Rti10's smell
Parachoute
Posts: 88
Hi,
A few days ago, I noticed a strange smell coming from my Rti10's. They are 8 months old. I use avr 8000 from HK. Both of them smell... It's no fun!
Anybody has experience with stinky speakers?
A few days ago, I noticed a strange smell coming from my Rti10's. They are 8 months old. I use avr 8000 from HK. Both of them smell... It's no fun!
Anybody has experience with stinky speakers? Post edited by Parachoute on
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Can't sat that I have....~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~
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I never had that issue, with my speakers at least:eek:, but this subject did come up in another thread recently.
http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?t=63494&highlight=smellAVR: Elite VSX-21TXH
Amplifier: B&K 7250 Series ii
Misc: Velodyne SMS-1
Mains: RTi-10
Center: CSi-5
Rear: Boston DSi460
Sub: SVS PC-Ultra
TV: Panasonic TC-P58V10
DVD: Panasonic DMP-BD60K -
What do they smell like?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."
President of Club Polk -
It's hard to describe. They smell like a mix of electrical and melted plastic. It comes mainly from the hole located below the tweeter.
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Ok, that's not good. More than likely you have cooked something in the crossovers. You should take a look at them before further use.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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Parachoute wrote: »It comes mainly from the hole located below the tweeter.
Hopefully you dont have any mice taking nest in there
In all seriousness though I hope you get it resolved.
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I had that problem with my LSi's and it turned out not to be the speakers but the amp was burning up. Odd that I smelled it first by the speakers but that was how I noticed.My Main Gear
Mitsu HC5000 (Proj.)
Marantz SR8001 (AVR)
Sunfire TGA7200 (AMP)
Marantz DV7001 (SACD)
Samsung BD-P1500 Blu-Ray
LSi 15's (Front)
LSiC (Center)
LSiFx (Surrounds)
DUAL SVS 20-39 CS Plus (Passive Subs)
Marantz IS201 I-Pod Dock[/SIZE]
Panamax M5300EX
Carada Criterion 106" Brightwhite Screen
Sunfire TGA 5200 & (4) B&W 605's in the party room -
I have had some weird smells from all of my polks. But its only noticeable if I drive them hard and have my nose near the port.If life had more tubes it would be a lot smoother.
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I've had faint smell come from my RTi10's as well. My CSi5 has it as well. Even out of the box, you could smell it, when they're turned on, it's faint, but not anywhere near enough to become worried or interested in.
It's weird though. When we first got them, I figured it was the material used to build them and such. Here we are months later and I can still smell it at times.
I should've listened way back in 2008, they told me I'd go broke... they were right
