I have heard good things about the polk reserves as well so that is a tough one. I remembered Andrew Robinson doing a direct comparison to the 1961 and the polk reserve. May be worth checking out ua-cam.com/video/6jfhX0AVCEk/v-deo.html
This was provided by Arendal after contacting them to let them know what I was hearing and since it hadn't been long since I purchased them it was sent to me.
I took a quick look at my 1723 S center and I don't see how to remove the tweeter from the front. However, looking at pictures of it there are screws on the back plate so wondering if you go that route for the larger ones. The woofers have exposed screw heads so those are probably easy to get out. Thanks for checking out the video though.
Thanks for helping decide not to get Arendal speakers. I'm 60 years old and a hifi enthusiast for 45 years. I've owned EPI,JBL,Infinity,Klipsch,Polk and Athena speakers. I have cranked them up to ear bleed levels and never blew any of the drivers.
Thanks for checking out the video although you may have missed what happened to it. The speaker was tipped over while on the stand and the force of the fall caused the tweeter to break so it wasn't that it got blown but it was rather a physical break.
Yeah, I think I was blocking that memory from my mind because I was sitting on my couch when I turned and saw it happening and there was nothing I could do. Still gives me chills when I think about it.
13 years ago my 2 and a half year old son bumped into my B&W 703. I watched the speaker move left and then touch a cabinet and bounce right to the ground. I got up like the wind but I wasn’t able to stop it from hitting the floor. I didn’t care about the speaker, I wanted to get my son out of harm’s way. Fortunately, the speaker didn’t hit my son but it collapsed and made the sound that could wake the dead. After I collected myself, I picked up the speaker and assumed it was broken. I was surprised that the maple wood had zero scratches. I played some music expecting massive distortion and was shocked to hear it play as it did before (maybe even better). It’s been playing for 13 years as the LR I’m my main tv. Those speakers were made in the UK at the same factory as the Nautilus series. I wonder if the new 700 series would have survived that fall and lasted 10,000+ hours.
I was surprised at how easy it was to replace the tweeter and looking forward to continuing to use the bookshelf speakers in the future.
I can't decide between the Polk reserves or the arendals.
I have heard good things about the polk reserves as well so that is a tough one. I remembered Andrew Robinson doing a direct comparison to the 1961 and the polk reserve. May be worth checking out ua-cam.com/video/6jfhX0AVCEk/v-deo.html
Where can i get the arendal 1971 tower speakers tweeter??
This was provided by Arendal after contacting them to let them know what I was hearing and since it hadn't been long since I purchased them it was sent to me.
Nice!! Same principles for the 1723 series?
I took a quick look at my 1723 S center and I don't see how to remove the tweeter from the front. However, looking at pictures of it there are screws on the back plate so wondering if you go that route for the larger ones. The woofers have exposed screw heads so those are probably easy to get out. Thanks for checking out the video though.
Thank you, much appreciated.
Thanks for helping decide not to get Arendal speakers. I'm 60 years old and a hifi enthusiast for 45 years. I've owned EPI,JBL,Infinity,Klipsch,Polk and Athena speakers. I have cranked them up to ear bleed levels and never blew any of the drivers.
Thanks for checking out the video although you may have missed what happened to it. The speaker was tipped over while on the stand and the force of the fall caused the tweeter to break so it wasn't that it got blown but it was rather a physical break.
@@RandomDistractionsYT i saw that eventually and it is possible.
Yeah, I think I was blocking that memory from my mind because I was sitting on my couch when I turned and saw it happening and there was nothing I could do. Still gives me chills when I think about it.
13 years ago my 2 and a half year old son bumped into my B&W 703. I watched the speaker move left and then touch a cabinet and bounce right to the ground.
I got up like the wind but I wasn’t able to stop it from hitting the floor. I didn’t care about the speaker, I wanted to get my son out of harm’s way. Fortunately, the speaker didn’t hit my son but it collapsed and made the sound that could wake the dead.
After I collected myself, I picked up the speaker and assumed it was broken.
I was surprised that the maple wood had zero scratches. I played some music expecting massive distortion and was shocked to hear it play as it did before (maybe even better). It’s been playing for 13 years as the LR I’m my main tv.
Those speakers were made in the UK at the same factory as the Nautilus series. I wonder if the new 700 series would have survived that fall and lasted 10,000+ hours.
Oh man, glad to hear that your son and the speaker survived that!