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Anyone ever repaired a smashed dome tweeter?????

Well, it finally happened. One of the kids smashed the dome tweeter on my Thiel CS2.3. I talked to Shari at Thiel and she told me to put a piece of masking tape over the smashed in part and pull. It worked easily. But, of course, the speakers still looks crinkled where it was pushed in. However, my first brief listening session did not reveal any major sound problems. I will probably go ahead and replace both drivers but right now its nice to know that I don't have to worry about the kids destroying my speakers. (since they already have) Anyone else ever repaired a dome tweeter? How did it sound?

The following link is a picture of the driver I'm talking about:

http://www.thielaudio.com/THIEL_Web/Web_Page_Images/CS2_3_page_images/CS2_2coaxial.jpg
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umaasa
23 posts
 
It happened to my speakers once. I used a regular vacuum tube cleaner and it did it!
Just be gentle, using a soft cotton in between tweeter and the vacuum.
Good luck.
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albertporter
4,949 posts
 
I hope nobody puts their mouth on the tweeter after Sanctuary uses the toilet plunger on it.

This could lead to one having a bad taste in their mouth over Theil.
semi
649 posts
 
It happened to me before, but it was soft dome in a pair of Dynaudio. Tape or vacuum both worked great, but I always wondered about the sound afterward even though I could not hear the differences. Dynaudio Esotar T-330 claimed to have multiple coating on the dome to create the dispersion, so a sticky tape will for sure remove some coating, not?

Best thing to do is to replace the drivers. All audiophiles are annals, it will always bother you even if you can't find a trace of wrinkle.
maxgain
526 posts
 
Unsound attended the Linda Lovelace school of HiFi repair, now if I could just get my wife to straighten out the bend to the left in the ol' Shunyata Anaconda vX that way?
unsound
7,370 posts
 
After this debacle I don't think anyone will question my love of music. Mind you I do have my limits, tweeters maybe, but, woofers are out of the question. Besides, sometimes you need to give oral to recieve aural.
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