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Von Schweikert VR4-JR

Hey Folks,

I bought a pair of VR4s from a member here. Love the speakers. However, I seem to be having a problem. I am hearing a buzzing sound from all of the tweeters at certain times. I hear it mostly when listening to rock music with guitars. I only seem to hear it in parts of the song that just have the guitar playing without the rest of the instruments and am hearing it from all tweeters. Any suggestions?

Thanks,

Greg
gfreek
shakeydeal
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Since you say that ALL the tweeters exhibit this, I don't think it's a driver issue. Sounds more like it's a problem with the recordings. I would listen to the same material on a completely different system and see if it is still audible.
gfreek OP
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Hey folks,

I appreciate all your help. It ended up to be a bad preamp. I set up the speakers using my surround system receiver and the noise went away. I then checked my amps and all was ok. So the preamp is giving off a slightly audible distortion at all levels. Its interesting because when listening to Classical music, it cannot be heard. Its only overdriven guitar sounds that seem to make it audible. I guess I shouldn't have quickly blamed the speakers since the noise was heard through all the tweeters. I did also check all the wires as well.

Thanks

Greg
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elb
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Blindjim, why did you replace the tweeters on your jr's? Sometimes when listenning to some recordings with cymbals, I feel like I should replace mine. It makes me wonder if I melted some of the voice coil or something in them. Over all though, I love my VR4jr's. They still amaze me.
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