Girl diagnoses & solves mechanical problem


This may not be news for most of you, but it is a major news flash for me and I just had to brag at my "prowess." I EVEN USED A TORX SCREWDRIVER! I just received my Coincident Triumph Signatures yesterday and was setting them up in my small HT system. I was playing FM radio through them and they sounded OK. I went to work. Last night, I put on a couple of CDs and there was no sparkle or splash, no snap of the electric guitar notes, etc. I put my ear right up next to the tweeters and could swear there was no sound coming out of them. But this was the case w/both speakers! So I couldn't believe I was hearing right, because how could both tweeters have been blown before delivery (I bought from a reputable dealer whom I have dealt with before) or damaged during shipping? I decided to sleep on it (the problem, not the speakers). This morning, before work, I brought my ProAc Response 1SC's up from downstairs, and the guitar notes etc. all sounded right. Something was definitely wrong! I noticed some foam in the port holes in the back of the Coincidents. I tried to pull it out but it was more than just a plug and wouldn't come free. So I went downstairs to my toolbox, got out the torx wrench set my handyman brother had bought me years ago, and got the tweeter fittings unscrewed. I removed them gently (the magnets fell out into my hand) and saw immediately that the tweeters weren't even plugged in!! I reattached the lead wires to the tweeters, in both speakers, and rescrewed in the tweeter housings, and the speakers came to life (DUH!) I am sure this is not newsworthy for most of you, but if there are any other females reading this, you know how impressed I am w/myself. I can well imagine my very nonaudiophile friends and relatives, male and female, happily using these speakers for years w/no tweeters and not even noticing. Or me, several years ago, returning the speakers as damaged. i am so puffed up w/pride in myself that I am even thinking of attempting one of the DIY SET amp kits that are available. I have been eager to try out an SET and maybe I am up to soldering? Of course, I don't want to go overboard. . .
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All right, if Suzy found this thread "disturbing" before, what on earth is she thinking now!!?
I'm thinking that maybe Angela was right and I need to lighten up a bit. Just trying to have a sense of humor.
Nilthepill - you are welcome to check out my new message board at www.audioenquirer.com. No female mudwrestling I'm afraid, but you can read all about Bob Crump's viagra soaked pointy things :-)
Angela, I got it!!

"With one of these, I can get as many of those as I want" :) You were describing a dollar bill and wishing you had pennies, right?

Much like the guy who called his mother for advise during the honeymoon. "Mom, she is breathing pretty hard, what should I do besides kissing her?"

His mom replied, "I hope I can make you understand son, just put your long thing in where she pee's."

The bride called her back after a few minutes and said, "Your son has his foot hung in our commode."