Genesis Genre 1's dying a slow death...

[MarkBFowler]

Good afternoon all... first post here, hopefully this is the right spot, and won't ruffle too many feathers. I have a much loved pair of Genesis Genre 1's, picked up from Audio Advisor in around 1994. They have been great, and have been real giant killers. Sometime in 2005, per the advice of tech services, I had the surrounds replaced down at South Florida Speaker Repair, as the glue adhearing the surround to the drivers began to delaminate (dried up, really). They did a satisfactory job, and the speakers performed well for another nine years or so... until one of the tweeters gave up the ghost the other night. The folks from Genesis were very attentive, and contacted me straight away regarding replacment ribbons (yikes, $600.00 for the pair!) for the Genre 1's. Bummer. My question to you folks is this... should I take this opportunity to replace anything else in the speakers? I am not an engineer, more of a tinkerer... and that being said, I wondered if any of the crossover should be inspected while the patient is on the operating table. "Stuff" dries up, or leaks, or oxidizes... Now, before the tweeter died, it seemed as if the speakers were becoming "nasal" in sound. A few of my audiophile buddies told me I was nuts, and a few others agreed... subjective, I know. I don't know if my perception of this symptom was the slow degradation of the ribbons, or perhaps I should be looking at a bigger picture. Anyone's thoughts or expieriances would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

Regards,

Mark B. Fowler

 

[wintermute]

If the crossovers use electrolytic caps then yes they could dry out over that period, and you should consider replacing them (with like capacitors).

If they are flim caps then I wouldn't worry.

You have verified that it IS the tweeter and not the crossover that has caused the loss of signal from the tweeter in one of the speakers?

Tony.