I've been rolling over the idea of whether or not to repair my old B&W DM601s for some time. The tweeters were both pushed in pretty hard by little hands a while back. I'm on a tight budget, and have other priorities that also need attending to elsewhere in my music-based life.
B&W can supply spare tweeter diaphragms for £50 odd the pair.
Question is, if I just get the diaphragms and replace them myself, will this solve the issue? I'm not familiar with the exact engineering of the tweeter unit, so I don't know if any other damage could have been done in the main unit, behind the tweeters, when they were pushed right in.
Speakers in general would appear to be such finely balanced boxes, I'm concerned that my trifling could cause even a slight variation in internal box conditions which might be detremental, such as not realigning the foam inside the box properly etc etc.
What do you think. £50 for new diaphragms seems a lot for £200 speakers that are 15 years old, but cheaper than a modern new replacement. It only seems worth it to me though if I can be reassured that a, my meddling won't upset the internal balance of the speaker, and b, a diaphragm replacement alone will do the trick because the rest of the tweeter should be fine.
Any thoughts?
B&W can supply spare tweeter diaphragms for £50 odd the pair.
Question is, if I just get the diaphragms and replace them myself, will this solve the issue? I'm not familiar with the exact engineering of the tweeter unit, so I don't know if any other damage could have been done in the main unit, behind the tweeters, when they were pushed right in.
Speakers in general would appear to be such finely balanced boxes, I'm concerned that my trifling could cause even a slight variation in internal box conditions which might be detremental, such as not realigning the foam inside the box properly etc etc.
What do you think. £50 for new diaphragms seems a lot for £200 speakers that are 15 years old, but cheaper than a modern new replacement. It only seems worth it to me though if I can be reassured that a, my meddling won't upset the internal balance of the speaker, and b, a diaphragm replacement alone will do the trick because the rest of the tweeter should be fine.
Any thoughts?