Damaged Tweeter

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Unaccustomed as I am to the finer points in hi-fi (hence joining the forum), I seek some opinion. A while back when listening to my fabulous B&W P4 speakers without grills on and then forgetting to put them back when we had a kids party, some mindless 4 year old poked his/her finger into a tweeter causing an indentation akin to a puncture on a football. I honestly can't notice any effect listening to this speaker followed by a blast of the "good" one. The question is either am I deaf? Or am I missing something and the sound is and should be greatly affected?

Maybe difficult to reply but does anyone else have "tweeter damage" experience of this kind?

 

[Anonymous]

What kind of tweeter do the P4 have? It sounds like just the dust cover has been damaged and the inner functioning parts are OK.

 

[d_a_n1979]

It is just a 'dust cover' on the P4 so no, it wont effect the aound BUT it is annoying to look at.

You could contact B&W as to see whether they can replace it for you (or search for a local electronics engineer) but it can be left as it is.

There are a few tricks that people have used in the past to fix this; selotape, a hoover on gentle suck etc...

TBH i'd want it sorting properly. Especialluy for P4's; theyre lovely speakers 🙂

 

[Anonymous]

You've answered your own question by stating that you can hear no difference, however I am certain there will be some detrimental impact to the tweeter yet it may be inaudible to your ears.ÿ

Thanksÿ

 

[Anonymous]

Thanks guys. I think maybe you're right and the damage is external rather than affecting the inner working parts, but as you say..it don't look great! Really appreciate your comment about P4s d_a_n1979 - so long since I read any opinion on them, sometimes it's good to be reminded how they rate and compare with more modern speakers.

 

[d_a_n1979]

Ah no worries; i owned them years ago and then went up to the P5's and regretted it so hunted the buyer down and swapped them back haha...

Unfortunatley they went a year later as i moved house and they werent suitable.

I nearly bought a pair a few weeks ago on eBay for a 2nd system in the dining room (to replace my AE109's) but lost out by £0.40!

Sods law!!!

 

[Anonymous]

Blutak gently on said affected part might work.........