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RF-82 ll Tweeter Failure


Johnnymo

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Hello everyone,

I hate that this has to be my fist post,,, but seems my I lost my left side tweeter yesterday at the hands of Papa Roach.... I wasn't pushing too hard really... -15. I've been higher before . At any rate, what happened was I heard the highs disappear momentarily, then return momentarily, then nothing after that I can hear both 8" drivers functioning ok.. I am assuming the tweeter is gone. However, I was wondering if anyone knew if that was truly the case? Is there a capacitor of some sort that might have failed or other possibility? I checked all connections and wires which all seem to be working correctly. I located the factory Klipsch replacement for relatively nominal money. Does anyone know if there would be any soldering involved and is this a DIY project...or should I send out to be repaired? Thank you for the help...

 

Equipment:

AVR-HK 3600

AMP- EMO XPA-3

Blu Ray- Oppo BDP-103

SUB- HSU VTF-2 MK4

Mains-RF-82-ll

Center-RC-62ll

 

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The easiest way to determine if your tweeter died is to switch the tweeters between the speakers. After you switch them, if your right speaker's tweeter doesn't work and your left did work, then the problem followed the tweeter. If it's still your left, then there is an issue with the crossover or amplifier/preamp/etc (highly unlikely)

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Yes you will have to remove the tweeters to unplug the wires...easy job but they are heavier than you think be careful. Just doing speaker wires only rules out the receiver part. Not the tweeters. So basically your putting in a known good tweeter in the speaker where the other tweeter does not work. Then let us know what happened. 

  Best way to do it is lay speaker down face up so you pull it straight up out of speaker.

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1 hour ago, ricktate said:

Could be wire just came off tweeter has happened to others.

ok. verified the tweeter doesn't work when switched to other speaker & vice-versa...  and yes, it was an easy job.... So, I will buy the replacement and hopefully be back up and running by the end of the week. One last question though, should I consider replacing both at the same time. I sort of remember reading somewhere they should be replaced in pairs??? Back in the day I had a pair of KEF 102.2 and that was their suggestion with their Q Sound voice coils...not sure if thats standard practice with all brands.

Thank you

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20 minutes ago, willland said:

I would inquire first if the warranty is still effective, unless you bought the used.

 

Bill

Yea, its been a couple of years since I purchased them... I dont think they're under warranty anymore.

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4 minutes ago, willland said:

 

A 5-year warranty if bought from authorized Klipsch dealer.

 

Bill

 

Yea, I was doing a little research on that and it is 5 years, but I purchased B stock through an authorized dealer out of Nevada. I sent an iquiry to see if they could pull up my order and see if I received the full warranty with the purchase. If not, $46.00 isnt too bad of a deal for the replacement.

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2 hours ago, ricktate said:

No need to buy 2 but if you plan on keeping them for awhile you might just buy 2 to have one on hand. Later may not be able to get any at all. Did the other tweeter work in the non working speaker? Just making sure.

The dealer I purchased from said they will check with Klipsch to see if there are any available from them. In the mean time, I did buy one on line already, so my thoughts are like yours, why not have an extra just in case.... And yes, the right side tweeter when installed in the left speaker worked as normal. The left side when installed in the right speaker still was inoperable.

Thank Yiou

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Bad news for me!!  The tweeter showed up in only 2 days..... BUT, the + side contact was almost broken off and when I touched it, it fell off the rest of the way... Ill keep everyone posted on the actions of the company I purchased through....Simply speakers.

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So an update.... I sent a pic of the damaged tweeter as requested by Simply Speakers on the 25th, Thursday.... not a word back.... don't know if they didn't like the pic, so  I resent it....still nothing... at this point I have no idea what their intentions are....Also the selling entity where I originally purchased the speakers seems to have fallen off the face of the earth as well.... Any suggestions on where I might purchase another tweeter for these? For now, I have dug my old Bose 401's out of the basement so I have something to listen to.... what a difference by the way... LOL... I tried to get my Infinity IL-40's back from my son, but he wont let off of them..... Ha Ha,,,

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Final update & Ill let this one die. Simply Speakers came through for me today. They sent a new tweeter as promised. I came home for lunch and installed it.... Life is good again!! The Bose 401's are going back into storage. Thanks everyone for the help & suggestions. Thank you Simply Speakers for being an upstanding company and backing up your word.

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