RTA 12B & RTA 12C difference

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laotzu61
laotzu61 Posts: 327
edited December 2013 in Vintage Speakers
what, if any, is the difference between these 2 speakers? thanks.
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 52,303
    edited December 2013
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    One letter of the alphabet. :mrgreen:
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  • Nightfall
    Nightfall Posts: 10,083
    edited December 2013
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    B's can be equipped with either Peerless or SL1000 and MW6600X - Fused
    C's can be equipped with SL1000 and 6600X or MW6501 OR SL2000 and MW6501 - early C's are fused, later C's have a polyswitch
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  • boston1450
    boston1450 Posts: 7,758
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    F1nut wrote: »
    One letter of the alphabet. :mrgreen:
    i like your answer better :smile:
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  • laotzu61
    laotzu61 Posts: 327
    edited December 2013
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    Nightfall wrote: »
    B's can be equipped with either Peerless or SL1000 and MW6600X - Fused
    C's can be equipped with SL1000 and 6600X or MW6501 OR SL2000 and MW6501 - early C's are fused, later C's have a polyswitch

    thanks, nightfall. appreciate it. is the sl1000 a better tweeter (clearer) than the peerless?
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  • Faustin
    Faustin Posts: 1,151
    edited December 2013
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    laotzu61 wrote: »
    thanks, nightfall. appreciate it. is the sl1000 a better tweeter (clearer) than the peerless?

    Peerless is by far the tweeter of choice. Midwest Speaker sells a Peerless clone that is very good.
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  • Nightfall
    Nightfall Posts: 10,083
    edited December 2013
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    Peerless > SL2000 > SL1000

    However SL2000's can be replaced with RDO-194's
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  • westmassguy
    westmassguy Posts: 6,850
    edited December 2013
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    Nightfall wrote: »
    Peerless > SL2000 > SL1000

    However SL2000's can be replaced with RDO-194's
    The 194s are also the approved replacement for the SL1000s too.
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  • Nightfall
    Nightfall Posts: 10,083
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    westmassguy wrote: »
    The 194s are also the approved replacement for the SL1000s too.
    I don't know why I thought there wasn't an RDO replacement for the 1000's
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  • mccarty250
    mccarty250 Posts: 220
    edited December 2013
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    Let me add that I had some RTA12B's that I recently sold and they employed a poly switch that I removed and replaced with a resistor.

    SL1000/Peerless use the same crossover network and are interchangeable agreed. I replaced my SL1000's with Peerless and now have a few extra SL1000's laying around. There was a difference but it wasn't night/day like there is with SL2000's.
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