to look around for some. I found them, and I bought them, and I've been very happy with them -- even in a studio environment!
However... I've blown an SL2500 in the old beasts, and I'm not sure whether I should just replace the blown one, or do both at the same time. Will a single replacement still match the original?
(btw: yes, I'm pretty sure it's blown... I was doing some dsp programming and fed it a nice, hot burst of broadband noise! ouch! And all to the left channel, as well... not so bright, but it's done now.
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J.
I'm new to the forum, but have loved Polks since I was a kid. Actually, I bought the current Monitor 5s I'm using for my studio setup after a long, hard search for good, reasonably priced studio monitors. I couldn't believe what these new companies wanted, price-wise, for what the speakers actually sounded like. Suddenly, I recalled the wonderful, crystal clear sound of the Polks I grew up with (also Monitor 5s), and decided to look around for some. I found them, and I bought them, and I've been very happy with them -- even in a studio environment!
However... I've blown an SL2500 in the old beasts, and I'm not sure whether I should just replace the blown one, or do both at the same time. Will a single replacement still match the original?
(btw: yes, I'm pretty sure it's blown... I was doing some dsp programming and fed it a nice, hot burst of broadband noise! ouch! And all to the left channel, as well... not so bright, but it's done now.
)J.
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okay... so I'm a newbie, and now I'm going to prove it!
Pulling the "blown" tweeter out, and connecting it directly to a source reveals that it does, in fact, worK! Cool... so I'm guessing I've popped a polyswitch. Now, since I don't normally listen at terribly high volume, and the previous accident was just that, an "accident" (helped along a little by a dose of stupidity!), I'm wondering if there's quick guide to bypassing the polyswitch, so I can get up and running again?
thanks in advance,
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Well, I pulled the crossover, and it looks pretty damn simple! (That's my kind of pc board -- pretty much looks home-made!) Problem is, I don't know which lovely items I'm bypassing...?? If I had to guess (which is always dangerous), I'd say they're the two rectangular devices -- my thinking is that they'd be the same type of device, with one for the tweeter and one for the woofer. But, as you may have already guessed, I'm pretty much clueless!
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hehe... well, I'm really embarassed now. My lovely old 5s have a fuse right on the back, which I _thought_ I checked... nope... it's blown. :O
I guess I figured the fuse was for the whole shebang, not just the tweeter.
Oh well, I know now!
cheers,
J.
