mark@hpsanaeo.nsr.hp.com (Mark Bonsack) (11/30/90)
Recently one of my Spica TC-50 tweeters started resonating pretty nastily, and sounded suspiciously like a blown tweeter due to amplifier overload. I maintain that I haven't overdriven my amp (a NAD 3150); and listen primarily to music with relativeley low dynamic range. I have a couple of questions with regard to this problem: 1. Are Spicas *that* fragile? I realize I'm not going to get thundering bass out of them, and so I don't try with equilization, etc. But I feel like they should be able to play light jazz and chamber music at reasonable levels. 2. The store where I bought them 3 months ago said that they must return the driver to Spica for an evaluation before they pay warrany costs. In general, is it pretty cut and dried to tell if a driver is blown via amplifier overload rather than a defect? In this case, the driver definitely didn't melt down; it just showed up as a nasty resonance with solo piano. The determination by Spica has not yet been made. 3. Given that I must replace the tweeter on my own, I would like to replace the driver direct from the manufacturer of the driver rather than pay the $40 that the store wants. Given that Spica doesn't modify the driver, does anyone know what tweeter is used in the TC-50s and where I can get replacements? Thanks for any info, -- Mark Bonsack Neely San Diego (1|619) 541-7319 internet: mark@hpsanaeo.nsr.hp.com