What has blown my tweeter????


I turned on my system this afternoon and noticed to my major dismay that the tweeter on one of my speakers, (JMLab Megane Carat), has totally disappeared! I always listen at
reasonable volumes, (between 7 and 15, out of 60, on the Classe Cap 101 Led), and I listen primarily to classical and jazz.

Does anyone have an idea as to why the tweeter would get up and disappear like this? What normaly causes tweeters to blow?

Thanks for any and all help.
ariflex

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An update:

The dealer has found that the tweeter is completely "fried". They will replace it for me and are sending the amp back to Classe. HFO seems to be suspected.

How will I know if it is truly fixed?
Thanks Jameswei,

The dealer is presently doing some tests.

I'm curious to know if the tweeter might generate a very high frequency sound of its own before failure?

As for "collateral damage" it would seem to me that Classe should definately foot the bill for a new tweeter. Especialy if the Classe proves to be defective and the cause of the tweeter's failure.

A company as respected as Classe I imagine would have some form of professional ethics...?
Thanks for the humorous replies. My use of hyperbole was perhaps a little confused... The tweeter is still physically in the speaker, it just doesn't emit any sound. I did notice however that on the day previous to the tweeter malfunction there was a high pitched sound when I turned the volume on the Cap 101 up without any source input. When I reached 30 on the Led, the right speaker (the blown one), made a strange crackling sound... It was not immediately broken though.

Might this be due to static? Something wrong with the Cap 101?
It would seem, from the symptoms I had before the tweeter malfunction, that there was some HFO High Frequency Oscliation, or supersonic frequency.

My question is this: The Classe Cap 101 that I have is brand new, can this unit be repaired? Or is this likely to happen repeatedly? I personally am allergic to spending a lot of money on brand new tweeters every few months....

Thanks