Is this a Peerless tweeter?
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cubby01
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According to this old post by mhardy regarding the early AR14, it's Peerless. http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showpost.php?p=869435&postcount=11
p.s. the early AR16 uses the same tweeter and it's been identified as peerless by some folks on the interwebs as well.
p.s. the early AR16 uses the same tweeter and it's been identified as peerless by some folks on the interwebs as well.
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mhardy6647
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FWIW and AFAIK, the tidbits of info already posted above are correct.
* Some OEM Peerless tweeters (e.g., that in the early AR-14) had "funny" fascia.
* Only Polk poked (polked!) the holes in the domes (again, AFAIK).
EDIT: The AR-14 shouldn't sound bad; it should sound good. Something's amiss...
* Some OEM Peerless tweeters (e.g., that in the early AR-14) had "funny" fascia.
* Only Polk poked (polked!) the holes in the domes (again, AFAIK).
EDIT: The AR-14 shouldn't sound bad; it should sound good. Something's amiss...
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JohnMac
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I find them really disappointing. The tweets sound great and there is pretty nice mid-range but where's the bass? I'm by no means a bass hound but this pair is definitely lacking.
The guy I got them from re-foamed them. A nice, neat looking job but I wonder if that has something to do with it. There is a slight buzz in one woofer that I didn't catch when I auditioned them. I think the driver is OK but his alignment is off. It can only be heard on some very low frequencies on certain songs and is slight. I think that's probably a separate issue from the lack of bass.
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rnorton
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Only Polk punches the holes. No other Peerless tweeters have them. The picture is definitely a Peerless tweeter.
rnorton
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Check your speaker AND driver phase connections. Then make him redo the bad driver.
JohnMac
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OK, they don't sound "awful". I've been listening to them this afternoon and they sound quite nice. I still don't think the bass is up to snuff though. I was doing an A/B with some speakers that may be a bit bass heavy so that may be part of it.
I still feel something is lacking though. I can hear their potential when I turn up the bass control on my pre but I don't usually use it.
And now for some reason I haven't noticed any more VC rub. I can only replicate it on one Hendrix song where the bass goes real low.
I still feel something is lacking though. I can hear their potential when I turn up the bass control on my pre but I don't usually use it.
And now for some reason I haven't noticed any more VC rub. I can only replicate it on one Hendrix song where the bass goes real low.
Try flipping the rubbing woofer upside down. Gravity may be just enough to help the voice coil clear whatever it's rubbing against.
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ken kantor
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Unfortunately, it's impossible to successfully re-foam or re-cone a vintage AR woofer, for a variety of reasons. The 12's can be made barely passible, but the smaller diameters are simply impossible.
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mhardy6647
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Interesting, Ken - guess my elderly AR-14 isn't worth refoaming, then? :-(
An AR-14 should have prodigious LF. I have a pair of Teledyne-era AR-14s (with different drivers than the early AR-14), which I did refoam successfully. I spent some quality time listening to them once with an older, borrowed Parasound power amplifier and they were pretty stunning actually
An AR-14 should have prodigious LF. I have a pair of Teledyne-era AR-14s (with different drivers than the early AR-14), which I did refoam successfully. I spent some quality time listening to them once with an older, borrowed Parasound power amplifier and they were pretty stunning actually
