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Post by wnydel on Apr 19, 2019 20:40:54 GMT -5
I’m probably being paranoid..but for some unknown reason my wife pushed on a soft tweeter. Apparently I need to keep speaker covers in from now on.
I asked why she did it and she thought it was solid. Still not sure what possessed her to do so.
Anyway, it looks fine. It sounds fine, as near as I can tell. But when I googled this, it sounds like touching them, even gently, is a very bad thing.
So, am I paranoid? Did I dodge a bullet? Anything I need to listen for or worry about?
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Post by The History Kid on Apr 19, 2019 21:09:53 GMT -5
As long as she didn't apply pressure to the actual coil it should be fine. Most of the caps on the tweeters have at least some space between the surface of the driver (dust cap) and the actual coil/diaphragm.
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Post by wnydel on Apr 19, 2019 21:16:04 GMT -5
As long as she didn't apply pressure to the actual coil it should be fine. Most of the caps on the tweeters have at least some space between the surface of the driver (dust cap) and the actual coil/diaphragm. Thank you! I did visibly see it move in and then back out, if that gives any indication of pressure. But it’s not like she pushed super hard, so hopefully it was not enough to touch the coil.
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Post by The History Kid on Apr 19, 2019 21:18:19 GMT -5
Fwiw - I get super funny with things like that too. Keep an eye on it for a bit, but in all likelihood no damage was done. Back before I knew better, I did this on older speakers with rubber domes. Shouldn't have done it, but the tweeter was never damaged. Lessons learned.
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Post by wnydel on Apr 19, 2019 21:25:09 GMT -5
Fwiw - I get super funny with things like that too. Keep an eye on it for a bit, but in all likelihood no damage was done. Back before I knew better, I did this on older speakers with rubber domes. Shouldn't have done it, but the tweeter was never damaged. Lessons learned. I’m like a proud parent with it and was trying to be so careful, lol. If it were some cheap speaker, that probably would never have happened. Anyway, now I know to keep the covers on for a bit of added protection. I also learned more about soft done tweeters in the past hour or so than I ever knew in my life.
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Post by The History Kid on Apr 19, 2019 21:34:46 GMT -5
Fwiw - I get super funny with things like that too. Keep an eye on it for a bit, but in all likelihood no damage was done. Back before I knew better, I did this on older speakers with rubber domes. Shouldn't have done it, but the tweeter was never damaged. Lessons learned. I’m like a proud parent with it and was trying to be so careful, lol. If it were some cheap speaker, that probably would never have happened. Anyway, now I know to keep the covers on for a bit of added protection. I also learned more about soft done tweeters in the past hour or so than I ever knew in my life. Best practice when concerned. When I had larger dogs, the grilles always stayed on mine, but with the little dogs, it's not such a big deal. Next to the car, and the diploma, this is the most expensive thing I own - so proud parent - damn right.
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Post by garbulky on Apr 19, 2019 21:58:35 GMT -5
I’m probably being paranoid..but for some unknown reason my wife pushed on a soft tweeter. Apparently I need to keep speaker covers in from now on. I asked why she did it and she thought it was solid. Still not sure what possessed her to do so. Anyway, it looks fine. It sounds fine, as near as I can tell. But when I googled this, it sounds like touching them, even gently, is a very bad thing. So, am I paranoid? Did I dodge a bullet? Anything I need to listen for or worry about? If the dust cap doesn't look dented and you are hearing things okay, then you are good.
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Post by klinemj on Apr 19, 2019 22:16:11 GMT -5
So...the tweeter appears fine. How is your wife? Mark
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Post by knucklehead on Apr 19, 2019 22:50:49 GMT -5
I'd make her stand in a corner for 20 minutes for a time out! And keep the grills on when she's around.
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Post by wnydel on Apr 19, 2019 23:40:14 GMT -5
So...the tweeter appears fine. How is your wife? Mark She is fine. I didn’t make a big deal about it out loud, inside I was panicking
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Post by klinemj on Apr 20, 2019 7:06:29 GMT -5
So...the tweeter appears fine. How is your wife? Mark She is fine. I didn’t make a big deal about it out loud, inside I was panicking There's a funny meme going around on a Mopar site with a guy who is telling his friend "My wife just totaled my new Hellcat!" Friend says "OMG, is she OK?" The guys says, "Well, so far she is...she locked herself in the closet to hide from me" Mark
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Post by selind40 on Apr 20, 2019 9:01:59 GMT -5
So...the tweeter appears fine. How is your wife? Mark She is fine. I didn’t make a big deal about it out loud, inside I was panicking I've chosen to live alone......if anything gets broken or F'ed up, it's my fault.......or the 12 pack of IPA's fault....
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Post by DYohn on Apr 20, 2019 9:30:26 GMT -5
Use a vacuum cleaner. While it's running, move the hose toward the center of the tweeter until it pops back out. Done.
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Post by 405x5 on Apr 20, 2019 11:54:27 GMT -5
I’m probably being paranoid..but for some unknown reason my wife pushed on a soft tweeter. Apparently I need to keep speaker covers in from now on. I asked why she did it and she thought it was solid. Still not sure what possessed her to do so. Anyway, it looks fine. It sounds fine, as near as I can tell. But when I googled this, it sounds like touching them, even gently, is a very bad thing. So, am I paranoid? Did I dodge a bullet? Anything I need to listen for or worry about? Ok, so you’re saying there’s no visible physical damage and it sounds fine? You dodged a bullet and nothing to worry about for now. I’ve seen tweets with the domes mashed in and still, they play. More of them probably fall victim to being either overdriven or underpowered more than anything else, but hands off is the catch phrase. Prodding hands has been a never ending issue with loudspeaker drivers. Both midrange and tweeters in all my systems have mesh metal protective screens to reduce the hazard to minimal. Bill
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Post by Bonzo on Apr 20, 2019 17:50:31 GMT -5
So...the tweeter appears fine. How is your wife? Mark Women, kids, and pets. Speakers worst nightmare. 😀
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Post by brubacca on Apr 20, 2019 19:34:37 GMT -5
Yeah,
My son who was great with not touching anything decided to play with my tone arm. He was jut making circles with it. That was literally the beginning of the end for that TT. He broke a wire in the tonearm. I did get that fixed, then mishandled and completely broke the tonearm on reassembly.
Ugh
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Post by wnydel on Apr 20, 2019 22:46:01 GMT -5
Yeah, My son who was great with not touching anything decided to play with my tone arm. He was jut making circles with it. That was literally the beginning of the end for that TT. He broke a wire in the tonearm. I did get that fixed, then mishandled and completely broke the tonearm on reassembly. Ugh Oh no. Im sorry to hear that. Here I thought I was safe, my kids are older (14 and 18) and my dog is a couch potato. I never thought I had to worry about my wife. Apparently I was wrong.
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Post by vcautokid on Apr 20, 2019 23:42:58 GMT -5
In all my years of audio this is a first. But you should be fine from what everyone says.
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