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addendum to tweeter problem

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dirtyvinyl

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So I THOUGHT I had a blown tweeter.
I replaced the voice coil...STILL NO SOUND! WTF?

I hookup the loose driver to directly to the upper pair of the bi wire cable...dead
Hookup to lower pair..it works.

WASN'T EVEN the damn tweeter! My ancient Blue Heavens must have a break somewhere in one of the cables!

Decided to get tweaky with a junked Mapleshade ribbon cable and do jumpers.

Beautiful music again and I'm out almost $200 for a replacement tweet and a voice coil.

Guess I can't quit my day job and be a troubleshooter!

http://www.audioasylum.com/cgi/vt.mpl?f=speakers&m=333405 (Open in New Window)

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RE: addendum to tweeter problem - neolith 17:16:18 04/12/14 (2)
Probably will never happen again but IMO everyone needs an el cheapo multimeter. Even a analog meter for ~$10 from Home Depot will be sufficient for most tasks.
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- RE: addendum to tweeter problem - dirtyvinyl 07:37:58 04/13/14 (1)
  Thorough, logical troubleshooting without a multimeter would have saved me from buying another speaker/voice coil.
  
  Even if I had one, I would not have checked the speaker cable since the other drivers worked.
  
  An unlikely, unusual break/open in one of the positive leads of the bi wire speaker cable is very odd. Failure to check "signal in-signal out" in EVERY location was the culprit.
  
  Live and learn.
  - RE: addendum to tweeter problem - neolith 21:55:54 04/13/14 (0)
    I agree that you probably wouldn�t have checked the continuity of the cable right off. However you probably would have checked the resistance of the tweeter and, when it turned out to be normal, would have known to look elsewhere.
    I sympathize with your loss and am heartened to know that I am not the only soul who has been cursed by the audio gods. The intent of my post was not to put salt in your wounds but perhaps to save another inmate from the injustices of this hobby.
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RE: addendum to tweeter problem - Tadlo 06:48:50 04/12/14 (2)
What was the place that sells voice coils?
- RE: addendum to tweeter problem - dirtyvinyl 07:03:12 04/12/14 (1)
  Purchased the VC @ Madisound. Prompt service also.
  - http://www.madisoundspeakerstore.com/welcome.php (Open in New Window)
  - Thanks. nt - Tadlo 06:58:40 04/14/14 (0)
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