Anyone ever repaired a smashed dome tweeter?????

(Hmmm...now as a rating, does "Coating off a dome tweeter" signify better or worse ability than the timeless "Chrome off a trailer-hitch" standby?! :-) Seriously, with the Thiel's aluminum dome tweet, in my experience, you cannot remove all visible trace of an impact as with a fabric dome (sonically though, you may not hear anything amiss, but OTOH this could have damaged more than just the dome). If the driver assembly on this coax unit is anything like the conventional dome assembly on my 2.2's tweeters, Thiel might be able to supply you with a replacement dome/cone/coil part which you can retrofit into the existing motor/faceplate (you have to be careful fitting the coil into the gap though). If this thought bothers you as much as the injured tweeter does, then just order a whole new mid/tweeter unit (either way, you'll have to unsolder and resolder the wire connections at the driver leading to the crossover - Thiel will provide some of their original type of solder). Whatever you replace, there will be some break-in time before the new unit sounds the same as the one in the other speaker, but this will not be a terrible process to endure. BTW, you *were* leaving the semi-protective grilles on, were you not? (Thiels are one of the few audiophile speakers sensibly designed to perform best with their grilles left in place, and they do.)

Apparently Scottshannon has viewed "Deliverence" a couple of times too many... :-)