Blown Tweeters = Some Sound/No Sound?

Hey did you heck for the crossovers also could be bad?

Hey Greg,

Sorry for the confusion. According to a review that I read in Stereophile, the tweeters are supplied by Vifa and are built to PSBs specifications.

Thanks Gullahisland. Actually, I was wondering which drive units manufacturer (i.e. vifa, scan-speak, seas, etc) supplies your tweet & which model it is! Cheers

Just checked some reviews, and it seems that 150 quid is very reasonable to get your speakers back into shape. Good luck, and let us know if everything turned out ok!

Gregm - It's the factory replacement for PSB Stratus Gold. I thought it seemed fairly reasonable, too.

$75/tweet is not excessive. I wonder which tweet it is...

Ahhh...Good question.

There is no sound from either tweeter, but both mids and woofers are functioning correctly.

I also just got off the phone with PSB and the replacement drivers are $150 for the pair. Seems reasonable enough to me. It also sounds like this would resolve the problem, no?

Thanks again for your help!

Ehmmmm..... Onhwy61 made an accurate remark. In your original post you stated "On BOTH speakers, there was absolutely NO sound. Does this mean that the tweeters are blown or is there possibly more to the problem?"
I presume you mean no sound from the tweeters?

If the tweeter is not working sound should still be coming from the midrange driver.

Thanks Satch,

For reference, the pair of speakers that I'm looking at are PSB Stratus Gold.

I'm going to call PSB tomorrow and see how much a pair of replacement tweeters will cost. I hope it's not an arm-and-a-leg.

-Dan

Good question. You have determined that the tweeters aren't working, that's for sure. It could be (hard to say without knowing what speakers you are talking about) that some kind of overload-protection kicked in (e.g. blown a fuse), and the tweeters are fine. It could also be (less likely since it happened in both speakers) that the wiring inside doesn't connect anymore. Most probably the tweeters are damaged, but there could be others reasons.
As for sound/no sound: if I remember correctly, you can blow tweeters in two ways. First you overheat the voice coil, and because of the heat, it tends to get a little bit bigger and won't fit the gap it is supposed to move in. That way, you should have a little sound left, along with some scraping sounds (very soft).
The other way is that you haven't damaged the voice coils, but the very thin wire that runs between the voice coil and the cable connection at the back or side of the tweeter. If that's is melted, there'll be no sound from the tweeter whatsoever.
So if it's worth replacing the tweeters? Pfffff.... there are a lot of 'if's' in your wuestion. One thing I can say is that it's fun to fiddle around, so I guess I would try it.