One of my friend's kids damaged my beloved Proac 2.5 speakers. Both
tweeters were so thoroughly pushed in that even after the suck-out by
vacuum cleaner they still leave wrinkles around the periphery.
Although they do play music ok, it is so disheartening and I have to
do something about it. I am contemplating the following options, and
any expert's advice will be appreciated:

1. Send them to Proac: Has anyone had experience with the repair
service with Proac in US? Is it possible at all and is the price
reasonable?

2. Replace the tweeters myself: It looks like the Scan-Speak tweeters
are quite popular so that I may be able to buy identical tweeters. If
I buy a pair (such as D2010/851300) and carefully replace them (with
soldering if needed), should I expect them to sound like a brand new
pair? Or is there any "expert's touch" necessary to fine-tune and
balance the units?

Or should I forget all that, cover up with the grills, and pretend as
if nothing happened? The tweeters are not ripped, and they still
sound reasonably good. How bad does a "wrinkled" tweeter get?

Thanks for the input to relieve my anxiety.

Hong

On 10 Jul 2004 23:56:34 -0700, (Hong) wrote:

One of my friend's kids damaged my beloved Proac 2.5 speakers. Both
tweeters were so thoroughly pushed in that even after the suck-out by
vacuum cleaner they still leave wrinkles around the periphery.
Although they do play music ok, it is so disheartening and I have to
do something about it. I am contemplating the following options, and
any expert's advice will be appreciated:

1. Send them to Proac: Has anyone had experience with the repair
service with Proac in US? Is it possible at all and is the price
reasonable?

2. Replace the tweeters myself: It looks like the Scan-Speak tweeters
are quite popular so that I may be able to buy identical tweeters. If
I buy a pair (such as D2010/851300) and carefully replace them (with
soldering if needed), should I expect them to sound like a brand new
pair? Or is there any "expert's touch" necessary to fine-tune and
balance the units?

Or should I forget all that, cover up with the grills, and pretend as
if nothing happened? The tweeters are not ripped, and they still
sound reasonably good. How bad does a "wrinkled" tweeter get?

Thanks for the input to relieve my anxiety.


An impossible question. But try. "If you HADN'T noticed the wrinkles,
would the speakers sound worse than they did before?"

I've got a pair of ProAc Studio 2. Both are on their 4th or 5th
tweeter. I replace with Audax units - about £15 from Maplin. I'm
sure they don't sound identical to the originals. But they sound good
:-)