#IS THE BARRE VERMONT RADIO SHACK GOING OUT OF BUSINESS DRIVER#

When mated with a good mid driver in a good cabinent, positioned for a relatively close zero degree plane at listening position and given a decent crossover is a very good drive indeed IMO. Tweeter has been produced with both mylar and polypropylene film as distributed by Radio Shack on different speaker systems. These are to me very excellent products for a great price and you must hear these at home to really experience them as RS has a very poor setup.Įxcellent tweeter for an excellent price. The only bad part is that their Monopole tweeter with similar specs doesn't match tonally perfect for a seemless sound stage (though it is very very hard to detect and only on very limited scenes driven hard and loud). I personally own 4 PRO-LX8s (main room) and 2 PRO-LX5s (for rear effects in the bedroom) because of the wide 'sweet spot' these will project and the clarity (sounds even better when cranked compared to the way others sound harsh when driven). My advice is go out and buy these quick because I read somewhere (sorry can't remember from where but did read this about a month or two ago) that Aura bought out Lineaum and now will most likely control the distribution of these tweeters (I also don't know if they still have or extended a contract with RS, but the way they discontinued all but the PRO-LX5 II makes me think they most likely didn't want competition for their own home loudspeakers).

#IS THE BARRE VERMONT RADIO SHACK GOING OUT OF BUSINESS DRIVERS#

Remember these are used in the Aura-Linesource series and Linaeum tower-10 (high-end and the maker of these tweeters) which costs approximately $400/pair on their low-end and praised for performance by most audio magazines (most didn't care for the cosmetic of the RS version or the other drivers but the spaciousness, transparencies, and cleanliness of these tweets are awesome). If you are a fan of Di-pole (Infinity Overture 2-3, Definitive Bi-pole, Mirage OM, etc.) and are on a very tight budget you can buy these and get a similar sound. Unless you want to spend 5X the price of this tweeter, you really won't get a noticible improvement over this. I find it best if you cross this higher than what RS does (2.2Khz on the PRO-LX series and 2.5Khz on the tweeter when you buy it) especially if you use a Vifa or Scanspeak drives for mids (you can make an awesome and improved version of below or and of the PRO-LX series speakers and can buy these drivers and cross-overs at ). Remember if you use these to keep the back and sides of the speaker about a 1-1 1/2' from walls, bookshelves, and entertainment centers so that they can breathe (radiate) properly or you'll get sound compression. I also heard that they make for a very good car tweeters as well (though I never heard them in one). If you own the 201-501 (maybe some of the others I haven't heard) series BOSE speakers adding this on them will improve them almost as much as a sub (heck buy the PRO-LX 5/8/10 and replace them with a superior sounding product and you won't even need to buy a crossover). This is the cheapest modification you can do to all low to most mid and even some high end speakers if your high extension isn't there. I suggested an idea similar to the one below as a 'mod' to the OPTIMUS STS-800 (see that review site) but with a 'switch' (talk about a generic clone for the NHT VT towers though not as clean) to each tweeter for movies and music. This will require soldering skills as its close to the tweeter ribbon!Īn excellent tweeter for an excellent price. IMPORTANT: If you use a separate x-over, you must by-pass (or remove) the 50v cap thats provided. People who are replacing blown tweets in Hi-end speakers might spend the extra bucks and consider tweeters from or

#IS THE BARRE VERMONT RADIO SHACK GOING OUT OF BUSINESS MOD#

People who are in the market for an add-on tweeter mod can't go wrong. Overall rating is based on other tweeters that retail between $35-$60 ea. Still, At $29 they were a great buy, but at $15, they're a steal. If placed too close to the rear wall they sound congealed. However, these tweeters are placement sensative. I decided that I would wire them directly to the speakers own 18db x-over w/ cut off around 3Khz. I tried them with my Polks for a week and was not impressed.

#IS THE BARRE VERMONT RADIO SHACK GOING OUT OF BUSINESS MODS#

Then I caught what may have been the last two Linaeum Tweeter mods on clearence for $14.97 at Ratshack. (I suspect a faulty DMX unit or rap music) I did not wish to speand around $80 for the replacement tweeter from Polk and a couple of other tweets just didn't sound right. Since then, my Polk Audio SDA-CRS+'s experienced a blown tweeter. Its been almost a year since my first post.

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