How can I fix this tweeter?

[Dater]

It's an old Altec tweeter that sounds amazing. Model is 811B horn. 

Broken side VS normal one

[anothertom]

From what I can see, it's only that the wire going to the driver has been cut? If they were made properly, they'll be different colours, so you can simply solder the cables back together, assuming they're not too brittle to bend.

 

If you're not able to simply reconnect the existing cables, then you can just run in a new set. As you don't really want to be trying to remove the stubs from the driver (as they look to be glued/resined to the driver) you'll still be connecting to the existing stubs. In this case you'll need to run the new cable back to either the crossover or the input connection (as i'm assuming these aren't active).

 

Ideally you'll get the polarity right, so it's acting like the other one, otherwise you'll end up with some interesting phase issues.

[Derkoli]

7 hours ago, anothertom said:

From what I can see, it's only that the wire going to the driver has been cut? If they were made properly, they'll be different colours, so you can simply solder the cables back together, assuming they're not too brittle to bend.

 

If you're not able to simply reconnect the existing cables, then you can just run in a new set. As you don't really want to be trying to remove the stubs from the driver (as they look to be glued/resined to the driver) you'll still be connecting to the existing stubs. In this case you'll need to run the new cable back to either the crossover or the input connection (as i'm assuming these aren't active).

 

Ideally you'll get the polarity right, so it's acting like the other one, otherwise you'll end up with some interesting phase issues.

I've connected speakers out of phase before lol. It is certainly interesting.