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Old 10-28-2020, 08:12 AM
meltemi meltemi is offline
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Originally Posted by sgbroimp View Post
I mean who wants to replace a $1200 tweeter so it can shatter its cone yet again.
The official US retail price for a tweeter for 800 D2 / 802 D2 (part number ZZ14388) is USD 1086.

I owned a pair of 800 D2 for seven years and run them on Accuphase power amps (P-800, after two years replaced by A-200).

In June 2014 I broke one tweeter mechanically (by stumbling and falling against it). The pretty thin diamond diaphragm was shattered into pieces.
My dealer charged me Swiss Francs 667 (which I think was what he had to pay for) and came to replace it personally. That's what I call customer service!

The above mentioned incident was the only one with a tweeter.
However in 2016 and 2018 I had to replace a total of three bass units (LF02372; USD retail 486.53; my dealer charged me Swiss Francs 350 each) because of partly broken diaphragm suspensions (beads).
I do not know whether I damaged them by occasionally dusting them off not sufficently carefully or whether it was an environmental / thermal / aging problem.

Hope you will find the cause of your problem soon.

Martin

Last edited by meltemi; 10-28-2020 at 08:53 AM.
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