Ouch, burned vc in k-124-k weeter!

[michael hurd]

I just came back from going across town to help a friend empty out her totalled '98 sunfire, she was hit when a fellow decided to run a red light.

I left the dog crated, and had the music on at a low level. When I got back, I started playing a cd-r, and it seemed like either the song was poorly recorded on the right channel, there was no upper midrange and treble at all?

I turned everything off, and pulled the right RF3II speaker apart, after trying another cd. Took out the tweeter, and a quick check with a dmm confirmed my diagnosis. The tweeter is opened, either in the leadout wire or the vc.

[michael hurd]

Called my local authorized dealer, the salesman that I bought them from said to come in next week when their tech guy is back from holidays, and they will get it fixed up for me.

[michael hurd]

I was bored, so I thought that I would take a few pictures to show everyone.

[michael hurd]

Here is one of the woofers, the K-1083-sb, same as the woofers in the RC7.
I was impressed to see how large the spider was, and also that they had provided ventilation underneath the spider, through holes in the basket assembly.

[michael hurd]

Another view of the woofer.

[michael hurd]

All together now...

[michael hurd]

One last picture, the close-up mode on the camera isn't that great, also the lighting was poor.

[Duke Spinner]

Didja Spank tha Dog ...???

[michael hurd]

That is it, the dog likes it loud, she operated the remote to turn up the volume, I dunno how loud she was cranking it.[]

[Duke Spinner]

crossover failure ...??

[michael hurd]

I guess anything is possible, today I went to the Power Center and dropped off the receipt and the tweeter, they want to send the whole tweeter away. [:@] I guess that I will be without tunes for a couple of weeks after they screw around with it.

I could have ordered a replacement diaphragm at my cost and sent it to the border, then drive across to pick it up. That way, I would have been back in business in a few days, not weeks.

I sure hope that they decide to pack it well, I would be extremely angry if it returns in two pieces.

[colterphoto1]

You mean you don't have any backup? I'm like the space shuttle, I have backups to the backup. Sorry for your difficulty. Did the dog really turn up the tunes or just a fluke burning out the tweeter?

Michael

[krispykoilz]

Michael, sorry to hear about your speaker. If you start going through withdrawals you can grab some of your favourite tunes and drive over to Westfort to see me for a fix. I've got a whole bunch of Klipsch speakers we can listen to. Cheers.

[DrWho]

You might wanna check your upstread equipment just in case....it would suck

if you dropped in your new replacement only to have it fry again.

[michael hurd]

8 days of withdrawl, feels like 2 years! ( I can at least listen to the center and surrounds on 5 ch stereo setting )

The dealer figures sometime in the middle of next week I'll have it back, we shall see.

[michael hurd]

I got my fix today! Well, not really, I still don't have a tweeter in my hands.[]

I did however visit Krispykoils, and found out why he chose that name as his handle.

Dave was gracious enough to invite me over anytime this weekend, but I had other commitments and a car show popped up. ( girlfriend won tickets on the radio for it ) I did however get a chance to swing by and listen to 6 chorus II's for a while today.

We played a variety of different tunes, but mostly at a lower volume as we talked, with the occasional one at a higher volume. ( the volume just seems to creep up ) This being the first time hearing the Chorus II, i'd have to say that the overall sound character is very similar to that of my Reference 3II mains, it would be nice to a-b them one day.

After I have my tweeter back, I'll have to have him over for a little demo. ( he has never heard the reference series ) I will also have to demo my subs (still in primer) and my shakers.