Polk Audio RTA 15TL tweeter Problem.

Stealth13
Stealth13 Posts: 4
edited September 2007 in Basic Hookup/Wiring Questions
Hello,
I have recently accuired a pair of RTA 15TL speakers. I tried them out and found that they have no top end treble at all. I have tested the SL3000 tweeters with an OHM meter and they read as open or no continuity.
Does anyone know what they are supposed to read with an OHM meter?
If these tweeters are bad, where can I find the best deal on OEM replacement tweeters? :rolleyes:

Thanks for any help.
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  • avguytx
    avguytx Posts: 1,628
    edited September 2007
    Call Polk Audio customer service at 1-800-377-7655 to order the replacement RD0-198 tweeters for your SL3000's. They are a soft dome tweeter that everyone in here that uses they raves about. Big difference over the existing stock tweeters for most people. I believe that the impedance on the SL3000's is around 5.6-ohm per the Polk SDA Compendium but I could be mistaken. That would typically give you a reading of somewhere in that range with a DMM.

    Great speakers. I wish I could find a pair locally...just to have! Welcome to Club Polk!
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  • Stealth13
    Stealth13 Posts: 4
    edited September 2007
    Thanks for the information!
    I really don't know what to do with these speakers.
    I don't want to spend much money on them.
    I know that to ship them anywhere would cost a fortune and endanger them.
    Any suggestions or offers? I live in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

    I have uploaded some pictures of them to my free Putfile account.
    http://img2.putfile.com/main/9/24420085220.jpg
    http://img2.putfile.com/main/9/24420085279.jpg
    http://img2.putfile.com/main/9/24420085269.jpg

    Thanks.:rolleyes:
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  • avguytx
    avguytx Posts: 1,628
    edited September 2007
    Keep them and enjoy them. Don't try to sell them on your second post! That's a Club Polk no-no!
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,717
    edited September 2007
    Any suggestions or offers? I live in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

    Yeah, put them out on the curb. Where you live, they'll be gone in under 60 seconds.
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited September 2007
    Stealth13 wrote: »
    Thanks for the information!
    I really don't know what to do with these speakers.
    I don't want to spend much money on them.
    I know that to ship them anywhere would cost a fortune and endanger them.
    Any suggestions or offers? I live in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

    I have uploaded some pictures of them to my free Putfile account.
    http://img2.putfile.com/main/9/24420085220.jpg
    http://img2.putfile.com/main/9/24420085279.jpg
    http://img2.putfile.com/main/9/24420085269.jpg

    Thanks.:rolleyes:

    Why would you not want to spend about $100 on them? that's about what the price of two tweeters would be to bring them back to life.

    they originally sold for $700 msrp.

    worth keeping if they were mine.
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  • cfrizz
    cfrizz Posts: 13,415
    edited September 2007
    If you bought them I assumed you wanted to keep them. If you didn't, WTH did you get them.

    If it was just to turn over, go elsewhere with them.
    Marantz AV-7705 PrePro, Classé 5 channel 200wpc Amp, Oppo 103 BluRay, Rotel RCD-1072 CDP, Sony XBR-49X800E TV, Polk S60 Main Speakers, Polk ES30 Center Channel, Polk S15 Surround Speakers SVS SB12-NSD x2
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  • Stealth13
    Stealth13 Posts: 4
    edited September 2007
    Sorry to cause any ill feelings about me and my ententions for these speakers. I did not sign up with Club Polk just to sell them. The sad truth about these speakers is that someone else left them in their apartment storage closet when they moved out. They were abandoned and I saved them from the landfill. I would love to hear them in all of their glory. I didn't realize they were collectable until I came here and read all of the feedback on them.
    Thanks for all the input.

    Weave
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  • cfrizz
    cfrizz Posts: 13,415
    edited September 2007
    Well since you got them for free, it would be worth it for you to cough up the small amount of money to get them fully operational! Those are some great speakers that fell into your lap, they will give you endless hours of enjoyment.
    Marantz AV-7705 PrePro, Classé 5 channel 200wpc Amp, Oppo 103 BluRay, Rotel RCD-1072 CDP, Sony XBR-49X800E TV, Polk S60 Main Speakers, Polk ES30 Center Channel, Polk S15 Surround Speakers SVS SB12-NSD x2
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited September 2007
    cfrizz wrote: »
    Well since you got them for free, it would be worth it for you to cough up the small amount of money to get them fully operational! Those are some great speakers that fell into your lap, they will give you endless hours of enjoyment.

    agreed..

    and once the bad tweeter is replaced... i get the feeling you're going to fall in love with them. ;)

    Cathy, how was the trip to DC? :)
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  • cfrizz
    cfrizz Posts: 13,415
    edited September 2007
    I'm still here Al! I'm going home on Saturday.

    I'm having a blast as usual.
    Marantz AV-7705 PrePro, Classé 5 channel 200wpc Amp, Oppo 103 BluRay, Rotel RCD-1072 CDP, Sony XBR-49X800E TV, Polk S60 Main Speakers, Polk ES30 Center Channel, Polk S15 Surround Speakers SVS SB12-NSD x2
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