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[Shadeyman]

I guess the title of this thread is a little miss leading as the tweeter didn't chose to go to "KEF Heaven", it was forcibly sent there by my daughter.

After 2 weeks away with the wife I returned home to find my "beautiful Q50's" broken, my daughter had a few friends around and the volume was turned way to high for my ageing speakers. I've tried in vain to find a replacement, even get it repaired, no joy.

Please help me find a replacement/repair.

[proffski]

That is tragic, there is nothing worse than a premature demise of such an excellent transducer. I'd be concerned about the wellbeing of the remaining unit as well as components on the PCB, worth checking...
There is much confusing erroneous information out there regarding your sad plight. Best I could find in a hurry were these links, I have seen these on ePrey but please tread with care!

http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/multi-way/225843-kef-nt19-tweeters.html

http://www.hifiwigwam.com/showthread.php?76294-WTD-Kef-NT19-tweeter

http://www.avforums.co.za/index.php?topic=51275.0
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[Shadeyman]

Thanks proffski.

It would appear that "soundadv" on the South African forum has 2 of them. I've just registered, awaiting activation. Maybe he'll allow me to purchase one of them.

[proffski]

Good luck, be careful with your money...
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man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle.
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[Shadeyman]

Its worth the risk, love my old Q50's. Fingers crossed ..

[proffski]

[Shadeyman]

I removed it and asked an electrician friend to test it for me, he said it had burnt out. So I pulled it apart to see if we could repair it. Unfortunately that was beyond our capabilities.

[proffski]

Well and truly scorched. Looks like your amplifier was not only driven to clipping but I'd hate to have listened to the source material!
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I contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a
man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle.
-Winston Churchill

[Shadeyman]

My daughter said they were using my Spotify account to stream music. My account seemed to have played a lot of "Chase & Status" about that time.

I'm worried about the other tweeter and cross overs. Is it possible they're damaged too?

[proffski]

[Shadeyman]

I've no idea what "scorched PCB around resistors and bulging capacitors" are so I'll ask my electrician friend to help again.

The other speaker sounds fine but the one with a faulty tweeter sounds terrible.

[proffski]

This is a picture taken by a member of another KEF loudspeaker, so do not panic!
The capacitors are either those black things and or blue...
I've seen them exploded on the PCB in the past, the resistors just char the circuit board, seldom change value if wire wound.

Link: http://www.hifiloudspeakers.info/speakertalk/viewtopic.php?t=1585

Just scroll down, the items are marked HOT
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I contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a
man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle.
-Winston Churchill

[Shadeyman]

I tried copy and pasting that link, it doesn't work?

Edit.
It does now, sorry ..

[proffski]

[Shadeyman]

Whoever the other member is, like myself he has a Photobucket account.

Is this the picture your referring to?