Help R50s

hydrostream
hydrostream Posts: 549
edited December 2007 in Troubleshooting
Hi my R50s sound like crap lately.
I think the tweeters are blown
what should i do?
About a year old from FRYS
jerry
Main- GTP-500II,GDC-600,GFA-555II and energy C-500s
Basement-Audiosource pre/tuner,GFA-545,Onkyo
DX-1400 and RTI10s
Garage-GTP-450,onkyo M-282 and R50s with RTi55
drivers and X-overs.
My baby 18' V-king Mod VP with a merc 2.4 BP.
KTM 620 Supermoto
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  • McLoki
    McLoki Posts: 5,231
    edited December 2007
    Call polk customer service and order a new pair. You get a slight discount and free shipping for being a Club Polk member so be sure and mention that as well.

    Good luck and once you get the new tweeters, turn the volume down a little... ;)

    Michael
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  • hydrostream
    hydrostream Posts: 549
    edited December 2007
    Turn the volume down?
    Do you think thats why they blew?
    I used a set of R300s before the 50s
    and never had a problem and i still
    crank them in the basement.
    jerry
    Main- GTP-500II,GDC-600,GFA-555II and energy C-500s
    Basement-Audiosource pre/tuner,GFA-545,Onkyo
    DX-1400 and RTI10s
    Garage-GTP-450,onkyo M-282 and R50s with RTi55
    drivers and X-overs.
    My baby 18' V-king Mod VP with a merc 2.4 BP.
    KTM 620 Supermoto
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  • hydrostream
    hydrostream Posts: 549
    edited December 2007
    I hooked them back up and nothing coming
    from the tweeters.
    jerry
    Main- GTP-500II,GDC-600,GFA-555II and energy C-500s
    Basement-Audiosource pre/tuner,GFA-545,Onkyo
    DX-1400 and RTI10s
    Garage-GTP-450,onkyo M-282 and R50s with RTi55
    drivers and X-overs.
    My baby 18' V-king Mod VP with a merc 2.4 BP.
    KTM 620 Supermoto
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  • hydrostream
    hydrostream Posts: 549
    edited December 2007
    I have a onkyo HT-r540.
    I started with a set of R300s then i got the
    R50s.
    I think that from the start the 300s sounded
    better.
    Maybe my AVR but i would think it should
    power the speakers just fine.(110 watts per channel)
    I'm sure thats over rated.
    I just removed a tweeter from the 300 to try
    in the 50 and it works.
    Checking to see if it was a bad connection
    or crossover.
    jerry
    Main- GTP-500II,GDC-600,GFA-555II and energy C-500s
    Basement-Audiosource pre/tuner,GFA-545,Onkyo
    DX-1400 and RTI10s
    Garage-GTP-450,onkyo M-282 and R50s with RTi55
    drivers and X-overs.
    My baby 18' V-king Mod VP with a merc 2.4 BP.
    KTM 620 Supermoto
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  • hydrostream
    hydrostream Posts: 549
    edited December 2007
    I did a little searching for polk tweeters and
    it looks like it would be cheaper to buy
    2 new complete speakers.
    jerry
    Main- GTP-500II,GDC-600,GFA-555II and energy C-500s
    Basement-Audiosource pre/tuner,GFA-545,Onkyo
    DX-1400 and RTI10s
    Garage-GTP-450,onkyo M-282 and R50s with RTi55
    drivers and X-overs.
    My baby 18' V-king Mod VP with a merc 2.4 BP.
    KTM 620 Supermoto
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  • Jed Leland
    Jed Leland Posts: 182
    edited December 2007
    Hello Jerry,
    Those speakers have a five year warranty, all you have to do is remove the tweeter and send it to the address they give in the warranty section of the owner's manual. I think you need to include a copy of your sales receipt. Polk will send you a replacement at no charge.
    Jed
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  • hydrostream
    hydrostream Posts: 549
    edited December 2007
    Thanks will look into it.
    jerry
    Main- GTP-500II,GDC-600,GFA-555II and energy C-500s
    Basement-Audiosource pre/tuner,GFA-545,Onkyo
    DX-1400 and RTI10s
    Garage-GTP-450,onkyo M-282 and R50s with RTi55
    drivers and X-overs.
    My baby 18' V-king Mod VP with a merc 2.4 BP.
    KTM 620 Supermoto
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  • Jed Leland
    Jed Leland Posts: 182
    edited December 2007
    No problem, Jerry, Polk will keep you flying!
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  • MLZ
    MLZ Posts: 214
    edited December 2007
    Maybe the least expensive solution - in Indianapolis FRY's had R50's for $99 / pair :):)
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  • halo
    halo Posts: 5,618
    edited December 2007
    How the heck do people manage to blow tweeters on the R series?

    I just listened to / watched the "nine inch nails - Live - Beside You In Time" DVD @ over 100db w/ my HT.

    R15's as mains and surrounds. CSi25 Center Channel. SVS 20-39 PCi sub. HK 340 AVR driving everything except the SVS.

    Sounded Great - like being at the concert.

    The HK got really hot but I didn't blow any tweeters.
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  • Jed Leland
    Jed Leland Posts: 182
    edited December 2007
    Howdy,
    Most speaker problems are more related to what's driving the speakers rather than the speakers themselves. Receivers have no dynamic headroom and poor ability to deal with real world speaker loads. Also, a great deal of popular music contains so much built-in distortion that it masks any problems the receiver might be having.
    JL
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited December 2007
    I think when someone says... " I wasn't playing them that loud", is a dead give away.. really, anything electrical over driven beyond what it's build to handle will at some point die. esp given the cheap amp's in most receivers.

    some of my friends hear the distortion when they play their music loud, but just think that their receiver is fine.. that it's a problem with THE speakers and not their cheap $99 receiver.

    I've never blown a tweeter from distortion... and I crank it now and then. My ears would bleed before a tweeter would get fried.
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  • hydrostream
    hydrostream Posts: 549
    edited December 2007
    I called and they are going to ship 2 new tweeters
    out.
    Go polk
    thanks jerry
    Main- GTP-500II,GDC-600,GFA-555II and energy C-500s
    Basement-Audiosource pre/tuner,GFA-545,Onkyo
    DX-1400 and RTI10s
    Garage-GTP-450,onkyo M-282 and R50s with RTi55
    drivers and X-overs.
    My baby 18' V-king Mod VP with a merc 2.4 BP.
    KTM 620 Supermoto
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