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Switching out tweeters

For you speaker tweakers.  I still love my old Snell Type D speakers but, as my ears age, I might be loving the metal dome tweeters less and less.  So, I'm wondering about switching them out for some soft dome.  I am going to start some research on this subject but hoping to get some feedback from those with first-hand experience with this type of stuff.  

I know some will probably say to just buy new speakers, and I am always perusing the local used selection.  (Just picked up some pretty sweet Dali Helicon 400 and getting to know them.)  The Snells are not going anywhere and getting old so I figure some upgrading might be worth messing around with anyway.  I am pretty handy and this could be a fun distraction for me short of buying a kit.  Which I would also like to do in the future.  

Thanks for any constructive thoughts.

pkatsuleas
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coralkong
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At the very least, you need to know the specs on the current (old) tweeters. You may be able to look it up if it has a model # on the back of it.

Barring that, replacing a tweeter with one not specifically designed for the speaker crossover/enclosure is going to be a complete crap-shoot.

 

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thecarpathian
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Get the info on the specs, specifically size, sensitivity and ohms. Call Madisound , tell them what tweeters you have, and they'll give you advice on what to replace them with. Replacing them should be just a matter of unscrewing them, popping the wires off and reversing that procedure with the new ones.

erik_squires
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Go over to Diyaudio for help.

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