dented tweeter... best way to pop it out?

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Posted by Sound O fTrance on Apr-30-2007 17:10:

dented tweeter... best way to pop it out?

So I purchased a set of monitors on ebay and one of the monitors have a tweeter that was dented (pushed in)

what would you guys recommended to pop it back out?

here is a picture of the tweeter

Posted by flutlicht junky on Apr-30-2007 17:15:

mouth or possibly vacumn cleaner. Possibly something like blue tack VERY gently applied?

Posted by System101 on Apr-30-2007 17:16:

try a vacuum at a lower speed?

it may be quite a stupid idea.. not sure if it will negatively affect the tweeter but it should work

Posted by jey on Apr-30-2007 17:17:

my main bass tweater was dented in by my mum when polishing lol

i set my hover to low suckion put it to it and i worked a treat!

u may need to remove the plastic ring that protects urs!

Posted by Akazi on Apr-30-2007 17:55:

Scotch tape helps, take a small strip put it on the tweater and pull it of, do it a couple of times and it will be back to normal.

Posted by Zombie0729 on Apr-30-2007 18:36:

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Originally posted by Akazi
Scotch tape helps, take a small strip put it on the tweater and pull it of, do it a couple of times and it will be back to normal.

yeah, something sticky... wrap it on the tip of your finger and just slowly bring it back to form.

my dog put his nose on my sub once and it dented and i thought he ruined it... nope, a lil duct tape and it was back

Posted by BOOsTER on Apr-30-2007 19:07:

quote:
Originally posted by Zombie0729
yeah, something sticky... wrap it on the tip of your finger and just slowly bring it back to form.

my dog put his nose on my sub once and it dented and i thought he ruined it... nope, a lil duct tape and it was back

I don't get this duct tape obsession by you americans...I mean is there anything you haven't tried to fix with it???

Posted by Akazi on Apr-30-2007 19:58:

quote:
Originally posted by BOOsTER
I don't get this duct tape obsession by you americans...I mean is there anything you haven't tried to fix with it???

lol.
but seriously, in this case it really works.

Posted by BOOsTER on Apr-30-2007 20:38:

I know...taping the crossfader to the middle...really works also

well...

Posted by Sound O fTrance on Apr-30-2007 22:52:

perfect, scotch tape worked

Posted by Zombie0729 on Apr-30-2007 23:14:

quote:
Originally posted by Sound O fTrance
perfect, scotch tape worked

didn't you learn anything from this thread? stick to your roots man, go buy yourself some god damn american made duct tape

Posted by CReddick on Apr-30-2007 23:44:

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Originally posted by Zombie0729

my dog put his nose on my sub once and it dented and i thought he ruined it... nope, a lil duct tape and it was back

Yeah, though I feel like a tweater would be a tad more sensitive...

I mean, this is a precision device here. My opinion would be that it's completely f*cked. personally, I'd replace it.

Posted by Fledz on May-01-2007 00:19:

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Originally posted by CReddick
Yeah, though I feel like a tweater would be a tad more sensitive...

I mean, this is a precision device here. My opinion would be that it's completely f*cked. personally, I'd replace it.

Same here. It's so sensitive that it may be ruined now.

Posted by CReddick on May-01-2007 00:41:

PS> If the ebay-er didn't disclose the whacked tweeter in the auction.. I'd be super-duper pissed.

Posted by T-Soma on May-01-2007 05:47:

quote:
Originally posted by BOOsTER
I don't get this duct tape obsession by you americans...I mean is there anything you haven't tried to fix with it???

haha, Gaffer tape is where it is at!

Since its just a sensitive little tweeter though, I would second the sticky method and advise against the vacuum.

Posted by richg101 on May-01-2007 06:11:

if i were you i would buy some black acoustic foam ordered to the same size as the front of your speakers. stick it on and this will hide the fact that one is dented.

the dent will not make a noticeable difference to the sound on one of these types of tweeter, but a pushed in tweeter is not very pretty. the foam will hide this.

if you can take the little three spoked grill away from the tweeter then a vacuum cleaner might pull the tweeter out, but i notice the dome looks like a metal one so it might not be as easy.

Posted by wrzonance on May-01-2007 19:08:

quote:
Originally posted by BOOsTER
I don't get this duct tape obsession by you americans...I mean is there anything you haven't tried to fix with it???

Yes, our current administration in the white house!

*rimshot*

Goodnight everybody!