sharerware
03-23-2007, 04:32 PM
I have 340SEs up front and HTM-200s for the back speakers, with an HSU STF-2 sub, hooked up to a Denon 2307ci. An Oppo 981HD via HDMI is providing the input. Everything is connected to a UPS.
Everything sounded great the day that I set everything up (I used banana plugs for most of the connections). The next day, I had carpet installed. I demo'd the setup again that evening, and again it sounded great for about 30min. I left the room and came back 10 mins later and the sound had turned off. Today is much worse. I played some CDs in the aforementioned DVD player, and started to notice a crackle in the speakers. If I don't do anything, the 2307 goes into alarm before shutting itself off.
I've tried everything I can think of to trouble-shoot: Changed all of the terminations to just tightening them via the binding post, jiggled wires, reduced the number of speakers down to just the center one-by-one, disconnected everything from the receiver, dusting the receiver with an aircan, separated the power wires from the speaker wires, and checked for shorts over and over again.
The crackling death doesn't always come immediately. Sometimes it is immediate, other times, it takes 5 mins.
I'm out of ideas, and the tech support is closed. Please help. :o
Everything sounded great the day that I set everything up (I used banana plugs for most of the connections). The next day, I had carpet installed. I demo'd the setup again that evening, and again it sounded great for about 30min. I left the room and came back 10 mins later and the sound had turned off. Today is much worse. I played some CDs in the aforementioned DVD player, and started to notice a crackle in the speakers. If I don't do anything, the 2307 goes into alarm before shutting itself off.
I've tried everything I can think of to trouble-shoot: Changed all of the terminations to just tightening them via the binding post, jiggled wires, reduced the number of speakers down to just the center one-by-one, disconnected everything from the receiver, dusting the receiver with an aircan, separated the power wires from the speaker wires, and checked for shorts over and over again.
The crackling death doesn't always come immediately. Sometimes it is immediate, other times, it takes 5 mins.
I'm out of ideas, and the tech support is closed. Please help. :o