I disassembled my Event Opal

[MarsianC#]

Already posted in other forums, but after the post on the 8351B I thought you might enjoy my pics too.
The Opals a quite similar, aluminum housing, heavy and good sounding. Measurments by S&R are very good too.
I really like them

Absorbend material is usually around the tweeter, a big sack with glasswhool in it.

Tweeter is not the beryllium one used before 2011. They use one made by Seas, at least in my model, built in 12/2012.

 

[pozz]

http://www.eventelectronics.com/opal

 

[MarsianC#]

@BDWoody or @AdamG247 may I ask for this thread to be moved to DIY/Teardown forums? Thanks!

 

[EJ3]

@BDWoody or @AdamG247 may I ask for this thread to be moved to DIY/Teardown forums? Thanks!

Is this a DIY speaker (I have never heard of them but seems very sophisticated if it is a DIY)?

 

[EJ3]

I see now, there is a place for all teardowns under DIY.

 

[Benjdare]

Already posted in other forums, but after the post on the 8351B I thought you might enjoy my pics too.
The Opals a quite similar, aluminum housing, heavy and good sounding. Measurments by S&R are very good too.
I really like them
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Absorbend material is usually around the tweeter, a big sack with glasswhool in it.
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Tweeter is not the beryllium one used before 2011. They use one made by Seas, at least in my model, built in 12/2012.

I also own a part of opals with the Seas tweeter.
mine seen to have a problem of one tweeter cutting in and out. I have to turn the volume up quite loud to reactivate the tweeter and it giving me the shits . I paid $4000.00 for the new but have only used them less than a dozen times, do you have any idea what I could do to fix the problem. I have changed the leads and I run a Motu 828x from a Mac for dedicated sound rack?.. any ideas

 

[AnalogSteph]

Contact issues of some kind. Since I do not see relays anywhere but do see plugged connections for the drivers, I can only suggest unplugging and replugging those (a tiny bit of contact cleaner may not go amiss), as welll as inspecting the connectors' solder joints and reflowing any dry ones.