Dented Tweeter?

I had this happen to me, I used my vaccum on the dustcap, sucked the dent right out. worth a try

Scootdog:

I'm not trying to be gross here, but if it is a soft dome suck it out with your mouth. A vacumm may be too powerful & damage it. If it's metal dome, carefully do use as vacumm as Jeff instructed.

How do they sound? Can't live with it? You are right there are dispersion and distortion problems associated with that kind of problem. The trick above with the vacuum is well known and works but sometimes with aluminum dome tweeters it is not an answer. If you want more info on that trick search the audioasylum.com forum.

I took apart a Hales Revelation 3 some years ago and I think they used Vifa i inch aluminum dome tweeters. Nothing exotic. You can pick them up at speakercity.com. Pull it out and look for identification #s. Give speaker city a call. Lots of Vifa's stuff sells between 35-$60. Important to replace it w/ same tweeter!

Sincerely, I remain

If you try what Sagger suggests, do not let anyone see you doing it.

My kids used to dent the Audio Physic Virgo tweeters all the time. The exterior was just a dustcap. If that is the case with the Hales then I strongly suggest electrical tape. Apply it to the dent and slowly pull as if to pull the tape off of the tweeter, not as if to remove the dent. It worked every time. Good Luck