Jeff Pounds
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OK,
So I really need some help from the receiver/speaker experts out there.
Several months ago, I posted about a problem that I was having with my Sony DB840 receiver. See this thread for reference.
Basically, I was having this intermittant problem of my receiver making multiple, very fast "clicking" noises associated with loss of the center channel while playing any multichannel sound source.... this included Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS and Dolby ProLogic, from both DVD and satellite sources.
While this was happening, if I switched to 2-channel mode, I could hear everything fine, although a lot of time the clicking would continue intermittantly.
The odd thing was this was completely random... it would happen most shortly after the receiver turned on and then the problem would typically go away after the receiver had been on for a few hours.
Still, I decided to take the reciever into to a local Sony authorized repair center here in town. They could find nothing wrong with the receiver and suggested that I "check my speakers."
So, I took the receiver back home and hooked everything up. Everything was fine for about a week and then all of a sudden it started happening again. However, this time it seemed much worse (more recurrant) and also something new started happening -- the receiver started kicking itself into "protect" on any somewhat loud soundtrack that I would listen to.
I decied that maybe I should send it in to Sony, because maybe the local guy missed something.
This is where I am today... Sony has now had my receiver for almost 3 weeks, and now says that they can find nothing wrong and suggest that I "check my speakers."
So, after all of that, I have a few questions:
1. If there is something wrong with my speakers, should I assume that it is the center channel, since that is the one that drops out?
2. What would be the problem with my speaker(s) that would cause this?
3. Could this also be some sort of wiring issue? I have my surround speaker wires going through my attic... is it possible that a mouse or something has partially chewed through a wire causing a short that would be causing this?
4. Any other thoughts?
Any help would be greatly appreciated... this problem is really driving me crazy. The random, intermittant nature of the problem is what is most frustrating... it makes testing to isolate the problem VERY difficult... :frowning:
So I really need some help from the receiver/speaker experts out there.
Several months ago, I posted about a problem that I was having with my Sony DB840 receiver. See this thread for reference.
Basically, I was having this intermittant problem of my receiver making multiple, very fast "clicking" noises associated with loss of the center channel while playing any multichannel sound source.... this included Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS and Dolby ProLogic, from both DVD and satellite sources.
While this was happening, if I switched to 2-channel mode, I could hear everything fine, although a lot of time the clicking would continue intermittantly.
The odd thing was this was completely random... it would happen most shortly after the receiver turned on and then the problem would typically go away after the receiver had been on for a few hours.
Still, I decided to take the reciever into to a local Sony authorized repair center here in town. They could find nothing wrong with the receiver and suggested that I "check my speakers."
So, I took the receiver back home and hooked everything up. Everything was fine for about a week and then all of a sudden it started happening again. However, this time it seemed much worse (more recurrant) and also something new started happening -- the receiver started kicking itself into "protect" on any somewhat loud soundtrack that I would listen to.
I decied that maybe I should send it in to Sony, because maybe the local guy missed something.
This is where I am today... Sony has now had my receiver for almost 3 weeks, and now says that they can find nothing wrong and suggest that I "check my speakers."
So, after all of that, I have a few questions:
1. If there is something wrong with my speakers, should I assume that it is the center channel, since that is the one that drops out?
2. What would be the problem with my speaker(s) that would cause this?
3. Could this also be some sort of wiring issue? I have my surround speaker wires going through my attic... is it possible that a mouse or something has partially chewed through a wire causing a short that would be causing this?
4. Any other thoughts?
Any help would be greatly appreciated... this problem is really driving me crazy. The random, intermittant nature of the problem is what is most frustrating... it makes testing to isolate the problem VERY difficult... :frowning: