Hi all, first post so I'm hoping you can help me out a little.
I have some TDL RTL3's that are over 10 years old now, I bought them from Richer Sounds a very long time ago.
I always thought they were regular RTL3's until yesterday, I blew the tweeters at New Year's Eve through clipping I think (new Amp for me then!) and searching on the web yesterday led me to some older threads on this forum about TDL spares etc, I've spoken to one company and it seems I can repair them easily enough, but I've noticed that they are different in appearance to other RTL3's I've seen on the web, they have a different bottom, it has a flat base that extends 20 or so mm out from the bottom of the speaker, they also are badged as 'special edition' and are in Cherry wood veneer, I've only seen Black or Rosewood mentioned elsewhere.
When I removed the tweeter last night I was suprised to find that it was an Eltax model, item no. 3045, spec T-25-2-8.
I pulled a driver out as well and was even more suprised that it had almost no markings at all and looked a bit weedy which seemed odd considering the I thought the RTL3's were well respected for Bass.
So can anyone help explain what the differences are here? have I got some sort of run-out model that was filled with cheaper components?
I've always been happy with the sound from them but I'm just wondering what the differences are and if It's worth me changing any components instead of just replacing the blown tweeters.
I took some pictures so if I get the chance I'll upload them somewhere later today.
Thanks
Mags
I have some TDL RTL3's that are over 10 years old now, I bought them from Richer Sounds a very long time ago.
I always thought they were regular RTL3's until yesterday, I blew the tweeters at New Year's Eve through clipping I think (new Amp for me then!) and searching on the web yesterday led me to some older threads on this forum about TDL spares etc, I've spoken to one company and it seems I can repair them easily enough, but I've noticed that they are different in appearance to other RTL3's I've seen on the web, they have a different bottom, it has a flat base that extends 20 or so mm out from the bottom of the speaker, they also are badged as 'special edition' and are in Cherry wood veneer, I've only seen Black or Rosewood mentioned elsewhere.
When I removed the tweeter last night I was suprised to find that it was an Eltax model, item no. 3045, spec T-25-2-8.
I pulled a driver out as well and was even more suprised that it had almost no markings at all and looked a bit weedy which seemed odd considering the I thought the RTL3's were well respected for Bass.
So can anyone help explain what the differences are here? have I got some sort of run-out model that was filled with cheaper components?
I've always been happy with the sound from them but I'm just wondering what the differences are and if It's worth me changing any components instead of just replacing the blown tweeters.
I took some pictures so if I get the chance I'll upload them somewhere later today.
Thanks
Mags