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The tweeter on my speaker has a crater...Help

Sorry for the long post, but I hope somebody can help:
I noticed today when I took the grills off from my Monitor Audio Silver 6 speakers, that the tweeter on the one on the right has a large crater, as if it's been pushed in by someone. Now I can't tell if my kids could have banged against it by accident. They are young but very mindful of my audio equipment.
So could it be something else that could have caused the tweeter to distort out of shape? I remember one thing probably about 6 weeks or so ago, listening to a Miles album, that it sounded quite horrible and the trumpet was screeching in my ears. After a few minutes I couldn't pretend to be enjoying myself and had to turn it off. I got busy and didn't think about it any more about it at that time. But today after I found out the problem, just out of curiosity I listend to a Dave Brubeck SACD, and I couldn't tell if anything was wrong (but then I am not very experienced on the listening side of things).

So anyone have any ideas what could cause something like that to happen? And what kind of problems warranty will cover? Money is pretty tight right now so this is very disappointing if warranty does not cover it. I listen at moderate levels, nothing very loud at all. I have the Rotel 1060 amp and the RCD-961 CD player and the Phillips 963SA dvd/sacd player.

Thanks for any help.
schugh
schugh OP
19 posts
 
Yes, it has been pushed in. It covers about 35-40% of the tweeter dome. Well, I will see what my dealer says then I will try one of the suggestions.

What I don't understand is why I didn't hear any discrepancies in the sound. If the tweeter dome is out of shape, should it not affect the sound? And can an overload cause this kind of damage?

Thanks,

-- Sanjay
mezmo
516 posts
 
Honestly, the dome is (as far as I understand it) just a dust cover for the working bits and largely cosmetic -- so it really shouldn't effect the sound either way. That said, it should be simple to pull out. I've pulled out metal domes on Thiels with scotch tape, no problem. I figure a fabric dome should be even easier. As for how it got that way, I have to agree with the folks above that the it could really only happen if someone bumped into it.
mezmo
516 posts
 
By the way, a longer post on the same issue can be found here.
schugh OP
19 posts
 
Thanks for the responses everyone.
I took my speaker to the dealer at lunch time and he replaced the tweeter assembly right there in the store, no questions asked, and no money either. I think I will opt to keep the metal mesh protectors on top of the tweeters for now.
thoamssantos43a91
1 posts
 
you can remove the tweeter & disasemble it to push it back into place, sometimes you can get just a replacement dome with the voice call & replace just the damaged part if you don't have luck with the 1st proceedure.
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