smeat Posted July 12, 2007 Share Posted July 12, 2007 hmmm.... I'm really not sure what to put here. The title kinda said it all. I'm not familiar with blown tweeters, I've heard a woofer raspberry away like a 1 year old fascinated by a lawn mower, but tweeters... how would I know? Do they make no sound at all or is there something in particular I would hear- and lastly- is there a way to test to find out for sure? Mucus Garcias Josh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickB Posted July 13, 2007 Share Posted July 13, 2007 I had one go out on one of my RF-7s, there was no sound coming out of it at all. Remove the jumpers off the binding posts and plug the speaker wires into the HF pair of posts and see what you get. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacksonbart Posted July 13, 2007 Share Posted July 13, 2007 What did you do to blow it? Those things are strong unless you have a tube amp or bad ss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smeat Posted July 13, 2007 Author Share Posted July 13, 2007 Actually, well, I did just what the post above yours suggested, just ran sound through the HF to see what it sounded like and how much sound was comming out of there. Which was not a lot, but there was a little somethin' somethin' from the high end pouring out and it sounded fine. My main concern was just making sure I didn't damage it doing this, and I didn't think they sounded blown, I was more just curious what one would sound like if it was blown. As always, we (the royal we) bow to the knowledge of the forum. May the light that shines on you both not be the light of an oncoming train. The Josh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deang Posted July 14, 2007 Share Posted July 14, 2007 Normally, tweeters either work or they don't. If a tweeter "blows", it's either because of a blown diaphragm or a shorted voice coil -- in either case you get nothing. Now, you can have a diaphragm that's not properly seated, or debri in the magnetic gap -- in which case you will hear obnoxious buzzing. It's not the kind of sound where you're wondering if you hear it or not -- you'll know. Finally, if a horn comes loose from the driver, you will lose output. Some of the Reference horns are sonically welded instead of bolted, and I think on rare occasion they can come loose from rough handling -- a five foot drop off the back of FedEx truck might do it. Since it's unlikely something like this would happen to both speakers, you can simply compare the HF output of both speakers. Hooking your amp directly to the HF binding posts for testing doesn't hurt anything since your going through the network. Connecting an amp directly to the tweeter is a different story, don't do that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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