Dayton Audio RST28 for $25

Mitchell_Cote

https://www.parts-express.com/dayton-audio-rst28a-4-1-1-8-reference-series-aluminum-dome-tweeter-4-ohm--275-131

https://www.parts-express.com/dayton-audio-rst28f-4-1-1-8-reference-series-fabric-dome-tweeter-4-ohm--275-141

For anybody interested.

Kornbread

Thanks for the heads-up.  Have a couple pairs on the way.

Kornbread

I thought that was a steal but no one else replied to this thread.  Is something up with the new rst28?  Bad batch or something?  hem?    

jhollander

I will order some but It takes years to establish a rep.  I haven't heard them enough to have an opinion

jr@mac

I think they are made by Peerless of India, but I could be wrong. They do a lot of interesting drivers OEM style. 

They are likely just fine, probably as good as the Usher they are replacing. I have a bunch for an interesting project coming up. 

I rather doubt there is a better tweeter at the price point - maybe the beast mode DX25 double magnet model. That thing is very impressive. 

rjj45

Funny how tweeter preferences come and go. I have no doubt that these are outstanding $25 or even $40 tweeters, but I'm sort of focused on the $55-65 space - DA32, Wavecor, LD22. Eager to hear a near SOTA dome tweeter.
.... and I've got a shelf full of Airborne AMT tweeters I've yet to use...

Kornbread

What is the word on these rs remakes?  Are they as good as the old ones or just another good but nothing special run-of-the-mill $30 tweeter?  They're on sale till Sunday.     

Gowa

kennyk

What tweeter am I looking at?

Gowa

Dayton Audio RST28F-4 1-1/8" Reference Series Fabric Dome Tweeter 4 Ohm

kennyk

Thx.

Gowa

Same tweeter that will be used in the Sonoclara.

Woofer: Rival Acoustics  R176-KVC-08

Tweeter: Dayton Audio RST28F-4

Type: TM ported (Stand-Mount)

Volume: Approximately 22 L

PWRRYD

I am such a sucker....  I have a pair of RST28F on order 

Gowa

Aren't we all?

Nicholas_23

Did the same but since y'all bought the F version I went and bought the aluminum flavor. 

Kornbread

Nicholas_23 said:

Did the same but since y'all bought the F version I went and bought the aluminum flavor. 

   Gotta ask, where are you from?

jhollander

Kornbread said:

Nicholas_23 said:

Did the same but since y'all bought the F version I went and bought the aluminum flavor. 

   Gotta ask, where are you from?

I bought the AL version too so I don't think it's a regional thing...

jr@mac

Kornbread said:

Nicholas_23 said:

Did the same but since y'all bought the F version I went and bought the aluminum flavor. 

   Gotta ask, where are you from?

He lives two miles from me, we talk like that once in awhile. We also say "oofdah" :-)

Kornbread

I bet even Hollander can tell a difference in dialect from central MO to SEMO and he's only ~3 hours North. We get a clash of Ozark hillbilly and flantlander redneck speak here. 

Just funny hearing a yankee type southern.       

Nicholas_23

The old lady is from TN , suppose some of that has rubbed off on me 

jhollander

+1 for Memphis, we grew up a block from Graceland.

kennyk

I must confess..……..aluminum.

Turn2

jr@mac said:

Kornbread said:

Nicholas_23 said:

Did the same but since y'all bought the F version I went and bought the aluminum flavor. 

   Gotta ask, where are you from?

He lives two miles from me, we talk like that once in awhile. We also say "oofdah" :-)

I grew up in western IA, but had to move 100 miles north before I encountered oofdah. FWIW.

PWRRYD

PE must be sitting on a shit ton of the RST28's.  On sale for $29

6thplanet

Yup, suckered in at $25, Aluminum....I love speakers.....

Wolf

What the heck is 'oofdah'?

If I were to get the new RST, it would be the aluminum version.

Gowa

Wolf said:

What the heck is 'oofdah'?

If I were to get the new RST, it would be the aluminum version.

Why?

jr@mac

Oofdah is a mild expletive used in various parts of the real midwest. Scandinavian in origin, along with saying "oop" (sometimes spelled 'ope')when you run into something or drop something. 

Wolf

Predecessor of 'oops', possibly...

Wolf

Gowa said: Why?

I preferred the A before as well. I tend to prefer metal (or derivatives of) domes. Not that I don't like textiles, as I really also like the TN25, XT25, and SS AirCirc for examples. I don't always get the analytical/clean sound from a textile that I get from the metal types. There are always exceptions. I prefer the TDFC to the TBFC, but I also prefer the old RS28A to both of those.