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Dented Tweeter?

Hello All,
I have a pair of 2000 cherry Hales Design Group Revelation 3s. Unfortunatly during shipping one of the tweeters has a small dent in it less than 1/2 cm. I can't tell audibly that there is a problem, but I have to think the dent causes some dispersion problems. Since Hales Design are out of business, does anyone have any suggestions as to the condition of the tweeter, replacing the tweeter or info on Hales drivers. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Rega Planet 2000
Forte F44 preamp
Classe Ten power amp
Hales Design Group Rev. 3s
w/ sonic euphoria and mit cables
scootdog
jeffloistarca
1,004 posts
 
I had this happen to me, I used my vaccum on the dustcap, sucked the dent right out. worth a try
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sagger
115 posts
 
Scootdog:

I'm not trying to be gross here, but if it is a soft dome suck it out with your mouth. A vacumm may be too powerful & damage it. If it's metal dome, carefully do use as vacumm as Jeff instructed.
clueless
763 posts
 
How do they sound? Can't live with it? You are right there are dispersion and distortion problems associated with that kind of problem. The trick above with the vacuum is well known and works but sometimes with aluminum dome tweeters it is not an answer. If you want more info on that trick search the audioasylum.com forum.

I took apart a Hales Revelation 3 some years ago and I think they used Vifa i inch aluminum dome tweeters. Nothing exotic. You can pick them up at speakercity.com. Pull it out and look for identification #s. Give speaker city a call. Lots of Vifa's stuff sells between 35-$60. Important to replace it w/ same tweeter!

Sincerely, I remain
jsbail
368 posts
 
If you try what Sagger suggests, do not let anyone see you doing it.
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