DAL SCIV - tweeters gone need help

Based on the serial numbers provided by Cdma it appears my tweeters would be the silk dome tweeter. Neither of the tweeters listed on the Madisound chart appear to be the right tweeter. The D27TG35 is a textile tweeter and the other is shielded, which mine is not. Looking at the Vifa product line I do not see a 1 inch silk dome tweeter.

Any other suggestions on where I should look?

Mike

Have you tried calling Madisound ?

I e-mailed Madisound, gave them my speaker serial number and explained the serial number information in Cdma's post. They wrote back and said the replacement should be the D27TG35 which is the textile rather than the silk tweeter.

What are your opinions? Should they work?

Mike

Unless you get a better offer I'd take them up on it but ask about their returns policy.

You might find it works perfectly. If not you probably will not lose much money.

Of course you wouldn't be able to solder them in to test, but you could rig up a connection to see how they work.

There shouldn't be any need to rig up anything or solder, as they feature slide-on connections.

Madisound is probably the leading source of Dunlavy replacement drivers and my guess is that what they are telling you is correct. Dunlavy used cheap, easily replacable tweeters. As I mentioned above, you just have to fight a little bit with the felt surrounding the tweeter bay when you install them. Be certain to give the new tweeter 100 hours to break in before drawing any conclusions (it will need 200+ to fully come around). I also don't recall whether wrote that you need one or two, but you should replace the pair to ensure proper pair matching (this is important).

My Dunlavy dealer sold a lot of used Dunlavys, and he would generally replace the tweeters before reselling just to avoid problems, as in the Dunlavy implementation (first-order crossover and cheap driver), they tend to burn out.