SDA SRS Problem

pefowles
pefowles Posts: 2
edited November 2006 in Vintage Speakers
Hi to all... I have an ongoing problem with my SDA SRS speakers...
Tweeter arrays shut down way earlier than they should. I believe
this is a feature to protect them from overdriving, however I want
to be able to utilize higher volume level without them shutting down.
I would appreciate any advice or comments with regard to this
problem.
Thanks,
Pete
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  • Ricardo
    Ricardo Posts: 10,636
    edited November 2006
    Seems like your polyswitches are getting old......if you ask nicely Polk CS will mail you a pair. If you have decent soldering skills you can change them yourself (one per speaker in the crossover).

    If you are doing it, you might as well change capacitors and resistors..do a search for crossovers and you'll see many threads talking about this.

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  • BobMcG
    BobMcG Posts: 1,585
    edited November 2006
    HTrookie wrote:
    Seems like your polyswitches are getting old......if you ask nicely Polk CS will mail you a pair. If you have decent soldering skills you can change them yourself (one per speaker in the crossover).

    If you are doing it, you might as well change capacitors and resistors..do a search for crossovers and you'll see many threads talking about this.

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  • schwarcw
    schwarcw Posts: 7,341
    edited November 2006
    Welcome to the Club Polk Forums Pete! I agree with the rest of the boys that you've probably got a bad polyswitch. Call Polk Customer Service. They'll probably send you one free of charge or bill you just a couple of bucks!

    Welcome and good luck!
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  • george daniel
    george daniel Posts: 12,096
    edited November 2006
    Welcome to the club,a phonecall or an e-mail will most likely net you some polyswitches. Use the "search" function to help you regarding replacing them.
    Have fun :)
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,731
    edited November 2006
    Two questions, what are you using for power and on a clock scale, at what point do the tweeters shut down?
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 33,000
    edited November 2006
    HTrookie wrote:
    Seems like your polyswitches are getting old......if you ask nicely Polk CS will mail you a pair. If you have decent soldering skills you can change them yourself (one per speaker in the crossover).

    If you are doing it, you might as well change capacitors and resistors..do a search for crossovers and you'll see many threads talking about this.

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  • pefowles
    pefowles Posts: 2
    edited November 2006
    To all the nice folks who responded to my request,
    Many thanks!!!
    Sounds like I need new polyswitches.
    I look forward to having all my speakers back again.
    Pete
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