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NS10 twweter blown :(

PostPosted: Thu Jan 29, 2009 12:41 pm
by SNJ Studio
Hi Rick / Forum,

Don't marry the singer? Well don't lend them studio gear either.

Left a vocal recording rig setup at a singers house, as they "needed their own time and space to get the vibe"... this has turned into them doing no takes, and using my NS10's as their party speakers.

Drove them with a crappy consumer chinese amp, waaaaay overpowered.

Blown tweeter. Immediately packed up all my gear from the house and suggested singer use another facility. Not that they even have lyrics written yet. And they cry about not being signed.

OK enough whinging - is there any recourse for me to get my tweeter replaced and match the other side? Thanks for any advice.

Adz

PostPosted: Thu Jan 29, 2009 1:10 pm
by TimS
Someone was selling some NS10's from memory with some spare tweeters..
Do a quick search in the FS section.. they might offload the spare speakers for you..

PostPosted: Thu Jan 29, 2009 1:28 pm
by SNJ Studio
No love on search...

Guess I'll look around ebay and stuff for a 2nd hand pair... which I am told is on the rise as they are not made anymore... all for a tweeter.. arrrgh stoopid idiot vocalist!

PostPosted: Thu Jan 29, 2009 1:33 pm
by TimS
I think it was Otto who had them - he may not have listed in the FS section (I think I PM'd him about them actually as it came up in a thread)..
You can try and PM him and see if he still has them..

PostPosted: Thu Jan 29, 2009 1:43 pm
by otto ruiter
I've PM'd him, thanks tim.

otto

PostPosted: Thu Jan 29, 2009 1:47 pm
by TimS
No worries Otto..

PostPosted: Thu Jan 29, 2009 5:51 pm
by rob
umm, have you phoned Yamaha spares? I got NS10 drivers a year or so from them

Rob

PostPosted: Thu Jan 29, 2009 8:23 pm
by SNJ Studio
Cheers for the PM.. but cant see it..?

Yamaha spares would still have NS10 tweeters?? I'll definitely try that, cheers for the tip

PostPosted: Thu Jan 29, 2009 9:32 pm
by Thirteen
Sometimes the break happens right at the solder joint of the tweeter and you can re-solder it. Worth a look, mind you they may have melted the voice coil into a blob too....

PostPosted: Fri Jan 30, 2009 12:01 am
by Kurt
They appear to be pretty widely available in the US but I think Yamaha policy forbids US sellers to ship here. If this is the case you might have to shop around a bit I guess.