Tweeter not working properly

[kkrkeith7]

Just installed a new set of CDT EF-61 paper cones with 20 silk tweets. At first they sounded great. Then all of a sudden the left tweeter started distorting at higher volumes. I faded everything to the left side to see if it may be sound cancelation and its still there. At lower volumes it sounds like the tweeter is barely playing. I can hear a right bias when the balance is at 0. Any ideas? The only thing I am thinking is that a speaker wire is grounding itself somewhere and causing the tweeter to distort/not play correctly? Maybe just a bad tweeter? (1 week old) When I turn the treble on the head unit to -7(lowest setting) the distortion gets noticeably worse on the bad tweeter.

Running these from a soundstream reference 300 75 wrms x 2 @ 12 volts

[Mr Marv]

You may try switching the crossovers. If the noise moves to the right side it may well be the crossover. If it stays to the left it could be a shorting wire or the tweeter itself (if you have a continuity tester you could use that to check if a wire is shorting).

[bigloubumpin]

Originally Posted by Mr Marv

You may try switching the crossovers. If the noise moves to the right side it may well be the crossover. If it stays to the left it could be a shorting wire or the tweeter itself (if you have a continuity tester you could use that to check if a wire is shorting).

Are u the same Mr.Marv that builds enclosures?

[cam2Xrunner]

That's Marv

[kkrkeith7]

Ok, I fixed the problem. A couple of the strands of copper running through the screw terminals on the crossover were toucing the metal basket frame (I took it off the change the tweeter output to -3db, and put them back on reverse, the other side stuck out more) I re-wired so none of the wires were close to the metal basket frame and problem is gone.

[bigloubumpin]

Originally Posted by kkrkeith7

Ok, I fixed the problem. A couple of the strands of copper running through the screw terminals on the crossover were toucing the metal basket frame (I took it off the change the tweeter output to -3db, and put them back on reverse, the other side stuck out more) I re-wired so none of the wires were close to the metal basket frame and problem is gone.

way to go