bmwuk
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I had noticed recently that my Paradigm Monitor 9s had one tweeter on the left speaker out. After looking online it looks like this was a common issue with the v2 series.
What I remembered was that I had a pair of ADP dipole surrounds with the matching tweeter that I was no longer using. I took out the bad tweeter and a tweeter from the ADPs. The part number was slightly different on them. The ADP part number shared the same part number as the mini monitors but not the Monitor 9s.
So after some discussions offline with a fellow Texan forum member, it was advised to invest in a multimeter to see if the Ohms matched. Thanks to Amazon, I had one ordered and delivered in two days.
I ran the Ohm setting on the multimeter and the ADP tweeter read 4.8ohm. I took out the good tweeter from the monitor 9 and got 4.9. With that, I swapped out the bad tweeter . My suspicions were that the part number difference was the wave guide sizing. The mini monitor and ADPs have a 6.5" mid driver and the Monitor 9 has an 8" driver. So the wave guide for the two are different in sizing, hence the part number difference.
I hooked up everything back up and audio happiness again. I'm hoping to upgrade them soon but at least I can enjoy my system while I wait for the upgrade
What I remembered was that I had a pair of ADP dipole surrounds with the matching tweeter that I was no longer using. I took out the bad tweeter and a tweeter from the ADPs. The part number was slightly different on them. The ADP part number shared the same part number as the mini monitors but not the Monitor 9s.
So after some discussions offline with a fellow Texan forum member, it was advised to invest in a multimeter to see if the Ohms matched. Thanks to Amazon, I had one ordered and delivered in two days.
I ran the Ohm setting on the multimeter and the ADP tweeter read 4.8ohm. I took out the good tweeter from the monitor 9 and got 4.9. With that, I swapped out the bad tweeter . My suspicions were that the part number difference was the wave guide sizing. The mini monitor and ADPs have a 6.5" mid driver and the Monitor 9 has an 8" driver. So the wave guide for the two are different in sizing, hence the part number difference.
I hooked up everything back up and audio happiness again. I'm hoping to upgrade them soon but at least I can enjoy my system while I wait for the upgrade