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Tweeter damage

Anyone heard damaged tweteers? Do they go lika a fuse, i.e. either they work or are totally corupt? Or can they just be slightly damaged? I send a Dolby Digital signal through analog pre-amp...A VERY unpleasent experience! Read that it could damage my ears as well as my speakers... Grateful for any info! Hans -Sweden (Hence my English)
kampfpudel
avguygeorge
2,300 posts
 
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.
avguygeorge
2,300 posts
 
Hans,or another speaker in your system;either way you will have your ans.
phased
4 posts
 
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.
kampfpudel OP
7 posts
 
Thanks, I´ll test all above. =) Hans
bob_bundus
1,834 posts
 
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!
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