Possible Peerless substitute?

gdb

I found these at Midwest and was wondering if anyone has had any experience with them. They are available in 4 & 8 ohm versions and cost about the same as the RDOs do.

https://www.midwestspeaker.com/onlineshopping.asp

gdb

Link wont show the right page for some reason. The items are MT-4115-4 & Mt-4115-8

Hamatym

interesting! Looks to be about the same price to buy an old set of Monitor's, then take out the tweeter for your needs. That's a waste of a good speaker to do so, but it is what it is I suppose. Nice find GDB

mhardy6647

Interesting. Wonder who is the OEM?

schwarcw

mhardy6647 wrote: »

Interesting. Wonder who is the OEM?

The same Chinese company that is building these for Polk.:p I wonder what the differences are between the two models??

madmike

Yeah I was wondering about these also, I have a pair of Reynolds Advance A+ Towers that have 2 peerless tweeters in each tower. Anyone have any experience with these?

comfortablycurt

Interesting...I wonder if they sound anything like the Peerless tweets.

madmike

I am going to order a pair for my Reynolds Advance A+ towers, I'll let you guys know what they are like, I see that you can get 4 Ohm and 8 Ohm, I need the 8 Ohms for the towers.

gdb

Madmike,
Please do post your findings and impressions of these! I couldn't beleive my eyes when I found them, almost too good to be true maybe. I do think that the silk fabric dome would have to give them a sound similar to the original Peerless tweets.

madmike

When I get them I will put the new pair in one tower and do a comparison to the originals, Then I'll let you guys know. As for the Peerless sound in original Polk speakers I can't say as I've heard any (the ones with the hole)

madmike

There was a mix up when I ordered these on August 22, they were never shipped but yet I was charged for them on my credit card. I now have this mess sorted out and tweeters should be here in the next week or so. I'll update you guys when I get them.

madmike

I just got my pair of tweeters today. They look very good, I tried one in my Reynolds Advance A+ speakers today, these speakers have 2 in each, tried the one new one with the old original and I can't tell any difference between the two. I got 2 of them just incase there was going to be any difference between the originals and the new ones,this way I could put one new and one original in each speaker. I will listen to these for some time so this tweeter can have a chance to break-in and I will get back to you guys.

gdb

That's good news for all us Peerless folks Mike !! Very promising preliminary results !!:)

jimbo1421

Hey Mike, how did these Chinese replacements for Peerless tweeters work out?

Jim

geppy1

That place is about 3 miles from me. I should point out as I have have several times before. I have spent dozens of hour researching the Peerless tweeter and can tell you that there are about 4 different Peerless tweeters made and used between 1977 and 1984. NONE of them sound the same. That does not count the replacemnt one that was made in Denmark until a few years ago when the tooling finally cracked and they said game over. Point is when people say "i need a Peerless "or " Peerless for sale you need to know what you have. Check the back for numbers 7514___ or 5514___. Gold or Silver, flat spots on the magnet housing of round, ect. I do not know what they copied but I could ask. keith

jimbo1421

Hi Keith. Thanks for your interest. I don't need any just now; I was curious for future reference. My rebuilt Monitor 7As from 1979 have what I believe are Danish Peerless. One photo has a number that I can barely make out: 5514277A, I think. There are some photos in this thread, post #1:
http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?t=86195&highlight=refurbishing
Notice that one back plate is black steel, the other bright steel. Post #39 has a closeup front view.

Jim

madmike

Hi guys, between Christmas and New Years I had a chance to really listen to the replacement Tweeter in my Advance Speakers and I was very impressed with the sound. I have about 30 hours on these since refoaming the drivers and the Peerless replacement. IMO there is no difference between this new tweeter and the originals. The amp that I am using is a Carver M-500t and I gave these speakers a really good workout and the tweeter worked flawlessly. I will be upgrading the X-overs in these here in the near future seeing as the speakers are approaching 30 years old so I should probably upgrade them. The tweeters sound the same even by putting my ear to the original and the new one I can't tell the difference between the two. Hope this will help some people on deciding wheather to get these or not. They have two different ones 4 ohm and 8 ohm the ones that I purchased were the 8 ohm which is what were in the speakers originally. The black finish is a little shinier then the originals and the dome material seems a little thinner then the originals. It was great hearing these speakers again for the first time in 16 years.

gdb

That is good news, thanks for the follow up and enjoy the music !:D

jimbo1421

Thanks for the mini review, Mike. I might sometime try them in my Monitor 7As.

Jim

canadianicon25

this is an old post and I'm bumping it up. does anyone else out there have experience with the midwestspeaker replacement for the peerless tweeter. it would be great to get more reviews on it. if it recreates sonically the output of the peerless then this is the ultimate for me :-) as i have mismatched peerless and it is hard to find used peerless in good shape.

gdb

canadianicon25 wrote: »

this is an old post and I'm bumping it up. does anyone else out there have experience with the midwestspeaker replacement for the peerless tweeter. it would be great to get more reviews on it. if it recreates sonically the output of the peerless then this is the ultimate for me :-) as i have mismatched peerless and it is hard to find used peerless in good shape.

Your Peerless are mismatched? :eek: THAT might well be your problem with them sounding dissimilar !