Blown speaker tweeter :-(

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JPNZ

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#2544408 19-Aug-2020 12:59

I had a similar issue about 8 years ago. Blew a tweeter in my wharfedale diamond 9.5. Called Monaco and had a replacement tweeter sent out and I fitted it myself (there are screws on the front face) simple and easy to wire in and fix. Cost me about $45 plus freight from memory

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Fred99

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#2544429 19-Aug-2020 13:33

Makes it far easier if they can be removed from the front of the baffle. The &%^#* monitors have a waveguide baffle, the drivers bolted in behind that, so you've got to get in from the back - after removing the amp etc. Putting them back together wasn't fun, there's a flat and spring washer on the bolts, the socket and extension you need to get in gets pulled toward the magnets, the bolts and washers fall out - and end up stuck on the magnet somewhere you cant see, and there's internal bracing for the cabinet right in the way of where you need to get to. So the air was blue - hence my reluctance to replace the other one when it seems to be perfectly fine.

1101

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#2545132 20-Aug-2020 13:09

Gambit: Do i need to replace both as the other speaker works fine.

AND redo the crossover to match the rebuilt/new driver ( no one does that either )
do you re-match speaker drivers after 3-4 years of use : of course not, but chances are they will no longer be a matched pair after a few years

No you do not .
If you had a $10000 speaker system then I would say yes, replace as a pair .

The wharfedale is a mass produced speaker. I very much doubt they take the time to match pairs at the factory.

99% of us could never hear the difference with a matched or unmatched pair regardless .
And in stereo the signals arnt matched in Left & right so really not much point

theory is not reality :-)

Axent audio should be able to fix it .

Dunnersfella

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#2545354 20-Aug-2020 15:44

Having seen a recent model Wharfedale tweeter, you'd have to assume it costs under $0.04...

They are definitely what they used to be!

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