Passenger Side Burmeister Tweeter gets stuck
Anyone else have their passenger side tweeter get stuck while winding in or out? Mine occasionally makes ratcheting sound mostly when I turn off the Audio or turn car off and the speakers screw back in. Occasionally but less frequently its stuck in the unscrewed (open) position. Dealer is replacing it, but I was wondering if this is common. Neat trick but I am thinking its probably not very reliable over the long run. I only have 2000 miles on the car after couple months. I searched here found nothing but I vaguely recall seeing some post online about these little speakers jamming.
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Originally Posted by VaserC63S
(Post 7854536)
Anyone else have their passenger side tweeter get stuck while winding in or out? Mine occasionally makes ratcheting sound mostly when I turn off the Audio or turn car off and the speakers screw back in. Occasionally but less frequently its stuck in the unscrewed (open) position. Dealer is replacing it, but I was wondering if this is common. Neat trick but I am thinking its probably not very reliable over the long run. I only have 2000 miles on the car after couple months. I searched here found nothing but I vaguely recall seeing some post online about these little speakers jamming.
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That is interesting it fails around the same mileage as mine. I am waiting for it to come in as they ordered it but it didn't come in last week while car was there. Why bother making these gimmick speakers spin if they are so unreliable? After the first few times I don't look or care that they spin. Am sure most buyers don't either.
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Originally Posted by VaserC63S
(Post 7854536)
Anyone else have their passenger side tweeter get stuck while winding in or out? Mine occasionally makes ratcheting sound mostly when I turn off the Audio or turn car off and the speakers screw back in. Occasionally but less frequently its stuck in the unscrewed (open) position. Dealer is replacing it, but I was wondering if this is common. Neat trick but I am thinking its probably not very reliable over the long run. I only have 2000 miles on the car after couple months. I searched here found nothing but I vaguely recall seeing some post online about these little speakers jamming.
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How did they miss something like this during testing QA? Am sure it did it for the test vehicles too. I guess not that important.
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I am still awaiting delivery of my wagon. Does this rotating tweeter only exist on the upgraded sound system? I know the wagon only offers the standard sound system.
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Originally Posted by E63Wagen
(Post 7857122)
I am still awaiting delivery of my wagon. Does this rotating tweeter only exist on the upgraded sound system? I know the wagon only offers the standard sound system.
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What is the purpose of rotating tweeters?
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BTW, does anybody know the reasoning behind only offering the upgraded system in the sedan? Is it due to rear speaker placement issues in the wagon?
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Originally Posted by E63Wagen
(Post 7858411)
BTW, does anybody know the reasoning behind only offering the upgraded system in the sedan? Is it due to rear speaker placement issues in the wagon?
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Originally Posted by MBS E53
(Post 7858350)
What is the purpose of rotating tweeters?
Back to your question what do they do?: Well I'd say they tweet :rolf: but what does that mean right? This wiki explains better than I could. See link here.. What are tweeters? What do they do? |
Originally Posted by VaserC63S
(Post 7858985)
First of all when they get stuck or down wind out, they also dont produce any sound. Even if it gest stuck at only 50% you wont get any sound. I dont particularly care so much but I paid for the 3D so I want them to work as designed. To me the rest of the system is more important but perhaps I dont hear a difference because onlt one is malfunctioning?
Back to your question what do they do?: Well I'd say they tweet :rolf: but what does that mean right? This wiki explains better than I could. See link here.. What are tweeters? What do they do? |
Interesting mine is doing the same thing. Mute and un-mute and it will spin out all the way, sometimes that takes a couple tries At first I thought maybe it was detecting car occupancy and shaping the sound. It is odd it's only the passenger side
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Originally Posted by whoover
(Post 7859181)
I think he means why rotating tweeters. I suspect it's 99% gimmick, but the theory is that since high frequencies don't disperse like low frequencies proper positioning is closer to the listener and away from the slab of the door that could interfere with the proper sound beaming. But a tweeter that's stuck out like that is subject to being damaged so it's retracted when not in use for its protection.
I know what a tweeter is and what it is for, I have spent 35+ years in the audio and video business. (no, not working at Best Buy) |
Failed attempt at humor MBS_E53S :slap: But Best Buy didnt exist 35yrs ago and I had no clue what your background is. Anyway seems these things are back ordered. Been waiting two weeks for mine to come in and still no luck. I also tried the mute button multiple times and yes it does work sometimes. What I still cant quite figure out is why there is no sound if its stuck half out since the surround light is on. Probably some switch that only turns on if its all out would be my guess.
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Originally Posted by VaserC63S
(Post 7863558)
Failed attempt at humor MBS_E53S :slap: But Best Buy didnt exist 35yrs ago and I had no clue what your background is. Anyway seems these things are back ordered. Been waiting two weeks for mine to come in and still no luck. I also tried the mute button multiple times and yes it does work sometimes. What I still cant quite figure out is why there is no sound if its stuck half out since the surround light is on. Probably some switch that only turns on if its all out would be my guess.
I too would hazard a guess that it some kind of self-protection mechanism. |
Finally after a couple weeks waiting a couple weeks for a speaker they got it in and replaced it. It actually got worse as time went by. Looks like quit a few of these are failing.
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