Has anyone removed tarnish from Gallo tweeter?

Dopogue, apparently humor does not always translate to the written word. Like love, it is often hard to quantify. But thanks for the info. BTW, wouldn't the crossover on the tweeter constitute a high-pass "crossover between the mids and the tweeter", even though the woofer is driven full-range?

Sorry I forgot the smiley and I'm not sure you're kidding now. As I understand it, though, there's no crossover between mids and highs and the woofer is crossed over at 150 Hz to the mids. Could be wrong. It's been known to happen. :-)
Dave

does gallo warn the consumer that this happens, or are they just as supprised. one would think this is a defect and should be corrected.

Nope, no warning. Since all the Gallo CDT tweets do it, they (Gallo) clearly know it's going to happen and don't consider it a "defect." Not the best in customer relations, I agree.

I have a pair also,I bought as a demo pair and just got them back from the dealer,I sent it in with a blown mid range.They completely fixed the speaker and brougt it up to original specs free of charge, no shipping cost.This fingerprint issue as I call it, Caused a real problem for me.I only had them a short time when the mid blew.In closer inspection I noticed the fingerprints on the tweater and felt it was tampered with at the retailer, due to the cage how would you get fingerprints on it to begin with unless you had it apart?My retailer told me that he was told these are hand built and that all will eventually show signs of this(only one of mine shows this the other is perfect)He was told me they are fingerprints and they show up after due to the materal used.I think that is "bunk",excuse my language.Why would you not wear gloves then if that was the case.I got a great deal on these speakers and they sound terrific(Although it was hell to wait a month for the repair)I half expected it to come back with a pristine looking tweater,But it DID NOT.I am sure if there was a way to remove it, they would have as I complained about it directly to them.I like the look with the covers on anyway so you can't tell.I thought for sure I was a junior detective finding the fingerprints,Product tampering,Blown mid cover up.Real CSI stuff. LOL! I am going to leave mine alone and enjoy "Definately not Tarn x"