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Little Red Dot on Totem Hawks

I am getting ready to sell my Totem Hawks so I moved them from the living room to the kitchen to pack them up tomorrow, I just noticed that one of the Hawks is missing that little Red Dot above the tweeter. I must have smeared it off with my hand or thumb while moving it. Does this make a difference in the sound? Should I try and order a replacement from Totem?

Thanks all.
denon53
brf
1,715 posts
 
If you contact the guy in charge of Totem Tech support you will get a different answer than the one your received from the sales guy. The dots do denote quality control from a tweeter matching perspective and they also denote different tweeter versions and productions runs. In a sense it is about quality control in the context of speaker matching components.

It is okay to move the dots since the speaker's makeup/version is recorded by the serial number.
blkadr
739 posts
 
Totem speakers sound too good, why the chicanery ? Have to admit, I just wanted to use the word chicanery. Now, what about those beaks? Acoustic sculpture? Shipping ballast?
denon53 OP
66 posts
 
Thanks Brf, if you've never seen a Red Dot, only Blue, then your explanation makes more sense. Blkadr, I think it is the general public that likes to believe in chicanery. I've read that the Beaks work but I've never heard of Acoustic sculpture or shipping ballast.
chashas1
596 posts
 
The beaks do work, they are used for tuning/altering/controlling cabinet resonances, and their position on top of the speaker can improve or degrade the sound. Not sure what acoustic sculpture is, I believe shipping ballast would be any filler--sand,pellets,cat litter, to load those cabinets that have a hole in the lower bottom---NOT the ports! those are farther up the cabinet!
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