How did Polk do it exactly?

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VR3
VR3 Posts: 28,156
edited March 2004 in Speakers
The RTixxx line (RTi70, etc)...

The grill cloth on it picks up no hair, dust, etc - even when I sanded down my room (I had the speakers in the other room btw), the grills remained spotless. What did they do to them? I have had them about 8 months I guess now and I have not yet had to wipe them down? What kind of cloth is it?

My RT35i and RT5 had to be wiped down often.

Just curious if anyone knows exactly what they did......
- Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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  • HBombToo
    HBombToo Posts: 5,256
    edited March 2004
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    they put Armour all on them!!! sheeeeeesh:rolleyes:

    HBomb
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,156
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    Back on topic --

    Anyone know?

    Cloth material? chemical they spray on it?
    - Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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  • HBombToo
    HBombToo Posts: 5,256
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    There are internal transformers that provide a special

    (Polka-electronegative)

    potential to repulse all atmospheric particulates.

    sheeeeeesh I thought even you knew that one.

    HBomb
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,156
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    Sweet! Sounds like Bose technology.....waaaaaaa
    - Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
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    Originally posted by HBombToo
    (Polka-electronegative)
    Waaaaaaaa
    More later,
    Tour...
    Vox Copuli
    Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. - Old English Proverb

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  • gmorris
    gmorris Posts: 1,179
    edited March 2004
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    I own 2 CSi30's, which have the same cloth as the RTi70's. I also have the R30's (which are sweet, BTW) which use a different cloth.

    I think the RTi.. cloth is a looser weave. If I hold both grilles up side by side, more light passes thru the RTi.. grill cloth. If you press on the cloth from the RTi.. it seems to stretch more than on the R30's grill.

    The RTi.. cloth also feels smoother than the R30 cloth. I'll bet this has more to do with the fact that nothing sticks to it than anything.
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,156
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    Yeah and its SHINEY! (ARMOR-ALL)...hehe

    Yeah, the smoothness might have something to do with it. I dunno, but it is a curious thing, my room is DUSTY, and it just dosnt pick anything up......

    Thanks for the reply
    - Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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  • gmorris
    gmorris Posts: 1,179
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    As a sidebar, Sid, I just noticed you have 3940 posts since March 2003. That is fantastic. How did you manage that? Do you have a small staff of ghost writers working 8 hour shifts, posting under your name? Just curious.
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  • wallstreet
    wallstreet Posts: 1,405
    edited March 2004
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    they put a big **** woofer in the speakers that propel the dust off of the grills at supersonic speed. Geesh, don't you guys know anything?
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  • disneyjoe7
    disneyjoe7 Posts: 11,435
    edited March 2004
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    Originally posted by HBombToo
    they put Armour all on them!!! sheeeeeesh:rolleyes:

    HBomb

    Speakers
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    RT800i's Rears
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    Electronics
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  • kberg
    kberg Posts: 974
    edited March 2004
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    And I thought I was the only one who noticed the dust-repellant feature of the grills. :)
    Mains: polkaudio RTi70's (bi-wired)
    Center: polkaudio CSi40 (bi-wired)
    Surrounds: polkaudio FXi30's
    Rear Center: polkaudio CSi30
    Sub: SVS 20-39 PC+
    Receiver: ONKYO TX-SR600
    Display: JVC HD-56G786
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
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    I used to blow out matches with my Lafayette's woofer.... :eek:
    More later,
    Tour...
    Vox Copuli
    Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. - Old English Proverb

    "Death doesn't come with a Uhaul." - Dennis Gardner
    "It's easy to get lost in price vs performance vs ego vs illusion." - doro
    "There is a certain entertainment value in ripping the occaisonal (sic) buttmunch..." - TroyD
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  • Ron-P
    Ron-P Posts: 8,516
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    As a sidebar, Sid, I just noticed you have 3940 posts since March 2003. That is fantastic. How did you manage that? Do you have a small staff of ghost writers working 8 hour shifts, posting under your name? Just curious.
    It's that whole quantity vr quality thingy. Have you read 3939 of those posts. ;)

    Oh, and to answer your question, ask Micah (Gold-Toe Technology).


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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,156
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    I have had alot more quality in my posts on this sn....

    The thing that REALLY raised my post count was the non-stop flame wars I get caught up in with a select group of peoples!

    I would like to thank Russ and Troy for raising my post count above and beyond 3,000 posts! :D;)

    I actually have --- 6,055 total posts on this forum :D
    - Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
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    Originally posted by Vr3MxStyler2k3
    I actually have --- 6,055 total posts on this forum :D

    And yet we still allow you to exist. :confused:

    madmax
    Vinyl, the final frontier...

    Avantgarde horns, 300b tubes, thats the kinda crap I want... :D
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,156
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    Yes! Sad aint it? hehe
    - Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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  • Airplay355
    Airplay355 Posts: 4,298
    edited March 2004
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    time for a post per day limit
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited March 2004
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    Ron,
    Just went driftwooden for first time since you redid the site... Nice presentation.

    And I didn't see any dangling wires... :D
    More later,
    Tour...
    Vox Copuli
    Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. - Old English Proverb

    "Death doesn't come with a Uhaul." - Dennis Gardner
    "It's easy to get lost in price vs performance vs ego vs illusion." - doro
    "There is a certain entertainment value in ripping the occaisonal (sic) buttmunch..." - TroyD
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  • TN_Polk_Lover
    TN_Polk_Lover Posts: 243
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    Disclaimer: The following is not true and is meant for entertainment only:

    Matthew Polk is a smart and educated man. He set out to find the perfect speaker grill cloth. You could say it was his quest for the Holy Grill. Being educated in Boston, he was well aware of the fame of Martha Stewart who lived in nearby Connecticut. He sought Martha's advice. She suggested a nice cotton/polyester blend with 180 thread count. However Matthew realized that it was not acoustically transparent. So Martha suggested a loosly woven polyester double knit.

    Mr. Polk settled on this fabric and found that it was almost totally transparent to sound. But he still had one problem. He had to protect his award winning speaker drivers from Armor-All and Pledge spray that some Polk owners are hell-bent on spraying around their speakers. So, off to NASA he went for more advice. They suggested a new Teflon formula just perfected by DuPont.

    Matthew had found the Holy Grill. Attractive, acoustically transparent, repels Armor-All and Pledge. And, as a side benefit, it also repels dust!
    Robert
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  • disneyjoe7
    disneyjoe7 Posts: 11,435
    edited March 2004
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    :)

    Speakers
    Carver Amazing Fronts
    CS400i Center
    RT800i's Rears
    Sub Paradigm Servo 15

    Electronics
    Conrad Johnson PV-5 pre-amp
    Parasound Halo A23
    Pioneer 84TXSi AVR
    Pioneer 79Avi DVD
    Sony CX400 CD changer
    Panasonic 42-PX60U Plasma
    WMC Win7 32bit HD DVR


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  • Ron-P
    Ron-P Posts: 8,516
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    Ron,
    Just went driftwooden for first time since you redid the site... Nice presentation.

    Thanks Tour.


    Peace Out~:D
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    Ron dislikes a film = go out and buy it.
    Ron loves a film = don't even rent.
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  • reeltrouble1
    reeltrouble1 Posts: 9,312
    edited March 2004
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    I only pull this word out for snooty audiophile's or know it all CC/BB salespeople. "Transondent" speaker grills should always be transondent, meaning they add nothing to color or change the sound coming from the loudspeaker. Now I can add "Are these grills polka-electronegative transondent in their appearance and transparency?"

    LMAO
    :)polka-electronegative
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