Jeff wrote:

😁 Playdrv4me, thanks for the memory! That scene, first time I saw it, immediately brought those old CV speakers back into my thoughts.

Turn it up to 11.

Haha, you're welcome! :)

My BeoLab 9 was repaired today. It got a new tweeter + cables. I hope it will work much better than before! I don't want to see the orange light come on again :-).

Michael wrote:

My BeoLab 9 was repaired today. It got a new tweeter + cables. I hope it will work much better than before! I don't want to see the orange light come on again :-).

wishing you all the best with it Mike :-) 

Aussie Michael wrote:

wishing you all the best with it Mike :-) 

After coming home I notice that the treble output on the repaired speaker is much lower than my other one. Very hard to say which one is wrong but there is a very big difference. Feels like one of my ears aren't even working :).

By the way, the new tweeter was packed in a box with the cable over it, so it pressed against the ring on it. It was mounted in my BeoLab 9 earlier today and it still looks weird, I wonder if this is really good for the tweeter(?). 

 

Michael wrote:

After coming home I notice that the treble output on the repaired speaker is much lower than my other one. Very hard to say which one is wrong but there is a very big difference. Feels like one of my ears aren't even working :).

By the way, the new tweeter was packed in a box with the cable over it, so it pressed against the ring on it. It was mounted in my BeoLab 9 earlier today and it still looks weird, I wonder if this is really good for the tweeter(?). 

 

Hard to say for sure what's causing the treble problems but obviously something is different in the new tweeter versus the old. Also, while I don't think the crease in the surround of the tweeter is all that big of a deal, it shouldn't be that way. 

Dave Farr wrote:

I wouldn't accept that. Make them do it again. It should not sound different and sounds as though it's not been calibrated possibly. Maybe Geoff can comment. It should not be dented in any way and should not have been returned to you like that.

 

 

Dave.

I agree, something's not right. Either they didn't calibrate for the replacement driver or the dent has misaligned the voice coil so it isn't moving freely, or both. 

Dave Farr wrote:

I wouldn't accept that. Make them do it again. It should not sound different and sounds as though it's not been calibrated possibly. Maybe Geoff can comment. It should not be dented in any way and should not have been returned to you like that.

 

 

Dave.

The service guy is very polite and friendly and he said that the speaker would correct itself but I think I will ask for them to fix it again if it isn't better in a day more. It feels a bit bad using it if the voice coil is not mounted correctly while I am using them in the time being. 

Actually I am most surprised that they ship the elements that way. It could have been in a protective hard casing. And the issue with treble confuses me further. Perhaps the other tweeter is to loud, and the new one is better and both should be exchanged? I always thought they sounded a bit sharp. But I can't say. Very hard to say which one is correct.

The best thing would be to calibrate the speakers when they are serviced, right? 

Jeff wrote:

I agree, something's not right. Either they didn't calibrate for the replacement driver or the dent has misaligned the voice coil so it isn't moving freely, or both.