A loud feedback blew the tweeter on my left speaker (an ART SLM1 which is actually made by Yorkville and is the same as the Yorkville YSM1i). The woofer is still sounding, but I'd like to know if such an overvoltage that damaged the tweeter may have also done some slight damage or degraded the performance of the woofer. The woofer doesn't sound distorted, though. Do you think the woofer is still OK or as good as it was before?
Thanks,
Mitch
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Mitch, sorry for the delay; Thomas is unbelievably busy these days on his new company, so I'll jump in -
Normally it takes quite a bit more to hurt a woofer than a tweet - I've popped a tweet or two myself, and never had a woofer problem because of it.
If you expect this can ever happen again, it's not a bad idea to stop at your local auto parts dealer and buy some inline fuse holders, and possibly some wire crimps - some speakers use standard 1/4" push-on spade connectors, so you can crimp (and solder) these onto one end of a fuse holder and re-attach the tweeter lead to the other end of the holder, then choose a fuse that will allow nearly as much current before blowing as the tweet is rated for;
If you're not into electrical math, let me know and I'll help you figure out what size fuse should be used.
I fused the tweets in my KRK passive's several years ago after having to replace both of them (wrong button, wrong time), couldn't tell a bit of difference in sound after.
I'll check back in a few to see if you're still working on this... Steve
Normally it takes quite a bit more to hurt a woofer than a tweet - I've popped a tweet or two myself, and never had a woofer problem because of it.
If you expect this can ever happen again, it's not a bad idea to stop at your local auto parts dealer and buy some inline fuse holders, and possibly some wire crimps - some speakers use standard 1/4" push-on spade connectors, so you can crimp (and solder) these onto one end of a fuse holder and re-attach the tweeter lead to the other end of the holder, then choose a fuse that will allow nearly as much current before blowing as the tweet is rated for;
If you're not into electrical math, let me know and I'll help you figure out what size fuse should be used.
I fused the tweets in my KRK passive's several years ago after having to replace both of them (wrong button, wrong time), couldn't tell a bit of difference in sound after.
I'll check back in a few to see if you're still working on this... Steve