finally welcoming 1.2 TL's to fhe family

chandler9a
chandler9a Posts: 878
edited December 2009 in Vintage Speakers
Hey all. I just picked up some 1.2 TL's from a great guy in CT! I drove 4.5 hours to and from and they are awesome! The speakers are in overall great condition however, the third tweeter down on both channels isn't producing sound that I can tell!! Is there something I am missing:confused:? They are connected so I am assuming they are blown which would be an easy fix but I just wanted to check with all of you first.

I got them for my father to replace his 2.3's ( which I still have to fix ) and we are realizing that bi-amping these speakers is going to have to happen at some point. we are currently running them off an NAD 218 THX which is great but I think we need two. Any advice from those of you who have more knowledge of these beasts is greatly appreciated.

I will post pictures asap!

happy holidays,


chandler9a
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  • engtaz
    engtaz Posts: 7,664
    edited December 2009
    Congrats
    engtaz

    I love how music can brighten up a bad day.
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  • Polkersince85
    Polkersince85 Posts: 2,883
    edited December 2009
    You got them the correct way. One should always drive at least 3 hours so that the owner can't follow you when he changes his mind.

    Get a VOM and disconnnect the tweeters. Check the ohm reading across the terminals. That will tell you if they are blown or not. There may be some spare 3000 tweeters here or on Ebay. You could replace all of them with the RDO from Polk, albeit an expensive option.

    You need power to make them sing. Separate amps is the best way. An AVR will blow the tweeters through distortion if you push it.
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  • chandler9a
    chandler9a Posts: 878
    edited December 2009
    yes, I drove as fast as I could! He asked $1500 and I could only offer $1,250, he was great and accepted. I suspect they are blown and will replace them with RDOs if that is the case.

    Thanks
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  • Lord Vader
    Lord Vader Posts: 167
    edited December 2009
    The better the power you send to them, and of course the better the source material(SDA's love vinyl) the better they will sound. Mine loved to be pushed hard, but also did quite well at lower volumes.
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  • jjwm27
    jjwm27 Posts: 123
    edited December 2009
    You got them the correct way. One should always drive at least 3 hours so that the owner can't follow you when he changes his mind.

    now thats funny! and very good advice,
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  • GaryW
    GaryW Posts: 60
    edited December 2009
    Congrats, i bought a pair on Ebay, in Phoeinx on the weekend. My friend who lives there picked them up today. They are only 1700 miles away from home. Enjoy. I will have to wait a while to enjoy mine. Winter holiday trip after Christmas to get them.

    Gary
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  • chandler9a
    chandler9a Posts: 878
    edited December 2009
    congrtats to you as well. I did see those on ebay... I will be interested to hear what you have to say about them!

    Aaron
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  • inspiredsports
    inspiredsports Posts: 5,501
    edited December 2009
    Congrats on the fine score!
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  • bluecomet
    bluecomet Posts: 1,118
    edited December 2009
    Congrats Chandler. Did you get them in the oak or walnut color.
    Polk HT system 1: LSIC, LSI25 mains, LSI F/X rears, Lsi F/X rear centers,
    Yamaha RX-V2500 System, Carver A753 3 channel amp.

    Polk HT system 2: , SRT system with f/x 1,000's rear speakers on 7.1 system currently using Onkyo TX-RZ820 receiver, powered by Sunfire Grand Theater amp

    Polk Speaker collection: SDA SRS 1.2tl x 2, SRT system, SDA SRS 2 P/B, SDA 2A, SDA 1C Studio, SDA CRS+, Monitor 7B & 4, SRS 3.1tl, RTA 15tl, LS90, LSI 9
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,136
    edited December 2009
    Congrats Bro . . . now you need to update the xovers and Dynamat the MWs & PR.
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,463
    edited December 2009
    Pics or it did not happen!

    Congrats
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  • leroyjr1
    leroyjr1 Posts: 8,785
    edited December 2009
    Congrats on your new purchase.
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  • chandler9a
    chandler9a Posts: 878
    edited December 2009
    bluecomet wrote: »
    Congrats Chandler. Did you get them in the oak or walnut color.

    Thank you, they are oak.
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  • chandler9a
    chandler9a Posts: 878
    edited December 2009
    nooshinjohn wrote: »
    Pics or it did not happen!

    Congrats

    Thanks! We are taking pictures right now and will post them for you all soon. Any suggestions on placement is welcomed.
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  • BB3
    BB3 Posts: 297
    edited December 2009
    Congratulations chandler9a, and to you as well GaryW.

    Happy Listening Gentlemen.
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  • danz1906
    danz1906 Posts: 5,144
    edited December 2009
    Congrats!
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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,333
    edited December 2009
    lasareath wrote: »
    how are those pictures coming along?


    +1 ^^^^^
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  • zarrdoss
    zarrdoss Posts: 2,562
    edited December 2009
    He made a different thread with pics




    http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?t=92316
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