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Old 10-16-2020, 01:51 PM
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I am just not hearing a difference between my good one and my "broken" one, but maybe it is just my old ears......
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I am just not hearing a difference between my good one and my "broken" one, but maybe it is just my old ears......
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Tweeter? What does a tweeter sound like?
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Hearing protection throughout your life is so important. Many run loud devices w/o any protection and have hearing loss early. Eg., grass trimmers, blowers etc. I'm not yet in my 60's yet, so maybe I'll have a different answer then .
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Hearing protection throughout your life is so important. Many run loud devices w/o any protection and have hearing loss early. Eg., grass trimmers, blowers etc. I'm not yet in my 60's yet, so maybe I'll have a different answer then .
I don’t have hearing loss (yet) but the typical upper 5KHz of the range (20-20,000) is a mystery now. It is quite normal and I’m not in the 60’s yet either.

Not too many musical instruments reach much beyond 5KHz but the “brilliance range” 6-20K is responsible for the “air” and “sparkle” we hear or not...
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Old 10-17-2020, 09:07 AM
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I don’t have hearing loss (yet) but the typical upper 5KHz of the range (20-20,000) is a mystery now. It is quite normal and I’m not in the 60’s yet either.

Not too many musical instruments reach much beyond 5KHz but the “brilliance range” 6-20K is responsible for the “air” and “sparkle” we hear or not...
We're moving off topic here, but I'll chime in on this... Take care of your hearing folks. Once lost it's just gone.
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Is anyone have issues with D3 tweeters breaking up?
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Old 10-23-2020, 02:50 PM
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With all these tweeters blowing it surprises me that no one has come up with a solution such as a fuse or circuit breaker. My sub has a fuse that has saved its bacon a bunch of times, but it was so hard to get to to replace I installed a circuit breaker that auto resets after the overload is gone. No engineers in our midst with an idea? I mean who wants to replace a $1200 tweeter so it can shatter its cone yet again. Gets to be an expensive sport.....
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With all these tweeters blowing it surprises me that no one has come up with a solution such as a fuse or circuit breaker. My sub has a fuse that has saved its bacon a bunch of times, but it was so hard to get to to replace I installed a circuit breaker that auto resets after the overload is gone. No engineers in our midst with an idea? I mean who wants to replace a $1200 tweeter so it can shatter its cone yet again. Gets to be an expensive sport.....
Wow, is that per tweeter and USD? Only on D1's so far?
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If a tweeter falls in a forest does anyone hear it? [emoji1787]
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