SL-2000 troubleshooting

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edited December 2009 in Vintage Speakers
I have one dead SL-2000 tweeter on my monitor 5's .......I checked the ohms & got 9.4........why would one tweeter quit working?
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  • Posts: 51,323
    edited December 2009
    Because it's old. ;)

    Seriously, it could have simply died from old age, but also check for a bad polyswitch or fuse depending on what your model came with.

    A quick check, swap the tweeters and see if the problem follows.
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  • Posts: 51
    edited December 2009
    Yea....I know I saw those............****.........anyways.........thanx for the input & comedy...........very true & funny...............I did swap the tweeters & it worked fine with the other one..................so I ordered two new RDO-194's
  • Posts: 51,323
    edited December 2009
    I did swap the tweeters & it worked fine with the other one..................so I ordered two new RDO-194's

    Ok, in that case the problem is not the tweeter. It will be either the polyswitch or the fuse depending on what came with your model.
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  • Posts: 87
    edited December 2009
    F1nut wrote: »
    Ok, in that case the problem is not the tweeter. It will be either the polyswitch or the fuse depending on what came with your model.
    Is it a good idea to just eliminate the polyswitch altogether, with a jumper wire in it's place? Mine is now shutting down the speakers often, with the right speaker making a scratchy, distorted sound from the tweeter almost all the time.
  • Posts: 51,323
    edited December 2009
    IMO, yes it is a good idea, but only if one is not in the habit of clipping their amp.

    Correct, you will need to replace the poly with a jumper.
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  • Posts: 87
    edited December 2009
    I rarely ever turn it up to be worried about clipping. Thanks!
  • Posts: 21,136
    edited December 2009
    F1nut wrote: »
    Because it's old. ;)

    So are we!:D
  • Posts: 11,455
    edited December 2009
    Yes we are and the way this year has been I'm starting to worry.:(

    I guess we can't turn our own bodies volume up like we used to without disingaging our own fuses of what-ever they might be too, huh.:D
    Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.

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  • Posts: 21,136
    edited December 2009
    Yes we are and the way this year has been I'm starting to worry.:(

    I'm right with you there Brother.
  • Posts: 51,323
    edited December 2009
    So are we!:D

    LOL....true, but we're far from worn out!
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  • Posts: 21,136
    edited December 2009
    F1nut wrote: »
    LOL....true, but we're far from worn out!

    Mentally!;)
  • Posts: 51
    edited December 2009
    Mine are 1989 monitor 5's ...........no fuse .......will these have a polly switch?
  • Posts: 51,323
    edited December 2009
    No, they most definitely will not have a polly switch. However, they will have a polyswitch.
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  • Posts: 51
    edited December 2009
    Ok ...ten four

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