Girl diagnoses & solves mechanical problem


This may not be news for most of you, but it is a major news flash for me and I just had to brag at my "prowess." I EVEN USED A TORX SCREWDRIVER! I just received my Coincident Triumph Signatures yesterday and was setting them up in my small HT system. I was playing FM radio through them and they sounded OK. I went to work. Last night, I put on a couple of CDs and there was no sparkle or splash, no snap of the electric guitar notes, etc. I put my ear right up next to the tweeters and could swear there was no sound coming out of them. But this was the case w/both speakers! So I couldn't believe I was hearing right, because how could both tweeters have been blown before delivery (I bought from a reputable dealer whom I have dealt with before) or damaged during shipping? I decided to sleep on it (the problem, not the speakers). This morning, before work, I brought my ProAc Response 1SC's up from downstairs, and the guitar notes etc. all sounded right. Something was definitely wrong! I noticed some foam in the port holes in the back of the Coincidents. I tried to pull it out but it was more than just a plug and wouldn't come free. So I went downstairs to my toolbox, got out the torx wrench set my handyman brother had bought me years ago, and got the tweeter fittings unscrewed. I removed them gently (the magnets fell out into my hand) and saw immediately that the tweeters weren't even plugged in!! I reattached the lead wires to the tweeters, in both speakers, and rescrewed in the tweeter housings, and the speakers came to life (DUH!) I am sure this is not newsworthy for most of you, but if there are any other females reading this, you know how impressed I am w/myself. I can well imagine my very nonaudiophile friends and relatives, male and female, happily using these speakers for years w/no tweeters and not even noticing. Or me, several years ago, returning the speakers as damaged. i am so puffed up w/pride in myself that I am even thinking of attempting one of the DIY SET amp kits that are available. I have been eager to try out an SET and maybe I am up to soldering? Of course, I don't want to go overboard. . .
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Well, I don't think most of us men need a woman to appear stupid to feel good about ourselves. This is a good thing because most of the female types around this site seem to be able to hold their own.

I remain,
You guys are just WAY too serious this morning :-) I am just trying to inject some silly humor and it's getting over analyzed.... I think it's time to hit the beach....
welcome, Sarah :)
I'd love to hit the beach but it's winter here. I'm going skating -X-country skiing... love that too... my wife is a former NCAA skier ( a good one!) and you know what.. I can barely keep up.. except when she feels sorry for me.

What comes around goes around.
Sorry if I am taking things too seriously, but I'd really like to see women get a little more respect in this hobby, so it makes it tough for me to joke around on these issues. Suppose I probably could stand to lighten up a bit sometimes. I'm always happy to see more women get involved, just want all of us to be taken seriously. Have fun at the beach.....feels like it is below zero here. Think I'll stay inside!
Too bad, you girls made up. I was practically drooling, while reading last few posts from the fellow female audiophiles, for a catfight . Esmeralda, Jump in any time.

Seriously, I am glad you girls have this self-aptitude.