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   From: dpierce@cartchunk.org   
      
   David (World) Reitter wrote:   
   > Looks like I'll have to find replacement tweeters for some M-Audio   
   > monitors that I foolishly picked up without testing them properly.   
   >   
   > The tweeter in question is a 4 ohm, 10Wmax driver from "Weltronics   
   > Corp", for which I can't find specs anywhere.   
   >   
   > Would it be wise to replace it with a, saw 30W RMS tweeter, or is this   
   > likely going to be a less sensitive one?  I don't know what the   
   > sensitivity of the broken tweeter is.  (And frankly this is the first   
   > time I'm looking to mess with speakers.)   
      
   The best choice by far is to replace the tweeters with   
   the same tweeter. The system was designed around specific   
   components with their individual properties, and choosing   
   a tweeter simply to increase on particular parameter is   
   almost guaranteed to result in poorer performance. There's a   
   lot more to a tweeter's relevant attributes than just   
   power handling.   
      
   Further, you don't know why the tweeters don't work or   
   what caused them to fail. It might have been a once-   
   only occurrance where someone accidently sent a very loud   
   transient through the system, or an amplifier failed,   
   or any such thing.   
      
   And are you sure it's even the tweeters that are broken?   
   Any chance there's an internal fuse you missed?   
      
   What model speakers are they? How old are they? Perhaps   
   more information might help some of us help you better.   
      
      
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