Brunt Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 Posted in technical as well. What would cause one tweeter in an rs-3 to not produce sound other than being blown? Both speakers fail to produce sound from the right hand side tweeter and both speakers are brand new. Opinions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CECAA850 Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 You have 2 seperate speakers that are new and neither of them will play out of one of the 2 tweeters? Is that correct? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Traveler Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 I don't have an answer but fwiw, Klipsch stopped making the RS-3II in 2003 and the originals earlier than that (2001) so I don't know how "brand new" they can be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CECAA850 Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 Does each speaker have HF and LF speaker terminals? If so, are the metal straps that go between the 2 sets of terminals there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Traveler Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 RS-3s have one set of terminals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brunt Posted August 9, 2011 Author Share Posted August 9, 2011 2 separate speakers...same side have no output from tweeter and yes, they were brand new in box. Womans mother died and she found some unopened gear in her possession. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CECAA850 Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 Are you checking them with test tones or just music? Maybe they cover different frequencies like a tapered array. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brunt Posted August 9, 2011 Author Share Posted August 9, 2011 Both...either way my ear detects nothing from that tweeter with my face right up against the speaker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CECAA850 Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 Pull the crossover and check the wiring. There's no scenario that makes sense to me as to why this is happening to two different speakers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brunt Posted August 9, 2011 Author Share Posted August 9, 2011 Pull the crossover and check the wiring. There's no scenario that makes sense to me as to why this is happening to two different speakers. Will do...going to try this tonight or tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beechnut Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 To help isolate the other horn, put a small towel in the other one to muffle it. This will really help you distinguish even minimal sounds out of the one you are trying to listen too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brunt Posted August 10, 2011 Author Share Posted August 10, 2011 Towel, no towel both of these things are smoked I guess. Pulled drivers out enough to make sure all wires are connected and intact, which they are. I just can't believe both speakers have the same problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CECAA850 Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 If possible, switch wires from one known good driver to the other. Make sure you have 2 bad drivers and not 2 bad crossovers (unless they're wired parallel). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CECAA850 Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 Another check would be to disconnect the wires to the drivers. Check resistance across the driver with an Ohm meter. If it reads open, the drivers are fried. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brunt Posted August 10, 2011 Author Share Posted August 10, 2011 Don't have meter. Klipsch said to create a circuit to check bad tweeter. Not sure how to do it but I guess I'll try...do lead wires just unclip? Are they soldered? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brunt Posted August 10, 2011 Author Share Posted August 10, 2011 Just don't want to yank anything before I know for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CECAA850 Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 Keep us posted, I'm curious as to what you'll find. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brunt Posted August 10, 2011 Author Share Posted August 10, 2011 Keep us posted, I'm curious as to what you'll find. will do! Klipsch has tweeters in stock and gentleman on phone was almost certain it wasn't a crossover. Said maybe they need to be blasted with something at a moderately high volume to wake them up because they've been sitting so long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonJCarney Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 I agree with the Klipsch guy. Sometimes I need to blast my wife with something to wake her up! [C] Sucks if it's your crossover cause that's going to cost you substantially more money unfortunately. [pi] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brunt Posted August 10, 2011 Author Share Posted August 10, 2011 Not tweeter. Hooked it up to aaa battery and it made the noise he said it should. Also played music through it. That worked, but music was soft. Hard to believe crossover failed the same tweeter in both speakers. Just to clarify with you guys are both tweeters in these types of surrounds supposed to be as loud and playing same information? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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