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B&W Speakers owners - HELP!
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| [ groovypants ] |
I remember reading a few speaker threads before and it seemed that a few TA's owned B&W Speakers. Indeed they are some fine speakers, my friends brought me the DM603 S3 floorstanding speakers for my birthday a few days ago and of course I am over the moon.
However, yesterday when we were opening it and setting them up, he's watch accidently dented the tweeter [farken stupid of me to have removed the mesh-grill]! It made a 4mm dent into the tweeter and it looks retarded.
Warranty does not cover physical damage of course and it now seems that the only option for me is to buy the Natilus tweeter by itself somehow and replace it.
The tweeter still works, but 1. it looks so farked up, and 2. I find it hard to believe that such a dent will not do some sort of damage to its reliability and performance.
Would anybody know to do pop the dent back out or have any advice/solutions with this?
Cheers. |
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| arjen |
hi i got the 602s3's, brilliant speakers and good enough for my little room :D
try a vacuum cleaner:p
or ask your local dealer |
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| jdat |
Easy:
go back to the store; say it was damaged in the box! |
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| [ groovypants ] |
| quote: | Originally posted by arjen
hi i got the 602s3's, brilliant speakers and good enough for my little room :D
try a vacuum cleaner:p
or ask your local dealer |
HAHAHAHAHA yes, I actually tried the vacumm, didnt do a thing though :( |
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| mizzuno |
| quote: | Originally posted by [ groovypants ]
HAHAHAHAHA yes, I actually tried the vacumm, didnt do a thing though :( |
unfortunately the tweeters are the most expensive part. Once u dent them you're ed..very nice speakers btw
Mizzuno |
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| acustik |
Don't worry about the dent causing long term performance/reliability problems. At most, the small dent will cause some small changes in the dispersion of the upper frequencies. However, these changes are pretty much inaudible. Many audiophiles who have experienced (mildly) dented tweeters like yours will say there's no noticeable change in sound quality. OTOH, the peace of mind you lose just knowing your speaker has been damaged will eventually lead you to get it fixed.
I'm not familiar with your exact model, but most with most tweeters, you can actually take out the diaphragm (the metal part that's dented), flip it over and very gently push out the dent with a q-tip. Many have reported using this technique with great success. Try this before searching out a replacement. If it doesn't work, you really only need a replacement diaphragm rather than the entire tweeter.
Goodluck and happy listening. |
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| [ groovypants ] |
Indeed, thanks for the advice, I will try it. :)
The dent is quite bad though, it looks horrible - 4mm deep and it spreads for like 1/3 of tweeter. :whip:
Just curious, what would one consider a reasonable price for the B&W replacement diaphram? |
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| vasyachkin |
you will have to straighten it out for best sound.
you can ask at madisound.com speaker building forums on ways to do this, this question was answered there at least 50 times there.
oh ye, i ing beat my parents when they even get close to my speakers, cuz i know you can't trust retards around state of the art electronics :) |
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| acustik |
groovypants,
Hmm... that does sound like a bigger dent than I originally thought. Best thing would be to call your B&W dealer ask how much a replacement diaphragm is, then check on ebay and stuff like that to see if there's any available for a better price. These aren't common items so I imagine you'll end up buying from your dealer and paying whatever he charges...
For what it's worth, I paid $60 (Canadian) for a replacement diaphragm for my speaker. |
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| [ groovypants ] |
vasyachkin: Cheers for the link mate, good read.
acustik: Everything is what you have said. :) I took apart the speakers - had to remove the mid-range driver in order to get into the tweeter and actually take the diaphragm out, took a while to get that sorted out, but once I did, it was all a breeze... I managed to "pop" the dent back out and back to its round shape though you can faintly see the crease marks originated from the dent.
The actual tweeter itself is absolutely fine as you have said - thanks!
Ahhh that price isnt so bad, I'll probably get a replacement later down the track.
Thanks for the help guys! :) |
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| jdat |
| quote: | Originally posted by jdat
Easy:
go back to the store; say it was damaged in the box! |
So you're not going to try what I suggested earlier ? I'm telling you! It could work! |
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