Any use for a blown RD0194?

dane_peterson
dane_peterson Posts: 1,903
edited July 2009 in Speakers
I don't know what to do with the thing... it breaks my heart to think about tossing it.

Perhaps a paperweight...
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  • RandyWilliamson
    RandyWilliamson Posts: 178
    edited July 2009
    I could use their plastics molding becuz I bought RDO198s and they don't drop in to my monitor 10s....so I did not want to cut into their faces and had to re-use the old metal plates instead that dont show off the cool polk audo branding.
    Cool stuff: Adcom GFA-555, GFP-710, Oppo BDP-83, Monitor 10's w/RDO198s, rebuilt and modded XO: Sonicap/Mundorf topside, Daytons Low.
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    "Leaning back like a maxwell tape commercial listening to pure polk bliss"
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  • george daniel
    george daniel Posts: 12,096
    edited July 2009
    dane_peterson wrote: »
    I don't know what to do with the thing... it breaks my heart to think about tossing it.

    Perhaps a paperweight...

    how did it fail?
    JC approves....he told me so. (F-1 nut)
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 51,141
    edited July 2009
    RandyWilliamson wrote: »
    I could use their plastics molding becuz I bought RDO198s and they don't drop in to my monitor 10s....so I did not want to cut into their faces and had to re-use the old metal plates instead that dont show off the cool polk audo branding.

    The proper replacement tweeter for your Monitor 10 speakers is the RD0194-1, you bought the wrong tweeters. Regardless, the plastic frames on the RD0's are the same size.....you have to enlarge the openings.



    Dane, trash can.
    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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  • dane_peterson
    dane_peterson Posts: 1,903
    edited July 2009
    george daniel wrote: »
    how did it fail?

    Dunno. Just heard static in it one day. Tried swapping ICs, swapping speaker cable... then swapped tweeters and it moved to the other side.

    Replacement is in the mail.
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  • comfortablycurt
    comfortablycurt Posts: 6,745
    edited July 2009
    Refrigerator magnet?

    I used to have the magnet from a 15" Kicker Comp VR car sub on my fridge. You're not going to find a better magnet for attaching papers to the fridge...lol
    The nirvana inducer-
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  • skrol
    skrol Posts: 3,414
    edited July 2009
    F1nut wrote: »
    The proper replacement tweeter for your Monitor 10 speakers is the RD0194-1, you bought the wrong tweeters. Regardless, the plastic frames on the RD0's are the same size.....you have to enlarge the openings.

    Dane, trash can.

    This size issue has come up a lot and I'm curious. In stead of routing out the cabinet, can the RDO-194 mount be reshaped to fit?

    Also, there seem to be quite a few Polk speakers still kicking around that have the Peerless or SL1000 tweeters. I wonder if there is enough market for Polk to produce an RDO-19x that would be a direct physical drop-in (ie. RDO194 with the proper size mount)? I realize that the characteristics of the RDO194 is not an exact replacement for the SL1000 or Peerless. Leave the XO mods to the installer.

    Of course if we keep resurrecting Vintage Polks, they may not sell as many new ones. Naa, Polk Audio's customer support is one of its greatest assets and keeps us coming back.
    Stan

    Main 2ch:
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    HT:
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    Other stuff:
    Denon: DRA-835R, AVR-888, DCD-660, DRM-700A, DRR-780; Polk: S8, Monitor 5A, 5B, TSi100, RM7, PSW10 (DXi104 upgrade); Pioneer: CT-6R; Onkyo CP-1046F; Ortofon OM5E, Marantz: PM5004, CD5004, CDR-615; Parasound C/PT-600, HCA-800ii, Sony CDP-650ESD, Technics SA 5070, B&W DM601
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  • MillerLiteScott
    MillerLiteScott Posts: 2,564
    edited July 2009
    comfortablycurt wrote: »
    Refrigerator magnet?

    I used to have the magnet from a 15" Kicker Comp VR car sub on my fridge. You're not going to find a better magnet for attaching papers to the fridge...lol[/QUOTE

    Or a phone book:)
    I like speakers that are bigger than a small refrigerator but smaller than a big refrigerator:D
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  • NJPOLKER
    NJPOLKER Posts: 3,474
    edited July 2009
    If you show a picture of who blew it I maybe able to tell you what to do with it.
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