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Advent Maestro fuses blown, replacement?

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djedee

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I bought a pair of Advent maestros today. The lows and mids were beautiful but the highs were somewhat muddied. They’ve been refurbed, the foam on the front is beautiful and the speakers in general are in good condition.

I brought em home and left them, I had to go to work and was gonna set them up after and give a thorough listen. Anyway, beautiful mids and lows. No highs. Checked the fuses and they’re both burnt out. The guy I bought em from spends a lot of time around PA equipment, so I chocked it up to him not noticing because of hearing loss, maybe thought speakers from the 80’s just didn’t have highs, guy was nice and friendly otherwise.

Anyway. I’ve never had speakers with a fuse. I know the sound of clipping and i hate it. rustles my jimmies. I have to be smart with my money, and I never push my loudness over what my speakers can handle. Can I just stick a 5A fuse in there and call it a day? I wanna get them up and running ASAP and the quickest option is going to harbor freight and picking up a 5A fuse. Are there any easier ways to bypass it where I wouldn’t have to open ‘em up?
 
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I may be wrong but I'm pretty sue that tweeter fuses are in the 1-3 amp range, a 5 amp would be fine as long as you don't overdrive them but it probably wont protect the tweeter.
 
Use the correct fuse to protect the tweeter. If the tweeter sounds dull, or is making no sound, it's a cap in the crossover.
 
gdeihl said:
Use the correct fuse to protect the tweeter. If the tweeter sounds dull, or is making no sound, it's a cap in the crossover.
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Ended up finding the correct fuses in Home Depot the next day. Tweeters sound just fine. Got them working now and they sound pretty good, but I think the dent in the right doughnut mid is effecting the sound. I took it out with some tape but there’s still some creases, the initial dent was quite large. Not a huge trouble but I can’t help but feel the dispersion is a little strange. Keeping my eye open for a replacement.
 
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