Tweeter damage

Bob, you saved my day! =) Thanks!

Hans this was a horn tweeter; was in a Belle Klipsch speaker. I believe it was made by ElectroVoice. It was only slightly damaged & more audible at higher levels, but even at background level it was distorted. I fried the voice coil; it had some shorted windings although it still functioned. Victim of square-wave amp-clipping & completely my own fault. If you don't hear any distortion then your tweeters have probably survived intact.

To: Bob bundus. What spkr system was that? My question is: if you break a tweeter, is there´s no question about it? Do you always hear it? Thanks, Hans

Certainly you can damage a tweeter such that it still outputs, but distorts. Been there done that. They warranteed it, but I do admit I really got carried away that time! I think I was playing Dire Straits... Amp On!

Thanks, I´ll test all above. =) Hans

Hans,you could pull the suspecting tweeter and place it in the other speaker.If the poor sound follows then you have a bad tweeter.If not then maybe the crossover is the culprit or maybe your cables,equip.

Hans,or another speaker in your system;either way you will have your ans.

Hans, have you ruled out interconnect or speaker cables? You might try reversing everything going back to the source. If it is affecting both sides, you might try one speaker in another system.