Does a dented dome tweeter matter?

[Daves]

Thanks for resolving this! I had a brief two month stop-over with my parents when I was between houses about 14 years ago, and my mother damaged the tweeter dome on my stereo speakers by vigorously dusting them. It really doesn't just have to be children or dogs! ("Oh, for goodness' sake, the dust can't have been doing them any good either..." She really does think that dust is the biggest evil in the entire world).

[patthewoodboy]

I remember my grandaughter coming into the living room the first time after I had removed the grills, she went straight to the midrange dome, finger extended to poke it ... I shouted no just in time .. its amazing how they spot them and are drawn :-)

[marclove]

Many years ago, when my children were toddlers, I owned a pair of Magnaplaners (sp?) - very high end, but somewhat fragile audiophile speakers. Maggie's don't have domes, but the speaker area is thin and frail, and no match for a toddler with a rubber tip bow and arrow. Knowing my two rambunctious boys, I lived in constant fear that sooner or later, a Tinker Toy would end up being stabbed through my beloved speakers. I confided my problem to a friend who offered to sell me his pair of BullFrog PA speakers. Now, I know that true audiophiles will gag at the suggestion of using PA speakers in place of high end stereo speakers, but to my (tin) ear, they actually sounded pretty darn good. The sale clincher was when my friend demonstrated the child proof (aka drunken dancer proof) feature consisting of steel mesh speaker grills. He actually threw a beer bottle across the room and bounced it off the steel grill. "Let's see you try that with your fancy ass Maggerplanters". Long story short, I sold the Maggie's and bought the Bullfrogs. That was 35 years ago and believe it or not, the Bullfrogs are still proudly displayed in my man cave, still sound great AND have never suffered a dented dome. Possibly a pointless story, but I thought you might be amused.

[carlitomelon]

Speaker grilles go on when nephews come to visit.
Sound quality marginally worse but mental health young lives and family peace maintained:-)

[RyszardKarolkiewicz]

I got my dented tweeter pop back out years ago, but I've been living with this terrible feeling that my tweeter is irreversebly damaged since then. Paul, what a relief after so may years of insecurity! Thank you!

[noahderrington]

I was working in a HiFi shop when a family came in one Saturday and a little 3yr old ran down a line of about 20 floorstanders on display popping in every tweeter in about 30sec with their finger whilst we watched it happen as if in slow motion, none of the staff could react quick enough! The family were a lovely bunch and no harm done. I spent the rest of the morning carefully popping tweeters out and ordering spares 😬

[stevefick]

"Whipped to DEATH" LOL! Don't do it! It's so tempting for kids to "poke" at speakers. My son is 24, but I STILL leave my grills on just in case. My M. A. Silver 300's weren't cheap!
Love your videos, Paul. Thanks!

I've been waiting a long time for someone to answer this question. Thank you.

[TheChrist]

Great video post Sir!!! I've been doing that very simple technique for tweeters. love your candor as well. like listening to a Dad I never had. God bless you and your family.

[lazarus]

I'm a teen now and I'm actually looking this up to repair tweeters i dented when I was 4

[griffmurph]

I work in a music store and run into this issue ALL THE TIME. I have found that Gaff tape works the best for this purpose. it's adhesive is just strong enough to pull out even the most collapsed tweeter domes/dustcaps with no damage or tearing.

[DiegoPereyra]

What a nice way to answer a question.
Thanks.

[philclinton]

Enjoyed your thoughts on tweeters, pets and children, always appreciate your POV. Thanks!

[letsflywiththemusic]

Accidentally dented a Monacor DT-352NF during testing. Metal dome tweeter. Dent was about 10mmx10mm. This introduced 10-20% distortion spikes (measured on REW) from 6k to 18k as compared to previous measurements.

[airshowvoice]

Paul - Thanks for this video. I was able to get a silk dome tweeter pulled back out with duct tape! I'd tried some other tapes but I appreciate so much your help. All good here!

[jonnda]

I got a pair of B&W DM601 S2 in exchange for some work I did for a friend. The tweeter domes were dented in. I can’t prove it, but after I gently popped the dents out, the tweeters seemed to be more detailed. The remaining lines and imperfections probably don’t matter, but the larger dents seemed to affect it. I’m talking more than half of the surface area was dented in. Weirdly, this was only noticeable when driven by my dads expensive Quad amp.

[Joldrath]

Thank you :D Very good video :) Yes I have some dented domes on my B&W CM7, but it doesn't bother me. The sound is unaffected.

[andymorris]

Thank you thank you thank you! I dented a tweeter getting some studio monitors out of the box! I was thinking "oh god i've ruined them and i haven't even used them yet". But all sorted with some strong double-sided-stick-tape. Thank you!

[EchoReverb]

hey sir, I watch lot of ur video and learn a lot . thx ! wanna ask u talking about silk tweeter ni ur video ? how about aluminium magnesium tweeters? like Focal Shape Tweeter? same ? doesn't matter?

[dssifter]

#1 is what you say also true for hard metal domes as well, for instance my JBL 052ti?
#2, wouldn't the duct tape glue or residue coat the tweeter and possibly alter the sound, diminish highs or add distortion? Or no?