geoffs2fishi
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Also if any one wants to sell a pair of reference standard M version i have cash waiting I have owned two pairs over the years but sold years ago and now would like another pair
I've managed to pop out my domes, they are in OK condition, but have figured out why one of the woofers is not working or at least the likely cause, corrosion and oxidation of the terminals and leads. And unfortunately the magnets for the dome tweeters say they are 16 ohm the ones on ebay are 4 and 8 ohm, so have to live with it. Also one cracked dome, such is life. Now time to clean the oxidation off.
Ok perhaps not the corrosion, but the leads are greenish in color, volt meter was dead and too late to change the battery.
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How you getting on with the reference standards do you still have them?
Hi that is a B&W 802 matrix series 2Hi
What's the LH speaker in the picture with three speakers?
Thanks
Hi, I have a same pair of RTL2s with the same rotten foam issue. I'd like to know if it affects the sound or not with or without the filler?Found a source of 10mm thick reticulated foam which is sold for facing speakers - so it's acoustically transparent. £5 for a 320mm x 220mm piece.
Used the template to cut out a relatively "square" piece & then cut the radius corners to suit. I'm happy with the results. Not perfect - better if the template was a piece of plywood - but at foot level, they look OK cosmetically.
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The TDL Studio RTL-2 is an aperiodic cabinet design where the foam at the port is a acoustic resistive element very important to the loading, thus the bass response of the system. It is made of "medium" density open cell foam. Most speaker grill foam are too open. JimPA may have some suggestion on the source of this foam.Hi, I have a same pair of RTL2s with the same rotten foam issue. I'd like to know if it affects the sound or not with or without the filler?
And, it is funny that my RTL2s ports are rectangular in shape, different from what's shown on your photo......