Blown tweet or crossover or both.

aloutah
aloutah Posts: 241
edited April 2010 in Troubleshooting
I have a tweeter that isnt working in my ls50's. I was going to replace it, but wanted to know if that is all that is wrong. Is there a way to test the other drivers and the crossover to make sure they arent messed up as well? I basically dont want to put too much money and effort into these. If its just a tweeter, thats one thing, but if more needs work, i might pass them on to someone more handy than myself.
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  • wutadumsn23
    wutadumsn23 Posts: 3,702
    edited March 2010
    Have you tried swapping the tweeters to see if the problem follows to the other speaker? That would be the easiest way I can think of.

    -Jeff
    HT Rig
    Receiver- Onkyo TX-SR806
    Mains- Polk Audio Monitor 70
    Center- Polk Audio CS2
    Surrounds- Polk Audio TSi 500's :D
    Sub- Polk Audio PSW125
    Retired- Polk Audio Monitor 40's
    T.V.- 60" Sony SXRD KDS-60A2000 LCoS
    Blu-Ray- 80 GB PS3


    2 CH rig (in progress)
    Polk Audio Monitor 10A's :cool:

    It's not that I'm insensitive, I just don't care.. :D
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  • aloutah
    aloutah Posts: 241
    edited March 2010
    Ive never changed a tweeter or driver. How are they connected internally? Is there any soldering involved? Just asking before I try to open them up myself.
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  • wutadumsn23
    wutadumsn23 Posts: 3,702
    edited March 2010
    That all depends on how they were made, my Monitor 70's tweeters have connectors that you can just pull off and it's out. However, my Monitor 10's tweeters are soldered in. Take the screws holding the tweeter out and gently pull the tweeter out of the speaker, you should be able to tell fairly easily which is the case.

    -Jeff
    HT Rig
    Receiver- Onkyo TX-SR806
    Mains- Polk Audio Monitor 70
    Center- Polk Audio CS2
    Surrounds- Polk Audio TSi 500's :D
    Sub- Polk Audio PSW125
    Retired- Polk Audio Monitor 40's
    T.V.- 60" Sony SXRD KDS-60A2000 LCoS
    Blu-Ray- 80 GB PS3


    2 CH rig (in progress)
    Polk Audio Monitor 10A's :cool:

    It's not that I'm insensitive, I just don't care.. :D
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  • aloutah
    aloutah Posts: 241
    edited April 2010
    I called polk and they said the monitor 10 have connectors you can just pull off. I unscrewed the tweeter, but still not sure how to pull the connector off. I tried to pull it apart, but didnt want to force it.
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  • sandworms
    sandworms Posts: 1,043
    edited April 2010
    some connectors have a small locking tab you can pry up to release the terminal, thats if you see they are not soldered
    Samsung pn64f8500
    Sonus faber venere 2.5
    Sf venere center
    Oppo 105d
    Squeezebox touch
    Parasound hca1500a
    Apc power filter
    Audioquest cables asst
    Polk rtia3 SB
    Polk fxia6 sl,sr
    Dual hsu vtf3 mk3

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  • aloutah
    aloutah Posts: 241
    edited April 2010
    If anyone had pictures of these connectors, it would be helpful.
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  • kcoc321
    kcoc321 Posts: 1,788
    edited April 2010
    aloutah wrote: »
    If anyone had pictures of these connectors, it would be helpful.

    this is a SL5501, but they are the same.

    polk-sl5501-2.jpg
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  • zeppage2
    zeppage2 Posts: 196
    edited April 2010
    lol, 56k warning
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  • kcoc321
    kcoc321 Posts: 1,788
    edited April 2010
    LOL...sorry
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  • TECHNOKID
    TECHNOKID Posts: 4,298
    edited April 2010
    I guess someone wanted the driver pic to be up to scale, right :confused:;)
    DARE TO SOAR:
    “Your attitude, almost always determine your altitude in life” ;)
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  • kcoc321
    kcoc321 Posts: 1,788
    edited April 2010
    yeah...I wanted it to be LIFE SIZE...LOL


    Actually, I just linked to the picture on ebay, sorry I cannot delete it.
    It was not that big on there...guess it was just a thumbnail.
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