Advantages of RDO-194's ?

fomoco69
fomoco69 Posts: 51
edited November 2009 in Vintage Speakers
What can I expect from changing my tweeters out with RDO-194's on my monitor 5's ?
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,216
    edited October 2009
    Have you done a search here. There are boat loads of info on the RD0194-1. Literally pages and pages of feedback.
    "Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Pangea AC14SE MKII | Legend L600 | BlueSound Node 3 - Tubes add soul!
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited October 2009
    Assuming you have either SL1000's or SL2000's, replacing them with RD0-194 will result in a smoother and less fatiguing sound.
    "He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you." Friedrich Nietzsche
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  • skrol
    skrol Posts: 3,393
    edited October 2009
    Which Monitor 5 do you have? If they have Peerless tweeters, the RDO-194 would be a downgrade. Not to mention they don't fit without modification.
    Stan

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    HT:
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    Other stuff:
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  • zarrdoss
    zarrdoss Posts: 2,562
    edited October 2009
    I have two pairs of mon 5 and don't know if I would want to spend $98 on tweets for them because I paid 45 for one pair and 15 on the other, but its your money and they will sound better than the sl2000's
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,216
    edited October 2009
    zarrdoss wrote: »
    I have two pairs of mon 5 and don't know if I would want to spend $98 on tweets for them because I paid 45 for one pair and 15 on the other, but its your money and they will sound better than the sl2000's

    I paid $35 for mine. Added RD0's and Clarity, Solen caps, Mills resistors, rewired, deleted fuses..........best damn $200 speakers I've ever heard!

    It's well worth it!

    H9
    "Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Pangea AC14SE MKII | Legend L600 | BlueSound Node 3 - Tubes add soul!
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  • zarrdoss
    zarrdoss Posts: 2,562
    edited October 2009
    Ive done the rdo in everything else, my 2.3, 2,3tl and rta 11t's and it was well worth it, but the monitor 5's are just surround and eventually a garage system.
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,216
    edited October 2009
    zarrdoss wrote: »
    Ive done the rdo in everything else, my 2.3, 2,3tl and rta 11t's and it was well worth it, but the monitor 5's are just surround and eventually a garage system.

    I hear ya. My 5B's are in a 2nd system (computer/office rig) and they get quite a bit of use for secondary system. To me it was worth it.

    H9
    "Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Pangea AC14SE MKII | Legend L600 | BlueSound Node 3 - Tubes add soul!
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  • jimbo1421
    jimbo1421 Posts: 772
    edited October 2009
    Face wrote: »
    Assuming you have either SL1000's or SL2000's, replacing them with RD0-194 will result in a smoother and less fatiguing sound.

    Is the RDO-194 a direct replacement for the SL1000 or do the crossovers need modification to work right?

    Jim
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    Center: CS400i
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    Parasound P3 pre-amp
    Oppo BDP-103 Blu-Ray
    2014 MacBook Pro 2.8 GHz

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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited October 2009
    Yes and no. It is the replacement, but the crossover may not be exact.

    Take a look at what you have in there now and compare it to this: http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=18773&d=1155784674
    "He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you." Friedrich Nietzsche
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  • stubby
    stubby Posts: 723
    edited October 2009
    When I swapped out the 2000's on my old CRS+ speakers, the high end was much smoother AND the midrange had more clarity. I guess without all the high frequency peaks, it allowed the midrange to become more intelligible. Christ, is that even a word?

    stubby
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  • Hamatym
    Hamatym Posts: 269
    edited October 2009
    Totally agree...I just played two identical pairs of srs's and the one set I just picked had the RDO-194's....Big difference!!! Sounds awesome and more together, the old SL2000 are great but they tend to ring at higher volumes. The RDO's are a worth the upgrade if your like me and don't want to mess with the original speaker to much.
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  • inspiredsports
    inspiredsports Posts: 5,501
    edited October 2009
    Not that anyone else need to chime in as the point has been made, but I have experience moving from SL2000's to RDO's in both SDA-2B's and SDA SRS 2's.

    It was truly impossible to listen to the SL2000's at moderate to high volumes for much more than 2 hours. With RDO's, I listen now about 8 hours per day.
    VTL ST50 w/mods / RCA6L6GC / TlfnknECC801S
    Conrad Johnson PV-5 w/mods
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    MF x-DAC V8, HAInfo NG27
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  • dane_peterson
    dane_peterson Posts: 1,903
    edited October 2009
    How on earth can you listen to music at home 8 hrs a day? I want YOUR job.
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  • woodsman10b
    woodsman10b Posts: 408
    edited October 2009
    8 hrs of work + 8 hrs of music + 8 hrs of sleep = 24 hrs in a day.... sounds simple enough to me :D
    Most of them only hear how loud it sounds, and the rest of us hear everything else - :rolleyes:
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  • inspiredsports
    inspiredsports Posts: 5,501
    edited October 2009
    dane_peterson wrote: »
    How on earth can you listen to music at home 8 hrs a day? I want YOUR job.

    Self-employed, home office, wife at work and the 4 kids at school. Life's Good :)
    VTL ST50 w/mods / RCA6L6GC / TlfnknECC801S
    Conrad Johnson PV-5 w/mods
    TT Conrad Johnson Sonographe SG3 Oak / Sumiko LMT / Grado Woodbody Platinum / Sumiko PIB2 / The Clamp
    Musical Fidelity A1 CDPro/ Bada DD-22 Tube CDP / Conrad Johnson SD-22 CDP
    Tuners w/mods Kenwood KT5020 / Fisher KM60
    MF x-DAC V8, HAInfo NG27
    Herbies Ti-9 / Vibrapods / MIT Shotgun AC1 IEC's / MIT Shotgun 2 IC's / MIT Shotgun 2 Speaker Cables
    PS Audio Cryo / PowerPort Premium Outlets / Exact Power EP15A Conditioner
    Walnut SDA 2B TL /Oak SDA SRS II TL (Sonicaps/Mills/Cardas/Custom SDA ICs / Dynamat Extreme / Larry's Rings/ FSB-2 Spikes
    NAD SS rigs w/mods
    GIK panels
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  • george daniel
    george daniel Posts: 12,096
    edited October 2009
    My feeling/impressions of the RDO-194---somewhat laid back,, a tweeter with a much smoother,,almost "silk lined" pleasant to the ears sound,,a SL 2000 on xanax,,lol,,YMMV. :cool:
    JC approves....he told me so. (F-1 nut)
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  • StevieB
    StevieB Posts: 256
    edited November 2009
    inspiredsports wrote: »
    Self-employed, home office, wife at work and the 4 kids at school. Life's Good :)


    :) nodding
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