Well the right channel of my amp produced loud static (popping and cracking) this morning (long story), to the point that the amp went to protection mode. I worried such thing would destroy the tweeter, so I pulled it out to test it with AA battery; that is, by tapping and end of the wire to an end of a battery. The tapping resulted in scratching and popping noises whenever I tap, so I guess the tweeter still works, don't they?
Alas, while I removed the tweeter from the speaker enclosure, I accidentally pushed the 044Ti wire mesh grill harder than it should, so it is now a little bit deformed (pushed in). In order to repair the deformation, I would need to push it back from the other side. But in order to do so, first I have to remove the wire mesh grill from the tweeter.
Question is: how should I do that? Should I just forcibly pull it away? And after I repair the dent, how should I put the wire mesh grill back?
Also, I spotted a pair of spare 044Tis for sale. It look exactly like my 044Ti, with white-colored tweeter's base. The difference is that it doesn't have the wire mesh grill. Is that different sub-model of 044Ti, or is it the same with the 044Ti of my speakers? From what I read here, it seems 044Ti has threaded model and non-threaded model. What does it mean? Is it just the screw hole issue?
Thanks.
(BTW my speakers is 120Ti)