R300 fell over, magnet ripped off, help!
lwright84
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjxoQG60pqQ
ARGH! My daughter (God bless her) wasn't watching where her growing arms were flailing and knocked over my right surround tower. I knew something was wrong when I stood it up and heard a large, heavy thud as something hit the bottom of the wooden frame. Opened it up and low and behold.. a giant magnet fell out (sortof).
I have since learned that this is pretty much not fixable and is in need of a replacement. Polk is asking $60+ to send out a single replacement driver. I dont feel that is very cost effective so I tried to find the part number elsewhere to purchase at a lower price, but with no luck. The part # Polk gave me is RD7210-1 but I cant seem to find that ANYWHERE. Does anyone know of a compatible woofer replacement for the R30\R300 towers? I saw these and they look almost identical:
http://www.google.com/products?q=Polk+MW6502&hl=en&aq=f
Does anyone know if those would work? Does anyone know of any compatible alternatives?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjxoQG60pqQ
ARGH! My daughter (God bless her) wasn't watching where her growing arms were flailing and knocked over my right surround tower. I knew something was wrong when I stood it up and heard a large, heavy thud as something hit the bottom of the wooden frame. Opened it up and low and behold.. a giant magnet fell out (sortof).
I have since learned that this is pretty much not fixable and is in need of a replacement. Polk is asking $60+ to send out a single replacement driver. I dont feel that is very cost effective so I tried to find the part number elsewhere to purchase at a lower price, but with no luck. The part # Polk gave me is RD7210-1 but I cant seem to find that ANYWHERE. Does anyone know of a compatible woofer replacement for the R30\R300 towers? I saw these and they look almost identical:
http://www.google.com/products?q=Polk+MW6502&hl=en&aq=f
Does anyone know if those would work? Does anyone know of any compatible alternatives?
My Home Theater: :cool:
Display: 65" Mitsubishi WD65C9 DLP
A/V Receiver: Denon AVR-888
Fronts: Polk Audio Monitor 70s
Center: Polk Audio CS1
Rears: Polk Audio R300s
Sub: BIC Venturi V1020
HDP: 80GB PS3
Cable: AT&T Uverse HD
HTPC: Dell Precision 380 (Win7 Ultimate x64)
Who brought me here?
Display: 65" Mitsubishi WD65C9 DLP
A/V Receiver: Denon AVR-888
Fronts: Polk Audio Monitor 70s
Center: Polk Audio CS1
Rears: Polk Audio R300s
Sub: BIC Venturi V1020
HDP: 80GB PS3
Cable: AT&T Uverse HD
HTPC: Dell Precision 380 (Win7 Ultimate x64)
Who brought me here?
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The MW6502 will not work, it's not even close. You have two options, buy the proper driver from Polk or buy the proper driver from Polk.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 -
Spend the $60 and be done with it, if the speaker is worth that too you that is.
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F1nut you forgot to tell him he can get one from Polk.
Seriously mention you are a club Polk member to get the discount.
Welcome to Club Polk
BenPlease. Please contact me a ben62670 @ yahoo.com. Make sure to include who you are, and you are from Polk so I don't delete your email. Also I am now physically unable to work on any projects. If you need help let these guys know. There are many people who will help if you let them know where you are.
Thanks
Ben -
At that cost to replace the driver in the R300...I'd personally just replace the R300's altogether, with something better.The nirvana inducer-
APC H10 Power Conditioner
Marantz UD5005 universal player
Parasound Halo P5 preamp
Parasound HCA-1200II power amp
PolkAudio LSi9's/PolkAudio SDA 2A's/PolkAudio Monitor 7A's
Audioquest Speaker Cables and IC's -
The RD part number is internal to Polk Audio.CTC BBQ Amplifier, Sonic Frontiers Line3 Pre-Amplifier and Wadia 581 SACD player. Speakers? Always changing but for now, Mission Argonauts I picked up for $50 bucks, mint.
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The RD part number is internal to Polk Audio.
Well that explains it!
You wouldnt happen to know an external part number would you? lol My Home Theater: :cool:
Display: 65" Mitsubishi WD65C9 DLP
A/V Receiver: Denon AVR-888
Fronts: Polk Audio Monitor 70s
Center: Polk Audio CS1
Rears: Polk Audio R300s
Sub: BIC Venturi V1020
HDP: 80GB PS3
Cable: AT&T Uverse HD
HTPC: Dell Precision 380 (Win7 Ultimate x64)
Who brought me here? -
Call CS on the phone. That way you are not waiting for a reply.Please. Please contact me a ben62670 @ yahoo.com. Make sure to include who you are, and you are from Polk so I don't delete your email. Also I am now physically unable to work on any projects. If you need help let these guys know. There are many people who will help if you let them know where you are.
Thanks
Ben -
try polk ebay for a pair of R300 and use the old ones as a back up
just follow the link
http://stores.ebay.com/Polk-Audio-Direct_Towers-Floorstanding_W0QQ_fsubZ160111119QQ_sidZ686154689QQ_trksidZp4634Q2ec0Q2em322 -
Well that explains it! You wouldnt happen to know an external part number would you? lol
There isn't one.CTC BBQ Amplifier, Sonic Frontiers Line3 Pre-Amplifier and Wadia 581 SACD player. Speakers? Always changing but for now, Mission Argonauts I picked up for $50 bucks, mint.
