gfields

It's been a while but if I remember right you take off the grill covers, remove the screws, take off the lower and upper parts of the speaker and I think the tweeter is screwed into the upper piece from the back. The tweeter wires only go on one way and since you are replacing the tweeters you really don't have to worry about damage. Also, the tweeter wires each have different connectors so you can't hook them up wrong. Just grab some pliers if you have trouble. Don't stress, it's really eazy once you get started. Gary

I think you are on the right path. Might be a few weeks but when you get the new tweeters I bel you will be very happy as I was. Klipsch rocks I just wish they would go ahead and cover these speakers past the normal two year warranty. Gary

Yes, just take out all the screws and the cover comes off in two pieces. Then, I think there may be some screws holding the tweeter in but can't remember for sure. I think you will be suprised how easy it is and how small the tweeter is. Gary

Ok, here goes. One of my tweeters went bad and I did know it til my cat went in the rear of the speaker and pulled down all the wires. I had to take the speaker apart to hook of the wires and when I listed to the tweeter it only hissed a bit. I swapped out cables still nothing. I e-mailed Klipshe and they suggested I pull the tweeter and wire a 9 volt battery to it and if it made no noise the tweeter was bad. Well the tweeters are dirt cheap and guess what--the new tweeters have heat sinks on them. When I asked why the Klipsch rep explained some people played the speakers really loud and the tweeters burned or blew out I guess. Well I crank mine up til the clock fell off the wall so I ordered two tweeters----problem solved! It could be the prior owner could not tell the tweeter was bad because I sure couldn't til I replaced them. What a difference. The new tweeter sounds righer and less bright too. I would suggest you just make sure the wires are all hooked up and if they are then order new tweeters. I asked if this was a known problem and the rep told me no. But it is interesting the speakers were backordered for a few weeks. Anyway-my two cents. Oh, seems like the tweeters are around $25. each. Gary

Well my order arrived and I installed it in about 10 minutes. Great news!! It was the tweeter!! Can' say if the new one has any different characteristics but it seems to sound a bit fuller, a little less bright. But I only checked for part of one song. One thing, they come with a fixed heat sink that looks really cool. The rep told me there was not any kind of major issues with the tweeters but sure seems like they were backordered for a while and the replacements address a heat issue. Gary

I agree with you. Appears to me the crossover is bad. It would be fairly easy to swap it out but easier to buy and new one and replace it to see if would work. I think that is what I will do.

CECAA850, I got out my multimeter and checked the speaker. I crossed the postive and negative (shorted) on the multimeter to get as close to 0 as possible. I know what the ohm sign looks like but no instructions as to which setting to use so I tried three as follows: Setting Lowest shorted multimeter reading Speaker reading 200 .1 2.8 2K .001 .003 20K 0 0 Well, what do you think? Could it be the crossover? Gary

Yes, I could remove all the speakers if I need to. I was going to go ahead and do some troubleshooting but figured it would not hurt to check the forums first. Gary

It appears the tweeter on my RF-25 is not good. I took the speaker apart to make sure it was pugged in correctly as were the woofers and they all looked ok. The tweeter on the right speaker sounds much fuller so I put the speaker cable from the right speaker on the left speaker and the tweeter sounds very marginal (the same as before) . Seems like I could only hear light cymbals and none of the other higher pitched music or vocals. Anyway, in examining the speakers further I pulled out the speaker cable hookup port from the rear of the speaker and it looked ok as well. Question is, there are some electronics on that board and one runs all the way up to the tweeter. So, the question is, other than testing the bad tweeter in the good speaker is there any way to tell if either the speaker or hookup electronics are bad? Bought these speakers in 2003 so the warranty is long gone. Gary