pinwa OP
Fried my Wilson Watt Puppy 7 tweeters, now what?
Read my post/s here if your a DIY sort of a guy, they're an easy fix if your handy.
https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/wilson-watt-puppy-7-blowen-tweeters
Cheers George
Fried my Wilson Watt Puppy 7 tweeters, now what?
pinwa OP Read my post/s here if your a DIY sort of a guy, they're an easy fix if your handy. https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/wilson-watt-puppy-7-blowen-tweeters Cheers George |
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Tweeters usually fry over clipping of the amplifier, as the tweeter heats up trying to track a square wave. Under powering is most often the root cause of clipping, but not the only cause. The non linear nature of power output and SPL means a small 3dB change = a doubling of power. 3dB is the difference between 50W and 100W, 100W and 200W, or 250W and 500W. You can burn up tweeters in a passive system fast with small power amps and party! Brad |
Thanks for the input. Wilson got back to me this afternoon and it is pretty much as ssand1 and steakster said. In order to replace the tweeters you have to go through a dealer. Wilson has actually been out of stock for a while on replacement tweeters for the W/P 7s but they expect some in soonish. Cost sounds like around $1000 but he didn't have a firm number. |
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I had a tweeter go out on my version 3 watt/puppies not too long ago and after talking to Wilson was told they will only sell the replacements to a dealer for install. I went that route which involved two new tweeters and new resistors because my version tweeter was no longer available. It cost me around $1000 to do this repair. Not cheap but I love the speakers and they are my keepers so I did the fix. |