RTA 12cs

hydrostream
hydrostream Posts: 549
edited December 2008 in Vintage Speakers
Looking for some info on a pair of mint RTA 12c speakers.
A local sale for $200.00 obo?
thanks jerry
Main- GTP-500II,GDC-600,GFA-555II and energy C-500s
Basement-Audiosource pre/tuner,GFA-545,Onkyo
DX-1400 and RTI10s
Garage-GTP-450,onkyo M-282 and R50s with RTi55
drivers and X-overs.
My baby 18' V-king Mod VP with a merc 2.4 BP.
KTM 620 Supermoto
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  • jon s
    jon s Posts: 905
    edited December 2008
    Are you looking for a pair of RTA-12Cs or are you asking whether it is a good deal???

    If you have a chance to buy a pair, this is what you shud look for... If it is in mint condition, the price is reasonable... make sure that the mid-drivers move easily... push the passive radiator (the big speaker) in a bit and the mids shud push out a bit... better to push the radiator as it has no voice coil. test the speaker to make sure the tweeter works okay, the speaker requires a lot of power and driving them with low power receivers can cause clipping which may blow the tweeters out.

    BTW, the speakers wud be about 20+ years old by now... It is suggested that the capacitors in the crossovers be replaced. It is also suggested that the Polk SL2000 tweeters be replaced with the newer RDO194s cloth doped tweeters as the older ones are made of plastic which hardens and makes the sound more harsh...
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  • hydrostream
    hydrostream Posts: 549
    edited December 2008
    Thanks for the info. I think i will pass on them.
    jerry
    Main- GTP-500II,GDC-600,GFA-555II and energy C-500s
    Basement-Audiosource pre/tuner,GFA-545,Onkyo
    DX-1400 and RTI10s
    Garage-GTP-450,onkyo M-282 and R50s with RTi55
    drivers and X-overs.
    My baby 18' V-king Mod VP with a merc 2.4 BP.
    KTM 620 Supermoto
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  • BottomFeeder
    BottomFeeder Posts: 1,684
    edited December 2008
    I had a pair & they're TERRIFIC, especially for the price. & I didn't upgrade anything, yet they sounded fantastic.

    They were mint as well. Maybe offer a little less, but they're worth $200.
    "Wish I didn't know now what I didn't know then." Bob Seger
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  • jon s
    jon s Posts: 905
    edited December 2008
    The RTA-12Cs are good speakers... I have a pair and use them as my primary speakers. After replacing the tweeters (one was blown) and upgrading the caps, I find them to be really sweet. The only issue is that on some music, the bass is lacking. A perfect example is the soundtrack from "Titanic"... One song, "Leaving Southampton" has some extremly low bass drums. On other speakers, the bass is very strong but on the Polk, the bass is notably softer. My guess is that the drums are really low in frequency and the two MW6502s cannot generate any signal that low for the passive radiator to work with.
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  • engtaz
    engtaz Posts: 7,664
    edited December 2008
    Good speakers. Paid 150.00 for mine 12B's

    engtaz
    engtaz

    I love how music can brighten up a bad day.
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