No Sound from Tweeter



I just hooked up my recently purchased Matrix 805's and one of the tweeters is silent.

What should I look for first?

I'm going to open the cabinet and make sure they are wired properly. Any other ideas?

I thought that a "blown" tweeter would make a popping sound or some sort of sound. This one is completely silent.

Thanks.
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It was probably blown before you bought it, and that's why t was silent when you hooked it up. Betting that might have been why the seller sold these speakers. Your best bet is to buy a new tweeter, hopefully one is available. Btw, you might want to imform the seller about the tweeter, and hopefully he'll reimburse you the cost of a new tweeter (but don't hold your breath about that happening).
Well, first things first. If the 805s are bi-wireable make sure you have the bi-wire cables or jumpers properly installed on the binding post. After that, I would pull the drivers and check to make sure the lead cable did not come off of the tweeter or crossover.

Good luck,

TIC
Thanks. So you think it's blown and not just a loose wire?

I've already received $100 from the seller because the cabinets were in very poor condition. The speakers were listed as being in excellent condition.

They seller told me that he "thought" the cabinets may have some minor scratches but that the all of the drivers were working perfectly. The cabinets had dents all over the place!

For the record, I purchased these from CraigsList. I don't beleive that anyone here on Agon would mis-represent an item the way this guy has.

Reubent, I have the 805's bi-wired and I have checked and re-checked all the connections for proper phase.

Thanks.
I took the tweeter out of it's pod and it has some numbers written on it in black magic marker as well as what looks like some olive-drab paint.

Still no sound though.