Tweeter faceplate swap question.

[bob s]

Fellow AK'ers,

I have a question, I want to swap out faceplates on two Minimus 7 dome tweeters. I have 2 original metal ones, and 2 plastic faced ones.
Can I simply take the screws out holding the faceplates on and swap them without damaging the tweeters ?

PS: both the metal faced ones are blown, hence the swap.

Thanks for your help.

Bob S

 

[Nat]

I think it depends on where the terminals are -- my memory is that there is a butterfly (the diaphragm and voicecoil) that fits onto pegs and if the terminals are attached to the butterfly, you should either be able to swap faceplates or swap butterflies.

 

[mikeybc]

Pretty sure you can...the domes themselves are the same

 

[ericj]

I've done this myself.

My advice is to get a very thin hopefully nonmagnetic tool to free the faceplates from the good tweeters without lifting out the voice coils as well - because having to also re-seat the voice coils is a pain in the butt.

work from the top and bottom to avoid damaging the vc leads.