CRS question

Jonesy

I haven't been around for a while but a recent possibility has me pondering another pair of Polks. Before I leap I thought I'd ask the experts. Am I getting hosed if I lay out $90 for a pair of CRS with no interconnect? I don't know if they're +'s or not, they have one tweeter (silver dome).

hoosier21

they are CRS + most likely with one tweeter, and for 90.00 they are a very good deal.

go get them.

NJPOLKER

Hey Cheese Head, Go get them and if I was still a Cheese Head I would have gotten already. Good to see you back and stay around this time. I used to live 25 miles north of Milwaukee.
Drew

leroyjr1

Get it and pass it on to me fellow cheese head. Are you watching them Packers kick detroit a$$

jjwm27

i would go for it, i have a set, two tweet model and i love them.

ben62670

Get them and you will most likely want to ditch your dual tweeter models;)

jjwm27

ben62670 wrote: »

Get them and you will most likely want to ditch your dual tweeter models;)

whats the differance between the two models besides the tweeters? someone said to unhook the outside tweeter, it may have been you, and it would sound better, have not tried that yet. i guess ill give it a go.

Jonesy

Man I'm such a sucker.....

They're a little beat up but not too bad. All drivers seem to work well and the grills are in generally good condition with the exception of a little pulling away from the frames in a couple places.

ben62670

$90 I would not say you are a sucker. Those speaker wires need to be upgraded. You don't have to spend a bunch, but those need to be replaced;)

ben62670

You can make an IC cable with an RCA connector. You remove the petals and use just the center pin. The blade does nothing on that set of speakers.
Ben

dorokusai

Jonesy wrote: »

I haven't been around for a while but a recent possibility has me pondering another pair of Polks. Before I leap I thought I'd ask the experts. Am I getting hosed if I lay out $90 for a pair of CRS with no interconnect? I don't know if they're +'s or not, they have one tweeter (silver dome).

Nope. Have you recently had a physical?

dorokusai

jjwm27 wrote: »

whats the differance between the two models besides the tweeters? someone said to unhook the outside tweeter, it may have been you, and it would sound better, have not tried that yet. i guess ill give it a go.

Nothing that really changes your life and I'd leave the tweeter hooked up. I think the CRS(Dual Tweeter) can sound "odd" but that's depending on the media and if you've seriously listened to another pair of CRS in the first place.

Jonesy

ben62670 wrote: »

$90 I would not say you are a sucker. Those speaker wires need to be upgraded. You don't have to spend a bunch, but those need to be replaced;)

Thanks for the vote of confidence. The wires were just for preliminary testing. This is what is usually pushing my 7B's, and what I'm currently listening to the CRS's through.....

hoosier21

for a temp solution, you can poke a bare wite in where the pin is supose to go, at least you can get the SDA going till you can get a better solution

ben62670

I have suggested disconnecting the dimensional tweeter. I did on my early SDA2's. The highs would get out of control. The few that have actually tried it thought it was an improvement. It's free to try. I don't know if Doro ever tried it, but it does clean things up quite a bit. If you notice only the first generation used the dimensional tweeter. The next four did not. There is a reason for this;) If after disconnecting the dim tweeter you will notice slightly attenuated highs. This is easily fixed by decreasing the value of the series resistor in the stereo XO. Stock they are 5.6ohms, and should be dropped to 3.5 to 4 ohms if you want to continue using just the stereo tweeter.
Ben

dorokusai

I've heard and owned quite a few SDA's in my travels Ben, what do you think?

Jonesy

hoosier21 wrote: »

for a temp solution, you can poke a bare wite in where the pin is supose to go, at least you can get the SDA going till you can get a better solution

After doing a little reading I went with the modified RCA cable method. The pin fits nicely but isn't as snug as a regular RCA connection. I notice a slightly fuller sound with the cable in. Am I to understand that one of the mids dosen't fucntion if the cable is not in?