Possible Peerless substitute?

[gdb]

I found these at Midwest and was wondering if anyone has had any experience with them. They are available in 4 & 8 ohm versions and cost about the same as the RDOs do.

https://www.midwestspeaker.com/onlineshopping.asp

[gdb]

Link wont show the right page for some reason. The items are MT-4115-4 & Mt-4115-8

[Hamatym]

interesting! Looks to be about the same price to buy an old set of Monitor's, then take out the tweeter for your needs. That's a waste of a good speaker to do so, but it is what it is I suppose. Nice find GDB

[mhardy6647]

Interesting. Wonder who is the OEM?

[schwarcw]

Interesting. Wonder who is the OEM?

The same Chinese company that is building these for Polk.:p I wonder what the differences are between the two models??

[madmike]

Yeah I was wondering about these also, I have a pair of Reynolds Advance A+ Towers that have 2 peerless tweeters in each tower. Anyone have any experience with these?

[comfortablycurt]

Interesting...I wonder if they sound anything like the Peerless tweets.

[madmike]

I am going to order a pair for my Reynolds Advance A+ towers, I'll let you guys know what they are like, I see that you can get 4 Ohm and 8 Ohm, I need the 8 Ohms for the towers.

[gdb]

Madmike,
Please do post your findings and impressions of these! I couldn't beleive my eyes when I found them, almost too good to be true maybe. I do think that the silk fabric dome would have to give them a sound similar to the original Peerless tweets.

[madmike]

When I get them I will put the new pair in one tower and do a comparison to the originals, Then I'll let you guys know. As for the Peerless sound in original Polk speakers I can't say as I've heard any (the ones with the hole)

[madmike]

There was a mix up when I ordered these on August 22, they were never shipped but yet I was charged for them on my credit card. I now have this mess sorted out and tweeters should be here in the next week or so. I'll update you guys when I get them.

[madmike]

I just got my pair of tweeters today. They look very good, I tried one in my Reynolds Advance A+ speakers today, these speakers have 2 in each, tried the one new one with the old original and I can't tell any difference between the two. I got 2 of them just incase there was going to be any difference between the originals and the new ones,this way I could put one new and one original in each speaker. I will listen to these for some time so this tweeter can have a chance to break-in and I will get back to you guys.

[gdb]

That's good news for all us Peerless folks Mike !! Very promising preliminary results !!:)

[jimbo1421]

Hey Mike, how did these Chinese replacements for Peerless tweeters work out?

Jim

[geppy1]

That place is about 3 miles from me. I should point out as I have have several times before. I have spent dozens of hour researching the Peerless tweeter and can tell you that there are about 4 different Peerless tweeters made and used between 1977 and 1984. NONE of them sound the same. That does not count the replacemnt one that was made in Denmark until a few years ago when the tooling finally cracked and they said game over. Point is when people say "i need a Peerless "or " Peerless for sale you need to know what you have. Check the back for numbers 7514___ or 5514___. Gold or Silver, flat spots on the magnet housing of round, ect. I do not know what they copied but I could ask. keith

[jimbo1421]

Hi Keith. Thanks for your interest. I don't need any just now; I was curious for future reference. My rebuilt Monitor 7As from 1979 have what I believe are Danish Peerless. One photo has a number that I can barely make out: 5514277A, I think. There are some photos in this thread, post #1:
http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?t=86195&highlight=refurbishing
Notice that one back plate is black steel, the other bright steel. Post #39 has a closeup front view.

Jim

[madmike]

Hi guys, between Christmas and New Years I had a chance to really listen to the replacement Tweeter in my Advance Speakers and I was very impressed with the sound. I have about 30 hours on these since refoaming the drivers and the Peerless replacement. IMO there is no difference between this new tweeter and the originals. The amp that I am using is a Carver M-500t and I gave these speakers a really good workout and the tweeter worked flawlessly. I will be upgrading the X-overs in these here in the near future seeing as the speakers are approaching 30 years old so I should probably upgrade them. The tweeters sound the same even by putting my ear to the original and the new one I can't tell the difference between the two. Hope this will help some people on deciding wheather to get these or not. They have two different ones 4 ohm and 8 ohm the ones that I purchased were the 8 ohm which is what were in the speakers originally. The black finish is a little shinier then the originals and the dome material seems a little thinner then the originals. It was great hearing these speakers again for the first time in 16 years.

[gdb]

That is good news, thanks for the follow up and enjoy the music !:D

[jimbo1421]

Thanks for the mini review, Mike. I might sometime try them in my Monitor 7As.

Jim