Need a replacement Polk tweeter

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3 total messages Started by CHRISTIAN LANT Fri, 22 Jan 1993 13:32

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Author: CHRISTIAN LANT
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 13:32

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Hi folks,

I've been helping a friend find an inexpensive replacement for a blown 
tweeter on one of his Polk PC-5 Junior (roughly correct) speakers (c.1988).  
He can't afford the $75 the dealer charges for the tweeter, so I thought 
there might be another source available (even used).  

The tweeter model number is SL 2000, a "Silver coil dome designed and 
manufactured by Polk Audio."  It looks like a 1" tweeter.

If anybody is familiar with this driver and has any helpful ideas we 
would be very appreciative.

BTW, one of the reasons I'm doing this, including posting on r.a.h-e, 
is that it seems like a great real-world learning experience for me.  
I've spent the last year reading alot and putting together a system that 
I'm overjoyed with - but it works "perfectly," and there is nothing on 
which I can get my hands dirty!  Hopefully, some of you can enlighten 
me on, for example, the pros/cons of a third-party replacement driver, 
and any other nuances that might relate to this endeavor.

Thanks for any advice you can give,

Chris Lant  - ctlant@lims01.lerc.nasa.gov
              NASA Lewis Research Center
              Cleveland, Ohio

Re: Need a replacement Polk tweeter

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Author: Jim Varanelli
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 16:35

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In article <1jov34INN55@uwm.edu>, ctlant@lims01.lerc.nasa.gov (CHRISTIAN LANT) writes:

> I've been helping a friend find an inexpensive replacement for a blown 
> tweeter on one of his Polk PC-5 Junior (roughly correct) speakers (c.1988).  
> He can't afford the $75 the dealer charges for the tweeter, so I thought 
> there might be another source available (even used).

  Unless the speakers were bought before Jan. 22, 1988 or they were bought 
  used, Polk should replace the tweeter for free.  All Polks come with a 
  five year warranty and that warranty should be honored at *any* authorized
  Polk dealer.  I've received warranty service for my RTA 11t's at two 
  different dealers without the benefit of having my receipt - and those
  two dealers were located roughly 300 and 500 miles away from the shop
  where I originally bought them.  If your friend is the original owner 
  and they were bought after 1/22/88 he should still be eligible for
  warranty service.

Jim

-- 
Jim Varanelli				Department of Computer Science
jmv9w@virginia.edu			University of Virginia
jmv9w@cs.virginia.edu			Charlottesville, VA 22903

Re: Need a replacement Polk tweeter

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Author: Craig Stark ctlant CHRISTIAN LAN...
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 20:01

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Can you describe the tweeter physically?  One of Polk's stock tweeters
looks a heck of a lot like a common Peerless tweeter that is used in a
number of commercial designs.  What shape is the flange?  Are there
two diagonal grooves running down and out from the dome?

Craig Stark

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