B&W DM601 S1 damaged tweeter

DiNZi · 1 Dec 2018 at 01:48

Hey all,

A family friend recently left me a pair of B&W DM601 S1 speakers which he says are faulty.

I've tested them out today with my Yamaha R-N500 amp and it sounds like the tweeter is audible damaged on one of the Speakers. One speaker sounds clear and crisp with good bass, the other sounds muffled.

Is it possible to reliably test that it's actually the tweeter that's damaged. Speaker with the chip is the damaged tweeter one.

Any advice?

hornetstinger · 1 Dec 2018 at 07:54

Remove the bridging links wire up to amp wire to HF only and then able to tell as HF will only be outputting sound

DiNZi · 1 Dec 2018 at 23:59

This helps plenty, didn't know where to start. Can't hear a single thing from the HF, definitely damaged.

***F1ZZY*** · 2 Dec 2018 at 08:58

part number is ZZ 10111

Easiest will be to remove the bass speaker first and then take the tweeter out from the back. I think a quarter turn (or less) ant-clockwise removes it.

Good luck

sniperone · 3 Dec 2018 at 00:29

I have a set of these in the garage and they are decent speakers

a1ex2001 · 3 Dec 2018 at 08:34

sniperone said:
I have a set of these in the garage and they are decent speakers

Totally agree my s2's are still going strong and sound lovely!

jpaul · 3 Dec 2018 at 10:03

swap, exclusively, the tweeter between speakers, to ensure it is not related to passive electronic components. ?

lucid · 3 Dec 2018 at 11:59

Bet it's the tweeter though.