New Polk Audio Monitor 70 Tweeter looks damaged

rochesterboy
rochesterboy Posts: 20
edited January 2011 in Speakers
Hello All,

I am new to this forum and home theater setup. I bought couple of Monitor 70s from NewEgg and after few back and forth of speakers due to shipping damages and I finally got couple of good looking packages.

One of the speaker did not have any damage on the outside box, but the tweets seems to be damaged:frown:. I am not sure it is a damage or all right:confused:. Please take a look at this picture and kindly advice me whether I should keep this speaker or return it or get another one from NewEgg.

TIA.
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,494
    edited January 2011
    Someone poked that tweeter with their finger.
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

    President of Club Polk

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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited January 2011
    F1nut wrote: »
    Someone poked that tweeter with their finger.

    Absolutely. It's your money and I would expect that NOT to be what I paid for.
    CTC BBQ Amplifier, Sonic Frontiers Line3 Pre-Amplifier and Wadia 581 SACD player. Speakers? Always changing but for now, Mission Argonauts I picked up for $50 bucks, mint.
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  • mrbigbluelight
    mrbigbluelight Posts: 9,713
    edited January 2011
    That tweeter has a severe case of "Circuitcityitis"; definite finger poke.

    Time for a call to Newegg to get a RMA number.
    Sal Palooza
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  • Upstatemax
    Upstatemax Posts: 2,664
    edited January 2011
    Call Polk and tell them the situation?

    They can just send a replacement tweeter instead of a whole new speaker...
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  • thesurfer
    thesurfer Posts: 574
    edited January 2011
    Return it,, to get new speakers, and have this happen is a joke,,, I would keep sending it back until you get what you paid for,,, and dont call polk for a replacement,,, Because if you change it yourself, and miss something up,, your warrenty is void,, I KNOW, Did it before, jimmy.
    Not an Audiophile, just a dude who loves music, and decent gear to hear it with.
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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 25,412
    edited January 2011
    if you could mess up something as simple as switching out a driver or tweeter....you need a boombox:)
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  • thesurfer
    thesurfer Posts: 574
    edited January 2011
    Bravo,, but, it can, and does happen,, Just saying, why take the chance,, you shouldnt have to, being its new, and under warrenty,, Speaking of boomboxes, ive got a couple from the early 80,s panasonic junk,, but a big deal, back in the day.
    Not an Audiophile, just a dude who loves music, and decent gear to hear it with.
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  • rochesterboy
    rochesterboy Posts: 20
    edited January 2011
    All,

    I really appreciate all your replies. I have requested NewEgg to send a replacement instead of dealing with Warranty and replacing tweeter. I am a No-ob on speakers.

    Thanks.
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  • B Run
    B Run Posts: 1,888
    edited January 2011
    Fwiw I had to change out a tweeter on my Cs1 and it literally took about 45 seconds and an allen wrench, however i'd return it as well.
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  • DaveHo
    DaveHo Posts: 3,501
    edited January 2011
    Does the tweeter work? Personally, since it's a soft dome tweeter, I'd try the usual methods of popping it back out & see what you get. Chances are you won't even be able to tell it was pushed in. Are there any other signs of damage or evidence that they we're previous returns? If not, why deal with the hassle of having to yet again return them. I'm not saying they shouldn't have beeen perfect out of the box, but the fix is simple.

    -Dave
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited January 2011
    What if he ends up ripping the dome off trying to fix it? Not everyone wants to fix things, replace parts, etc. What's wrong with going thru the channels that are available to him? Right, nothing.
    CTC BBQ Amplifier, Sonic Frontiers Line3 Pre-Amplifier and Wadia 581 SACD player. Speakers? Always changing but for now, Mission Argonauts I picked up for $50 bucks, mint.
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