Design Acoustics PS-10 Tweeter, 1" textile dome
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Design Acoustics PS-10 Tweeter, 1" textile dome| Charivari |
Posted: September 15, 2006 08:49 pm
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 Millenium Member  Group: Forum Founder Posts: 2213 Member No.: 1 Joined: June 29, 2006  |
Well, what would you guess? I just finish refoaming the woofers on my PS-10s after putting it off for months and I discover one of the tweeters is open.
Here's the culprit:  The VC:  The break in the VC:  I'm not sure my hands are steady enough to repair that and I definitely know even my smallest iron tip is too big and too hot (will burn up the magnet wire rather than solder it). So, does anyone have one of these laying around or know where I might find a working unit for a reasonable price? Thanks, - JP -------------------- After silence that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.
"Ordinary people who listen to music on the radio all day long do not know that it is all a lie. It is all noise, the noise of money. I pity people who have grown up never having heard honest music." - Márta Sebestyén |
  
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| thedelihaus |
Posted: September 15, 2006 11:45 pm
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 The Black Dahlquist  Group: Moderator Posts: 2478 Member No.: 9 Joined: June 30, 2006 |
I'll keep an eye out for you, JP.
-------------------- What you got back home, lil' sister, to play yer fuzzy warbles on? Pitiful, portable picnic players? Come with uncle & hear all proper! Hear angels trumpets & devils trombones. You are invited!
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| Charivari |
Posted: September 16, 2006 01:13 am
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Millenium Member Group: Forum Founder Posts: 2213 Member No.: 1 Joined: June 29, 2006 |
Thanks for the offer, Paul. The need isn't that big of deal now as per usual this time of night, I became both impatient and ambitious. So, I went ahead, filed down the tip of my soldering iron, and repaired the tweeter.
The work bench/computer desk with the typical collection of scroungy tools:  Close of up of the repair (that wire is a single strand stolen from some 12 gauge "Pro-Link Pro Series" speaker cable I had laying around):  My trusty ol' Simpson 260:  Listening to the PS-10s right now. The imaging is pretty good, the bass isn't too bad, though it is a bit one note. There is some upper midrange/lower treble harshness that could be fatiguing. Maybe it's my repair, though it's present with both, or the electrolytic caps. That's the finest scale repair I've done yet, had to pull out the magnifying glass for this one to make sure of what I'd done. - JP -------------------- After silence that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.
"Ordinary people who listen to music on the radio all day long do not know that it is all a lie. It is all noise, the noise of money. I pity people who have grown up never having heard honest music." - Márta Sebestyén |
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| blue_lateral |
Posted: September 16, 2006 01:24 am
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 Glorified Fridge Magnet Group: Members Posts: 297 Member No.: 62 Joined: August 21, 2006 |
Nice job!
-------------------- People do follow people, so if you think you're being followed by someone and you're not, thats not being loopy, it's just being wrong---being loopy is if you think you're being followed by purple elephants, unless you are of course.
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| itlldue |
Posted: September 16, 2006 10:37 am
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 Seeking Moderator Degree................ Group: Moderator Posts: 2863 Member No.: 7 Joined: June 30, 2006 |
Nice Simpson. I have one a little older than yours, with the recessed pins that take the female test leads. Brand new. Never had batteries installed. Thanks to the government.
-------------------- IN ORDER TO BE OLD AND WISE, YOU MUST FIRST BE YOUNG AND STUPID
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| cubdog |
Posted: September 16, 2006 12:43 pm
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 Living with Max  Group: Charter Member Posts: 1324 Member No.: 18 Joined: July 05, 2006 |
Great work. Ah youth. good eyes and steady hands.
cubdog |
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