Rt 55, the damned 6502 tweeter, and a Q-Tip
Vonharaland
Posts: 23
I am building a vinyl rig for #2 daughter, and it's center-piece will be my Monitor 10A's. I have used them for music and movies for 4 years and they have been beautiful and musical, and for their replacement I bought Rt 55's.
When they arrived, one of the tweeters was pushed in. After some negotiation, the seller and I split the cost of a new ( well, used )tweeter- which arrived with a small dent in the center. Beside myself, and with nothing left to lose, I used my mechanic's sausage finger to, as gently as possible, touch the offending tweeter to gauge it's stiffness. It was as gossamer as a woman's stocking, but more delicate. I then understood that because an un-dented tweeter protrudes past the faceplate, any packaging that lays against the face-plate, in the one instance bubble wrap, in the second a sheet of cardboard, will damage this tweeter.
I went for it on the Rt 55. I got a Q-Tip, and affixed to the end a very small ( 3/8"x3/8" ) square of scotch tape folded back on itself so as to be sticky on all sides, and was able to pull out the dent on the 6502. It sounds good, much better than the dented incarnation, and indistinguishable from the never dented companion. Weirdly, the new one that arrived in the mail with the much smaller dent healed itself. Humidity, heat, the hand of God?
I like the Rt 55's sound, an improvement in voice clarity over the 10A, and WAF sky-high due to smaller size. But they do not make that Godpounding fat bass of the 10A.
So, will this tweeter last after these machinations?
When they arrived, one of the tweeters was pushed in. After some negotiation, the seller and I split the cost of a new ( well, used )tweeter- which arrived with a small dent in the center. Beside myself, and with nothing left to lose, I used my mechanic's sausage finger to, as gently as possible, touch the offending tweeter to gauge it's stiffness. It was as gossamer as a woman's stocking, but more delicate. I then understood that because an un-dented tweeter protrudes past the faceplate, any packaging that lays against the face-plate, in the one instance bubble wrap, in the second a sheet of cardboard, will damage this tweeter.
I went for it on the Rt 55. I got a Q-Tip, and affixed to the end a very small ( 3/8"x3/8" ) square of scotch tape folded back on itself so as to be sticky on all sides, and was able to pull out the dent on the 6502. It sounds good, much better than the dented incarnation, and indistinguishable from the never dented companion. Weirdly, the new one that arrived in the mail with the much smaller dent healed itself. Humidity, heat, the hand of God?
I like the Rt 55's sound, an improvement in voice clarity over the 10A, and WAF sky-high due to smaller size. But they do not make that Godpounding fat bass of the 10A.
So, will this tweeter last after these machinations?
Comments
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If it's not torn or separated from the body, it should."Science is suppose to explain observations not dismiss them as impossible" - Norm on AA; 2.3TL's w/sonicaps/mills/jantzen inductors, Gimpod's boards, Lg Solen SDA inductors, RD-0198's, MW's dynamatted, Armaflex speaker gaskets, H-nuts, brass spikes, Cardas CCGR BP's, upgraded IC Cable, Black Hole Damping Sheet strips, interior of cabinets sealed with Loctite Power Grab, AI-1 interface with 1000VA A-L transformer
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Great to hear that worked. Not to derail thread but I have used a vacuum on tweeters & voice coil dust caps before with luck. I had a MW6502 driver i took a razor & cut 95% of it around the bass & used my pinky & pressed it out. Glued it back & it came out almost like new. I didnt try vacuum on that one because i just had to try the cut method
driver is no good. Bad surround. But fun project
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