What tweeter?

snow
snow Posts: 4,337
edited December 2009 in Vintage Speakers
What tweeter used double magnents on the back that looked like an SL series? And what SDA's were they used in?



REGARDS SNOW
Well, I just pulled off the impossible by doing a double-blind comparison all by myself, purely by virtue of the fact that I completely and stupidly forgot what I did last. I guess that getting old does have its advantages after all :D
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  • kcoc321
    kcoc321 Posts: 1,788
    edited December 2009
    Is this a triva question?
    What is the prize????
    Pictures?
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  • snow
    snow Posts: 4,337
    edited December 2009
    kcoc321 wrote: »
    Is this a triva question?
    What is the prize????
    Pictures?
    No it's not a trivia question. Sorry no prizes. No Pictures either if I had pics I would probally know what they were lol.

    I bought a pair of Polk SDA's years ago now for $650.00 and they came with two extra tweeters and I remember they had 2 magnents stacked on each other and they looked like the SL-2000's but I cant remember what model the polks were or what the tweeter model was.

    When I got these the passive woofer didnt output any bass on the right speaker I tore it apart to see if I could find any reason why but it stumped me both speakers looked identical as did both woofers, so I wound up getting my money back from this fellow.



    REGARDS SNOW
    Well, I just pulled off the impossible by doing a double-blind comparison all by myself, purely by virtue of the fact that I completely and stupidly forgot what I did last. I guess that getting old does have its advantages after all :D
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,753
    edited December 2009
    It sounds like the tweeters had bucking magnets attached to them.
    Political Correctness'.........defined

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  • snow
    snow Posts: 4,337
    edited December 2009
    F1nut wrote: »
    It sounds like the tweeters had bucking magnets attached to them.
    It could well be that. I remember they were $1800.00 new when I went to the Polk site to look them up and they had either a 12' or 15" passive and there were more drivers on one side than the other. I think I remember reading on the forum about how this particular tweeter was prone to die so polk discontinued them, of course I could be wrong about that also it was probally back around 2002- or 2003.



    REGARD SNOW
    Well, I just pulled off the impossible by doing a double-blind comparison all by myself, purely by virtue of the fact that I completely and stupidly forgot what I did last. I guess that getting old does have its advantages after all :D
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,753
    edited December 2009
    Jim, the SDA series used (from start to finish) the SL1000, SL2000 or SL3000. None of them were known to suffer from a premature death that I'm aware of. However, it was common for folks to install bucking magnets when the speakers were close to a tube TV set to help prevent strange things happening to the picture.
    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."

    President of Club Polk

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  • snow
    snow Posts: 4,337
    edited December 2009
    F1nut wrote: »
    Jim, the SDA series used (from start to finish) the SL1000, SL2000 or SL3000. None of them were known to suffer from a premature death that I'm aware of. However, it was common for folks to install bucking magnets when the speakers were close to a tube TV set to help prevent strange things happening to the picture.
    I cant remember ever seein another tweeter by polk that looked like these so thats most likely the case with the bucking magnet. The odd thing is I remember the magnets being smaller than what is on the SL 2000 but of course much heavier. Maybe it's just my imagination at work here :p



    REGARDS SNOW
    Well, I just pulled off the impossible by doing a double-blind comparison all by myself, purely by virtue of the fact that I completely and stupidly forgot what I did last. I guess that getting old does have its advantages after all :D
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  • NJPOLKER
    NJPOLKER Posts: 3,474
    edited December 2009
    If I were living in Alaska I'd have one hell of an imagination too.
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  • woodsman10b
    woodsman10b Posts: 408
    edited December 2009
    NJPOLKER wrote: »
    If I were living in Alaska I'd have one hell of an imagination too.

    :eek: LOL :D
    Most of them only hear how loud it sounds, and the rest of us hear everything else - :rolleyes:
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