Dead Tweeter
LPN
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Last June (2009) I replaced my old SL3000's with fresh RDO198-1's. There's maybe about 35 hrs on them now and one is dead ... nada ... ziltch.
I've switched them left to right to check them and again, no sound from the dead tweeter. Surely you'd expect more than 35 hours of life from one of these! I guess I'm going to have to roll the dice and buy another one. Any suggestions are welcome.
Cheers, LPN.
I've switched them left to right to check them and again, no sound from the dead tweeter. Surely you'd expect more than 35 hours of life from one of these! I guess I'm going to have to roll the dice and buy another one. Any suggestions are welcome.
Cheers, LPN.
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Call Polk and tell them what happened. They may give you another tweeter for free with exchange of your old one. You have nothing to lose.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 -
You only put 35 hours of listening time in since last June??? The tweeters aren't even broken in yet.
What SDA's do you own? What are you using for power and how loud were you playing it when the tweeter stopped working?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 -
Yes ... 35 hrs. These RDO198-1's are installed in RTA15 TLs, not SDA's. I've not exceeded half volume on an old Pioneer amp, so I'm thinking factory defect.
Cheers, LPN. -
Anything is possible, but that would be the first RD0198-1 failure that I've heard of.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 -
Not saying bad about YOUR Pioneer amp but my brother in law trashed a pair of speakers with an old Pioneer SX-950 about 11:00 o'clock on the volume control. The Pioneer was clipping and had reached the end of it's life on the 4 ohm speakers They aren't made for 4 ohm.
