How to repair a pushed in tweeter

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How to repair a pushed in tweeter

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How to repair this broken tweeter or pushed in tweeter
My dynaudio audience 62 came with pushed in tweeters and this is how I repaired them. Speaker repair should be done by specialist but the tweeter repair can be done by everybody without any technological knowledge

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@Habbababba 4 жыл бұрын

I have done it with using vacuum cleaner on very low settings with vent opened. Works perfectly . It is impossible to have tweeters in perfect shape when little children are around ;)

@andreasleonlandgren3092 4 жыл бұрын

Habba Babba nice yeah its true.

@deekay2 4 жыл бұрын

Not impossible. Simply keep the grille covers on when children are around.

@marcse7en 4 жыл бұрын

Why not keep the speaker covers on?

@smpiggystudio 4 жыл бұрын

when I saw this video title, I was thinking the same solution, a vacuum cleaner suppose to suck it back. But toilet paper bone? that refreshed my mind.

@ackerkartoffel8627 4 жыл бұрын

umm get an plasma tweeter everytime they try to touch the tweeter they get shocked

@chrisbarrett5132 4 жыл бұрын

It's simpler than you think to do it properly. Use a vacuum cleaner suction section with a length of softish rubber tube taped in to the end and the rest taped over. All the air then flows down the small tube. This makes sure the nozzle of the cleaner is much smaller than the size of the tweeter. Then use a hot air gun on its lowest setting to gently heat the dome, without holding in one place too long, whilst sucking it. You can work on the smallest dents like this, so no imperfections are left. I have done this many times.

@Nasa1001 Жыл бұрын

god comment

@odischeese21 Ай бұрын

Thank you. God my dome almost perfect after knocking into it 😭😭😭

@jaimefresnedo7166 4 жыл бұрын

Good afternoon, the way I arrange them is with hot air, with a hair dryer, little by little. The plastic heats up and expands. It also works with metal ones. In case they are not well smooth, apply the hot air, and followed cold air (you can use an inverted spray or a car inflator) Greetings from Uruguay

@polarbear3427 4 жыл бұрын

You give new meaning to the word audiophile.

@vintagestereo 4 жыл бұрын

They are over 18 years so everything is allowed

@vain.a2 2 жыл бұрын

@@vintagestereo lol

@johnting27 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot for the advice. I did it on HGP Mandola speaker and the tweeter cone just pop out. With the "Stay at Home" order, I decided to power up my Hi Fi system which had been sitting dormant for the past couple of years. Getting to enjoy my collection of CDs again.

@vintagestereo 4 жыл бұрын

this lockdown is not the most terrible thing what happens to us.....also in tha house there are many things what can keep you busy

@sakurojason 4 жыл бұрын

every time children visit me, I put the grills on.

@AlejandroGarcia-fh6dw 4 жыл бұрын

Same but with my car

@sakurojason 4 жыл бұрын

@@AlejandroGarcia-fh6dw Good.

@LochyP 4 жыл бұрын

Why not keep them on?

@sakurojason 4 жыл бұрын

-Lochy. P- because they’re rattling

@cenen7021 3 жыл бұрын

my 15 years old philips SPA9300 dont have a grill and im planning to invent DIY one.

@bobbygomes2195 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent👍........I just repaired my bookshelf speaker tweeter with this vacuum method. I used a small plastic half cutout of a 7up bottle. Thank you sir for this very informative and helpful tutorial.

@beckywalton359 3 жыл бұрын

Love this. After a visit from my friend and her two year old, I thought all was lost. But all very quickly fixed :)

@ligwingo6242 4 жыл бұрын

Never did I think I’d be watching a guy blow off a speaker

@draxlerchronicles5851 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, my 2 year old did this to my speakers. That's why I'm here!

@nathanpopa6137 3 жыл бұрын

same here!

@gomountaintriking8460 2 жыл бұрын

@@nathanpopa6137 ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ hahahahahahahahaha

@MicSokol 4 жыл бұрын

Hair dryer to soften the material, then vacuum cleaner at low power. Done in 30 sec.

@twilwel 3 жыл бұрын

Ik heb mijn tweeters van de computerspeakers bekeken en verroest, die waren ingedeukt. Volgens mij al bij de postbezroging gebeurt want ik vond ook wat piepschuim achter de grille. Uiteindelijk moest plakband eraan te pas komen, maar nu ziet het er weer goed uit. Dank voor de tip.

@maestro300 2 жыл бұрын

My KRK Rokit 7 studio monitor had a kevlar tweeter pushed in. I tried tape and also a fine needle but it wouldn't move. I tried your method and it worked perfectly! Thank you!

@robknight4078 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing your experiment in fixing this problem. I solved my dented tweeter by using a vacuum cleaner's suction. It saved my speakers.

@mudden Жыл бұрын

I had pushed in domes on my Yamaha X4228C0 tweeters. The dome and coil was screwed into place with four screws. Removing the screws I could easily just take the tweeter apart and push the dome out from behind with a cotton swab. Maybe there are more tweeters that can be disassembled and repaired that way?

@ConstructionKronies 2 жыл бұрын

You are the man!!!!!! Thanks bro!!!It worked perfect so easy for me!

@Bluuplanet 4 жыл бұрын

Try heating the dome with a hair dryer for a moment just before sucking it . ...or, instead of a hair dryer, cover it with a towel dampened with hot water with a cellophane barrier in between.

@CoatsandGaiters 4 жыл бұрын

I used a hairdryer on some Kef Monitors to warm the material of the dome and then sucked through a hoover tube a few years back and it worked really well like you suggest Bluuplanet.

@jimrusch22 4 жыл бұрын

Exactly, I always carefully use a hair drier before applying controlled suction.

@venturarodriguezvallejo9777 4 жыл бұрын

Nice, Andrew! Very good old trick! (In pro studios this is practiced more frequently one can imagine).

@chrisbarrett5132 4 жыл бұрын

They practice on each others dicks.

@TheBodhisattvaWisdom 4 жыл бұрын

I have used a vacuum cleaner on low volume, with several layers of towel between, untill it's fixed. Always works.

@deekay2 4 жыл бұрын

My vacuum cleaner does not have a volume control on it.

@MilankoDebil 3 жыл бұрын

@@deekay2 lmao hahaha

@jaap5398 4 жыл бұрын

Toothpick with a drop of hot glue did the job for me brilliantly

@MentalBlue 3 жыл бұрын

Hmmm doesn't it leave the glue on the tweeter ?

@thehandseesall 5 ай бұрын

BTW, you should retry that toilet role trick again, but use something with a much stronger airtight seal

@roborb1960 3 жыл бұрын

With Morel and Dynaudio, they are 'treated' (doped) silk domes. Once creased it will always show the remnants of the crease like paper. Luckily I don't have kids! I'm going to get a metal tool made with a dome on the end that can be heated to a setting similar to a cool iron for a silk shirt. Then dismantle the tweeter, remove the dome and see if gently ironing the dome from the inside might help. I might try steam as well, that might just work again approaching front the rear of the dome... I'll let you know how it goes ok!

@Melkisedek777 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for showing us this. Perhaps in the last steps, larger dents or creases could work with cotton buds / swab and tape, and smaller ones with toothpicks and tape. I am by no means an expert, this is the first time I have seen a video like this, and I have never had to fix tweeter speakers in my life. I don't think it is possible to make them look like nothing ever happened, with pushed in tweeters like that, but everything that does not breake them is worth trying, in hope to achieve the best look possible, right.

@user-fd3gg8ix6q 6 ай бұрын

Pure Genius thank you

@Rastapapulus 3 жыл бұрын

The best sucker I have ever heard about!!

@alaa_aldeen1985 8 ай бұрын

Your sister's children watched the video and now they are coming to put their finger on Twitter 😂

@sodokasa 3 жыл бұрын

This is why I prefer a grid. Thanks for the Video !

@SinnerSince1962 6 ай бұрын

I just popped the mid range back out on my HPM100 using the toilet paper method he demonstrated. Like him, it’s still not perfect as it has some wrinkles, but from 4 feet, you can’t see it.

@gregorykaznacheev 4 жыл бұрын

For a better result, you should stick oil fingers in to port)))

@skip741x3 4 жыл бұрын

?????

@janinapalmer8368 4 жыл бұрын

Remove the tweeter from cabinet ... undo the inner set of screws on the front plate of the tweeter ... this should release the dome and voice coil assembly from the magnet . Be very very careful separating these two parts and keep the magnetic gap clean at all times ! Now .. with the dome of the tweeter can be pushed out from behind using a round ended tool ! The dents should all come out now .. so just re -assemble the voice coil and dome to the magnet .. again be very careful aligning the coil in the gap .. fit the screws and refit tweeter in cabinet !

@skip741x3 4 жыл бұрын

yep, , but that wont work if ur facing pressed in centers in the mids or woofers... tape method ive used with great results for those

@janinapalmer8368 4 жыл бұрын

Skip741 x ~ If you are successful in removing the dome assembly from the pole piece, then you have direct access to the back of the dome ... All you have to do is to push the dent out from behind using a soft ended tool such as a cotton bud !! Don’t use the tape method ... it’s possible to pull the dome and voice coil out of alignment .. very risky and it still leaves a tiny dent which won’t come out ...

@mudden Жыл бұрын

I did this to on my Yamaha X4228C0 tweeters and it worked great. The front plate had small pins that matched small holes in the magnet-part so it was easy to get everything aligned again since It could only be assembled in one position.

@dxhighendamplifiers 4 жыл бұрын

Heat may help to make it rounded without failures...the problem is to adjust the temperature not to melt the plastic dome

@MauM0505 4 жыл бұрын

Carlos Mergulhão - Destroyer X - Dx Ou uma fita igual faz normalmente em falantes normais ._.

@paulclark9873 7 ай бұрын

A Q tip and some clear sellotape,pulled the domes out of my 2 kef T-27 tweeters.

@justinwynn7299 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you sir! Toilet roll worked great on a Morel Supreme soft dome tweeter 👍

@cup_and_cone 4 жыл бұрын

This only really works on some silk tweeters. If they've been freshly pushed in it may go back to original, but if they've been pushed in for a long time and heat cycled/weathered, the fabric is just physically altered and likely won't be perfect/have 'oil canning' you can't get out. A metallic or paper tweeter pushed in is ruined.

@Lloyd.B. 3 жыл бұрын

Could try putting a bit of the tape around something thin like a q-tip with no cotton on, sticky side out obviously, so there is only like a mm square of it that touches the tweeter; to try and get the little dents out. That is what I would try, dunno if it'd work. Or maybe a straw with or without some rubber or BluTak on the end to get a good seal for air.

@jblackjack 4 жыл бұрын

I used a heat gun fanning it quickly left and right at a distance , and let expansion do the work. I did this to hundreds of tweeters that came damaged in transport. Service parts department sold them to dealers and end users., no one ever complained that the tweeters where damaged! Took out most wrinkles.

@skip741x3 4 жыл бұрын

thanks bro, thats also a new one to me and an awser to crinkles

@jblackjack 4 жыл бұрын

I’m glad it’s useful...did you try it ? keep your distance or you might melt dome .

@soundmaster7991 4 жыл бұрын

very good dynaudio laudspeakers love this channal

@anonymousmc7727 2 жыл бұрын

That’s a cool bong;)

@Rancejunge 7 ай бұрын

I have used low power vacuum cleaner with relief holes in the toilet paper/paper towel tube. For the little imperfections that don't come out (because they have been some what stretched) use a hot hair dryer at a distance to try to get the dome to reform slightly....but go easy a little at a time on everything.

@drfuzz1756 4 жыл бұрын

After you try the manual method put a hair dryer on it to warm it up. The warm heat will restore it to the original shape!!!

@nielsholm7743 3 жыл бұрын

Correct, use a hair dryer. The plastic wants to go back to the original shape as it remembers the structure.

@MrMambott 3 жыл бұрын

Bit like a Table Tennis Ball

@aman-mn5kc 2 жыл бұрын

You can run Celin Dion - I'm alive and it will pop out, works on all brands but not on Beryllium tweeters

@TheDistrict644 4 жыл бұрын

You can do it that way or track down a small vac with a hose in a thrift. I’ve found shark vacs do wonders. Cover the hose with your fingers and move the hose close to the tweeter allowing just enough vac pull through you fingers. Be sure to keep your finger on the off-on switch just in case you allow too much vac. With some practice you will become a pro at this.

@christianpiga2845 3 ай бұрын

😂obrigado thank you very much Great idea !!!

@martincoufalik9101 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks dude, i was affraid to do it with vacuum cleaner, this is much better.

@aldo9887 4 жыл бұрын

Good my friend, and thank you for this fine Idea.-...better than before...Just well Idea...!!!.-

@donn7013 4 жыл бұрын

Worked great on my Bose double cube speaker. I pushed in the center cone while trying to get them clipped back together.

@richardkirstein2853 2 жыл бұрын

Great tips - thank you. I tried it and it worked.

@ejsaroufim1781 2 жыл бұрын

You are a generous God!!

@chloejavellana5884 4 жыл бұрын

911: what is your problem Me:his doing it again

@garagetube2830 4 жыл бұрын

i love this guy!! he's really hilarious.....thx

@robertosoest3846 6 ай бұрын

❤Amazing thanks🎉

@JASONDAVIDLONGHURST 4 жыл бұрын

This does work. I’ve done a few times. Just have to be patient because it can take a few tries.

@aaa000777 4 жыл бұрын

That's a great trick! Thanks for sharing!

@nuno_das_fotos 4 жыл бұрын

How about using an Aeropress coffee plung? And maybe with some rubber in between the speaker and the cylinder to create a better suction.

@blurrypenguin8028 4 жыл бұрын

I cried when I saw the B&W tweeter pushed in. PUT ON YOUR MAGNETIC MESH COVERS IF YOU HAVE KIDS! that tweeter will never sound the same again even after you pop it out......

@unfinishedrescheduled1237 4 жыл бұрын

The majority opinion seems to be you won't be able to tell the difference in A/B test: www.gearslutz.com/board/so-much-gear-so-little-time/702826-dent-tweeter-domes-affect-sound-lot.html

@davepastern 4 жыл бұрын

@@unfinishedrescheduled1237 it changes the diffraction pattern for HFs...

@jeferojorojomaryin5838 3 жыл бұрын

@@davepastern u will not notice the diference in sound for small deffect. Sound is a vibration of molecules in all directions , sound is not direccional like laser beams , wave lenght of 20khz is about 17mm( lets assume someone can hear 20kh wich nobody does) , so if the shape distortion is lets say 4 milimeters wich is super worse tweeter condition still the cancellation or radiation effect could be in the order of the 80khz , wich of course no music notes at that frequency. Actually not even 10 mm shape distortion could afect dispertion ,. Remember sound is produce on the tweeter by vibrate the coil-cone assembly wich vibrates molecules of air wich dispers in all directions being controlled by the diameter of the tweeter only and not by the shape directly, Thanks God sound is like that otherwise could be so difficult to work with it,. Another thing octave of 20kz lenght is 8.7 mm , still small dagame on tweeter dont touch it..

@er9931 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this tutorial. I appreciate.

@djshumon 4 жыл бұрын

You wont be able to make it perfect.the other way is to remove tweeter and remove its magnet and push it out from the inside.this is possible if the tweeter have screws on the front to remove magnet.

@thehandseesall 5 ай бұрын

With old damage, the domes need to be heated up slightly, to reform into their old shape. As long as there's no paper involve the two best ways to do this is with a hair dryer (not a heat gun) or with steam. I will add, this is not a job for clumsy people...

@skip741x3 4 жыл бұрын

well this is a new one to me! either the manual suction or like the commentor below, he used a vaccum for suction...that wild! ive always done it with the tape method, apply gently to dome, around whole surface and pull..

@markushillemalm 4 жыл бұрын

If you heat up the material before sucking I think it work even better 👍

@12inchRules 2 жыл бұрын

I use a vacuum cleaner, just make sure it doesn't create a vacuum. You can manage the airflow with your hand around the nozzle.

@dolsimon 3 жыл бұрын

I remember seeing this video a year or so ago, I will never forget!

@danhayes00 4 жыл бұрын

Pretty certain my wife would be much better at this than I would. My tweeter gets a lot of attention.

@vintagestereo 4 жыл бұрын

on the knees :-)

@channel48 4 жыл бұрын

Dan Hayes 😂😂😂

@philstevens9914 4 жыл бұрын

You dirty bugger!

@MoltenJules 3 жыл бұрын

Is she prepared to travel?

@williamwilliams194 2 жыл бұрын

Suction as good as a dyson vacuum?

@Cinestudi0 2 жыл бұрын

Damn childrens, I did this to my dads stand speakers when I was about 10 years, now 20 years later Im trying to fix them, no joke i think the best option is using a penies pump

@AudiophileCave 2 жыл бұрын

Very thanks man!!!!

@jasonjackson3114 4 жыл бұрын

The remaining dint will have very little if any effect on the sound.

@MikiCab1 3 жыл бұрын

that is one happy speaker.

@hmr8media592 4 жыл бұрын

The Dyson works every time!

@T3hRipPeRr 4 жыл бұрын

3:00 is how every one fixing something and it works should act like :D 10/10 already

@6ixss 4 жыл бұрын

those tweeter are good

@BARTproducer Жыл бұрын

Thanks 🎉

@meals24u 2 жыл бұрын

*I hope that nephew is over 18 too!* 🤣🤣

@npost1484 3 жыл бұрын

Dude you just saved my life

@billybunter3753 4 жыл бұрын

Now heat the tweeters with a hair dryer. It will help to get the little dents out. Still won't be perfect though.

@grzegorzbrzeczyszykiewiczo3993 4 жыл бұрын

Genialne w swej prostocie :-) Dzięki!

@sebyg0466 4 жыл бұрын

Thx man My jbl xtreme had the same problem

@MauM0505 4 жыл бұрын

Seby 0906 xtreme 2 or 1?

@oleo007 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tip! This trick can't work with "standard" twitters, this dome tweeter this trick works pretty well,but I try with my pioneer S-HF10 unfortunately can't work...

@slo007 2 жыл бұрын

Tried the vac method referred to in the comments... not a good idea! The tweeter remained squished but the dome jumped out 80% of its circumference. I managed to push the dome back in but the outer ring looks odd. The other tweeter, still in nearly new shape, has a black rubber like surround. The damaged tweeter is showing some gold trim underneath. I can't tell anymore if the tweeter works or not. The centre speaker (which has a grill covered tweeter) sits nearby.

@ImaginationBlue 2 жыл бұрын

Genius! Thank you brother.

@pedroamares8464 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you, it worked perfectly with my KRKs.

@justangvano 4 жыл бұрын

Worked like a charm. Thank you

@kennynvake4hve584 4 жыл бұрын

I use a type of black or gray putty that is used to seal electrical box's from the rain outside..electricians use it...It is flexible and never gets completely hard, or doesn't harden up, just slowly press it on the cone, and quickly jerk it off, and that will pop it out. Or if that dont work use a vacuum cleaner using your hand to regulate the sucking as to not pull the entire cone out.

@lAR3l 4 жыл бұрын

Pretty smart! Thanks dude! I was scared!

@frankmcguckin4572 4 жыл бұрын

Good idea thanks

@MichaelBogomolny 3 жыл бұрын

Worked perfectly! Thanks!

@robertsijan Жыл бұрын

Awesome dude, it really works 😁 Thank you, you are saint ♥️

@neltom50 4 жыл бұрын

Just had great results with a 1/8th” X 2” long piece of industrial Velcro Remove the clear part to expose the super sticky adhesive. fold in half to create a round outside curve. Gently place the fold on the collapsed dome and pull it. If you achieve 85 to 95% you’re done you won’t be able to get it back to factory good luck.

@martonsule8166 3 жыл бұрын

Man, u saved my life!!!!!!!!!

@Domo2374 4 жыл бұрын

At First, try a bit warm it with a hairdryer, and then carefully use a vacuum cleaner. It could be give a better result.

@viniciusicandido8785 4 жыл бұрын

Com tambores de bateria, um jato de ar quente como soprador térmico corrige amassados, mas não sei quanto a domos de plástico de alto-falantes.

@jasonjackson3114 4 жыл бұрын

Place your fingers between the vacuum cleaner entry and the tweeter faceplate. With regards to metal dome tweeters, carefully remove the faceplate and push from the rear of the dome with your finger (do not touch the voice coil former. This is the ring surrounding the rear of the dome). If the dome is not connected to the faceplate and exists as a separate peice, remove this as well, then press from behind. There will be some crinkling left behind, this has little effect on the sound. Most, but not all dome tweeters can be disassembled.

@clittle1559 4 жыл бұрын

I did this when I was 6 or 7.. I always had an obsession with hifi audio

@koont666 4 жыл бұрын

Vacuum cleaner hand half over end 20 seconds job done done it many times

@user-tu2ep8tm8p 4 жыл бұрын

Мужику лайкос за то как хохочет! :)

@hmr8media592 4 жыл бұрын

The Dyson works everytime!

@TheBudgie29 4 жыл бұрын

This guy has never had Children.

@vintagestereo 4 жыл бұрын

i have but she is never pushed in my tweeters, I always kept the front on my speakers. Without fronts it's asking for problems

@HiFiFilos 2 жыл бұрын

Lo intentaré 👍, saludos.

@crabbynebula 10 ай бұрын

Hi! I tried to fixed the dented/pulled in tweeter on the speaker of my hifi (using the duct tape trick) and the whole tweeter came out (got unglued). Any ideas on the best way to put it back there? Is the speaker destroyed? Thanks in advance