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  1. 06-21-2002 09:03 PM #1
    hamzahsh
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    Default What RT800i's tweeters are made of?

    I'm asking because once I touched the grille where the tweeter is and it felt very hard.

    I want to know what they are made of alluminum, stainless steel are something else?

    Is touching tweeters is safe?

    Please let me know.

    Thanks for the help.

    Hamzah.
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  2. 06-21-2002 09:43 PM #2
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    Don't touch - Please !

    Just smell them :D

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  3. 06-21-2002 10:04 PM #3
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    Default Tweets...

    Touching Tweets are OK... they are very soft and gentle to touched, I'm touching mine right now...



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  4. 06-21-2002 10:36 PM #4
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    Default Oh no! Not another one of THOSE threads!

    I'm going out on a limb here, 'cause I really don't know... BUT, I would guess that the domes are basically made out of some sort of plastic or polymer-type material that's been coated with aluminum, stainless steel or whatever.

    I DO know that they're fairly flexible and resilient. I ordered my RT800i's from Crutchfield. The UPS guys managed to essentially destroy the first set, so I asked Crutchfield to see if there was any way to beef-up the packaging. Well, they decided to open the boxes, wrap the speakers in plastic, put them back in the boxes and then spray that expanding-foam material all around :(

    The speakers arrived without any loose parts, but both tweeter domes were caved-in. I called Polk about this, and they told me that the domes would most likely pop back out and be fine. Within a few hours one of them did pop back out without any apparent damage. The other one was in worse shape. It did eventually straighten out, but there was a visible crease in the dome. Polk cheerfully sent out a replacement, which I swapped-in. Since that time (getting close to a year, now) the crease in the dented tweeter has just about disappeared, as well.

    I guess that was a lengthy way to say that they're pretty tough. I wouldn't handle them excessively, but I don't think you'll hurt them by brushing up against the grille.
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  5. 06-21-2002 11:56 PM #5
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    I wouldn't handle them excessively, but I don't think you'll hurt them...

    Oh yeah, thats what I handled my tweet gently :D





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  6. 06-22-2002 07:10 PM #6
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    Some kind of material!!!!


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  7. 06-23-2002 12:46 AM #7
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    Clean up your dirty minds and get real.

    I guess nobody answer my questions?
    too bad....
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  8. 06-23-2002 03:55 PM #8
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