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Tweeter Distortion

I have an old pair of Merlin 2B plus speakers which I love. I know- they are ancient, but great!
Anyway, recently, I begun to hear distortion in the tweeters. It's coming through from all sources. I don't remember blasting music, or even listening to loud music. It is most apparent in vocals, and in some string instruments.
They are biwired with Kimber Kable, and my amp and preamp are all working fine.
Is it possible that both tweeters need to be replaced, or could it be something else?
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oilbird OP
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That's interesting. I just split my 15 foot Kimber Kable and terminated them into 2 pairs of 7.5 foot sections to bi-wire my speakers. I don't think that's the problem, but I'll check.
lloydelee21
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Hi Oilbird,

Look forward to hearing about your switching speakers experiment. That should be a good place to start for your 'diagnosis'.
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oilbird OP
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Well- that was interesting1 the uppse distortion was audible in the other speakers!
Now what?
My old CD player is over 15 years old- could it be that? But then again, it seems like it's also there with my turntable?
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oilbird OP
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Well, that was interesting! The upper distortion was audible on the other speakers as well? What's strange is that I thought it might be my 15 year old CD player, but I seem to have the same problem on my turntable as well?
extravaganza
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may be it was problem caused by cosmic energy:) These days I hear twetter distortion too on both speakers dynaudio c1 and Harbeth shl5 with diffrent amps and diffrent cd palyers:) Interesting opinion abaut rca cables
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