Seattle area RT16's on craigs

danger boy
danger boy Posts: 15,722
edited October 2007 in For Sale (FS) Classifieds
Not sure if these are still available, but someone one the Seattle area may like to see if they are still available. They aren't talked about much in the forums anymore. but i know they were once a fav of quite a few polkies.

these do not belong to me or anyone I know.

http://seattle.craigslist.org/skc/ele/448311177.html
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  • zingo
    zingo Posts: 11,258
    edited October 2007
    There isn't much talk about this line... What are these comparable to? The reviews on the website are pretty one-sided. :)
    They were originally $1000 a pair, which is more than the CRSs and most of the Monitors and RTAs!
    Jake
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  • mantis
    mantis Posts: 17,194
    edited October 2007
    The old rt16's where one of my personal favorite speakers. I owned the rt12's. They are just nice easy to listen to speakers which have that old Monitor type sound. They are alittle better in my opnion. they went for around 1000.00 when new. 1998 is the time frame for then If I remember correctly.
    Dan
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited October 2007
    i've never heard a pair of them myself.. but from what i've heard from other polkies.. bass is pretty incredible in these RT16's.
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  • venomclan
    venomclan Posts: 2,467
    edited October 2007
    I bought a pair new in 1997 and sold them in 2003. They were a good speaker, but with limitations. The 2 7" drivers had plenty of slam, but the bass was muddy. I tried all kinds of Dacron stuffing, but I could not get the mixture right. I also upgraded the spikes, which helped, but muddy still.

    The SL2000 tweeter was too bright and muddy also. A good speaker, but not a reference IMHO.
    Venom
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited October 2007
    venom, are you sure it has an SL2000 tweeter? This pair certainly doesn't :confused:
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  • venomclan
    venomclan Posts: 2,467
    edited October 2007
    danger boy wrote: »
    venom, are you sure it has an SL2000 tweeter? This pair certainly doesn't :confused:

    I may be off on the model # of the tweeter, but they were bright. The RT16's used the same Trilaminate tweeter that was in the RT7's, RT20's, CS350, LS/FX, RT55 and the SRT system. The tweeter was then changed to the "i" series, I never had this series but I heard the tweeter was better, not as bright. Hope this helps.
    Venom
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