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Replacing Tweeters for Proac 2.5
One of my friend's kids damaged my beloved Proac 2.5 speakers. Both
tweeters were so thoroughly pushed in that even after the suck-out by vacuum cleaner they still leave wrinkles around the periphery. Although they do play music ok, it is so disheartening and I have to do something about it. I am contemplating the following options, and any expert's advice will be appreciated: 1. Send them to Proac: Has anyone had experience with the repair service with Proac in US? Is it possible at all and is the price reasonable? 2. Replace the tweeters myself: It looks like the Scan-Speak tweeters are quite popular so that I may be able to buy identical tweeters. If I buy a pair (such as D2010/851300) and carefully replace them (with soldering if needed), should I expect them to sound like a brand new pair? Or is there any "expert's touch" necessary to fine-tune and balance the units? Or should I forget all that, cover up with the grills, and pretend as if nothing happened? The tweeters are not ripped, and they still sound reasonably good. How bad does a "wrinkled" tweeter get? Thanks for the input to relieve my anxiety. Hong |
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Replacing Tweeters for Proac 2.5
"Rich.Andrews" wrote:
"Cover it up and pretend nothing happened. Something else stupid will happen and then you will be glad you didn't spend the money to fix them to new condition." & "Bottom line? If it sounds OK, don't fix it." Two good points and friendly advise if I might say so. You could get new drivers and install them yourself. If you look at the back of the drivers, they should have model numbers on them. If you can't find an exact match or just don't want to spend the dough, don't worry about it. It won't make a huge amount of difference as only the very fine details have been modified, but they will not be "perfect". Not that "perfect" is an obtainable (or desireable) goal, but you could always have a spare as I actully did for my wife's set of JM Lab speakers in the event that those tweeters fail. They should be around $100/pr. or so, so not too terribly expensive. You could always just beat your friend's kids or insist that they leave Duct Tape with you when they leave the room, but I'll leave that "Nugget of Wisdom/Stupidity" up to you... -Bill www.uptownaudio.com Roanoke VA (540) 343-1250 "Rich.Andrews" wrote in message news:w6HIc.77214$XM6.2479@attbi_s53... (Hong) wrote in news:d5fIc.59007$IQ4.5341@attbi_s02: One of my friend's kids damaged my beloved Proac 2.5 speakers. Both tweeters were so thoroughly pushed in that even after the suck-out by vacuum cleaner they still leave wrinkles around the periphery. Although they do play music ok, it is so disheartening and I have to do something about it. I am contemplating the following options, and any expert's advice will be appreciated: 1. Send them to Proac: Has anyone had experience with the repair service with Proac in US? Is it possible at all and is the price reasonable? 2. Replace the tweeters myself: It looks like the Scan-Speak tweeters are quite popular so that I may be able to buy identical tweeters. If I buy a pair (such as D2010/851300) and carefully replace them (with soldering if needed), should I expect them to sound like a brand new pair? Or is there any "expert's touch" necessary to fine-tune and balance the units? Or should I forget all that, cover up with the grills, and pretend as if nothing happened? The tweeters are not ripped, and they still sound reasonably good. How bad does a "wrinkled" tweeter get? Thanks for the input to relieve my anxiety. Hong My youngest son damaged my speakers years ago. I didn't feel like fixing them just to have something else stupid happen to them, so I put all the equipment away and then brought it all out when he reached 20. I bought new speakers and sold off the old ones. As a matter of fact, I kept only the preamp and tuner and sold off or junked everything else. Now I am quite happy and making up for lost listening time. (:) Wrinkles don't matter much. Cover it up and pretend nothing happened. Something else stupid will happen and then you will be glad you didn't spend the money to fix them to new condition. You might buy 2 new tweeters and keep them put away for when the wrinkled ones fail. Might as well check into the price of woofers as well. Without knowing what the original driver characteristics are, it may be hard to find a match. Tweeters are generally cheaper than woofers, so you might be able to get some new ones for less than $50.00. Bottom line? If it sounds OK, don't fix it. r -- Nothing beats the bandwidth of a station wagon filled with DLT tapes. |
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