Hunter

Aaron
Aaron Posts: 1,853
edited February 28 in Clubhouse Archives
I see you're back on the forum. So what happened with the Vifa tweeter retrofit??? I was interested before, but I never heard back. I want details!

Aaron
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  • mantis
    mantis Posts: 17,200
    edited July 2002
    I remeber that post,
    Yes how did you make out.
    Dan
    My personal quest is to save to world of bad audio, one thread at a time.
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  • HUNTER
    HUNTER Posts: 78
    edited July 2002
    I posted pictures after my replacement but it didn't seem as though anyone was interested so I figured why go to the trouble. If you go back and do a search for HUNTER under opinion forum (Ultimate polk based center channel) you will see the pics.
    In my opinion they sound great. I noticed that the new sound was very smooth and not at all harsh like the tri-lams. I have been using them for months now and couldn't be happier. The only other mod I did to them was to change the green leds to blue which looks pretty cool. I decided not to post anymore about my mods because of the few guys that cause problems.

    Thanks for asking
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  • briancs
    briancs Posts: 193
    edited July 2002
    What about the center? Were you able to finish it and get the results you wanted?
    The guy with $40.00 mains and a $700.00 subwoofer.
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  • Aaron
    Aaron Posts: 1,853
    edited July 2002
    Geez, I even responded to that picture. I totally forget. In my response I asked how it sounded, but you never replied. So, at least I was interested. So aside from the smoothness, what else have you noticed in sound quality? Are the speakers more detailed? What did you have to do to make the tweeter work? Did you have to modify the cabinet and crossover?

    Aaron
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  • HUNTER
    HUNTER Posts: 78
    edited July 2002
    I have not worked on the center channel yet. I started collecting the parts to start it, ie. amp and ring dome tweeter and then found a deal on a second pair of rt3000ps for 500.00. I am now contemplating using the pair laid horizontal on top of the TV as the center channel. I see some problems with doing this but I haven't found the time to put much effort into it recently.
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  • briancs
    briancs Posts: 193
    edited July 2002
    Aww just put one obove the tv and one below;)
    The guy with $40.00 mains and a $700.00 subwoofer.
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,987
    edited July 2002
    Originally posted by HUNTER
    I have not worked on the center channel yet. I started collecting the parts to start it, ie. amp and ring dome tweeter and then found a deal on a second pair of rt3000ps for 500.00. I am now contemplating using the pair laid horizontal on top of the TV as the center channel. I see some problems with doing this but I haven't found the time to put much effort into it recently.

    Ring 'radiator' tweeter? Laying a pair on their side on top of TV?

    Amazing how time changes little, for some things anyway....

    Good on ya Hunter, can't wait to see the pics......

    Cheers,
    Mac Guyver
    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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  • HUNTER
    HUNTER Posts: 78
    edited July 2002
    Its not that easy. My 60" mits is built into a wall with about seven inchs between it and the load bearing header which I built to place my old cs245i in so to do this I would have to raise the header. I can't place one on the floor in front of the TV because the TV is flush with the wall with drywall in front of the old TV speakers so a large speaker such as these will stick out 18" and be in the way. I will eventually find the time to raise the header but I have kind of lost intrest in tweaking the system so its not a priority.
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  • briancs
    briancs Posts: 193
    edited July 2002
    You know I need a new set of mains, and I bet you would like a greeting card for every holiday. Plus your birthday. We can work together on this I know we can;)
    The guy with $40.00 mains and a $700.00 subwoofer.
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  • nascarmann
    nascarmann Posts: 1,464
    edited July 2002
    Cheers,
    Mac Guyver

    :lol:
    Oh, the bottle has been to me, my closes friend, my worse enemy!
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  • HUNTER
    HUNTER Posts: 78
    edited July 2002
    Brian,
    I can remember at one time during the height of my obsession with home theater having the following speakers sitting in my garage:
    2 r40s
    2 rt800I
    4 rt3000p
    1 cs400i
    2 cs245i
    1 psw450
    I have sold all but the one cs245i that I am using as an iterum center and the two pair of rt3000ps.
    I am keeping the 3000s because in my opinion I don't think that there is a better tower around, other than the SRTs that can do what these can do for music and HT. I can't see a future upgrade for these beasts but time will tell.

    Thanks for the offer though!
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  • briancs
    briancs Posts: 193
    edited July 2002
    Hey no prob. If you change your mind I'll even drive to pick them up. Even with your first installment of greeting cards:D
    The guy with $40.00 mains and a $700.00 subwoofer.
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