Emit & emit Ks

[EL Duke-A]

I have a pair of RS-4000s. Was wondering out of curiosity. Will the Emit-Ks work in place of Emits?

 

[PioneerGuy75]

I am curious of the difference too

 

[cdfac]

they will work in a pinch, but beware there might be a slight noticeable difference. the earlier EMITs used samarium cobalt magnets, and starting with the Kappas (i think) they used neodymium, which has a stronger field. this topic has come up before, i'll see if i can find a good thread. now, the diaphragms should be interchangeable, so if one just has a bad diaphragm, they don't have to throw away the magnet/faceplate assembly and get a whole new EMIT.

 

[EL Duke-A]

repair-got it

I hear you on the diaphragm. I tried to repair the emit that was bad (resodered the connect points). I damaged the diaphragm a bit when one of the magnets popped free from the face plate and slapped up against the diaphragm. Once section was a bit bent and a small tear between two tracks. Put a small bit of scotch tape over the hole and reassembled. It worked great for 2 days and then out again....ahhhh. Ebay has a lot of Emit-ks, but I don't see straight Emits. Anywho, thanks for looking for prior threads on this.

 

[Tucker99]

what emits are in the Infinity Qb?

 

[cdfac]

All Quantum series definitely used the SmCo magnets. It was either at the start of the Kappa run or sometime during the first Reference Standard run that they started using neodymium.

 

[EL Duke-A]

replacements

While waiting for confirmation on whether EMIT-Ks can be used in place of EMITs, another question. If one where to replace the EMITs with tweet currently in production, what would be an acceptable replacement model? Parts Express sells these Aurum Cantus G2Si. Will they be an agreeable drop in solution?

 

[Tedrick]

EMIT-k was introduced with the first Kappa series speakers. An EMIT-k can be used in place of an EMIT, but the output level may be off slightly from the rest of the speaker. As cdfac states, however, most EMITs use the exact same diaphragm. So, if you want to maintain the originality of your speakers, you can buy an EMIT-k, open it up and remove the diaphragm, and install the diaphragm in the standard EMIT chassis. Or vice versa. Just be sure to use some sort of jig to keep the halves of the tweeters from shifting and slamming together out of alignment during disassembly/assembly. This will prevent >95% of tears and damage to the diaphragms, as well as most magnet damage (and pinched fingers).

 

[EL Duke-A]

magnet damage

On that note, what if one of the magnets in the emit is broken? I glued it back in place and the tweet worked for a few days then back out. Would the broken magnet cause this?