|   Is my power bad? | Hairsonfire
Apr 28, 2003 3:05 PM | | I sincerely need help. As I am sitting here typing this I can hear the random "pops" and "clicks" coming from my Home Theater set up rear channel. I have trouble-shot this to death. Anything anyone can suggest I have probably tried already. Since moving into this new apartment (old house type) I have been having this problem. Picture this scenario. Amps on, Processor on; noise in rear channel. Switch inputs on processor so that the front speakers are acting as the rears, rears as the front . . . The random noise stays in the rear channels! Tried rerouting speaker cables so that they were not in the boundaries of the room . . . Nope. The only thing that I can think of would be some sort of interaction between the very long rear speaker cable (standard heavy gauge Monster type) and my power coming into the house. Went down in the basement with my big flashlight . . . Hell, I don't know what I am looking for. Would greatly appreciate anyone's suggestion as to what to do to remedy this. It's driving me NUTS! Incidentally, have swapped out speakers, interconnects, speaker cable, amps, unplugged all source components, even borrowed a Krell HTS processor. If I did call and pay for an electrician, what could they do? I feel like Lei Leu in the Fifth Element . . . Plaese . . . Help! |
| re: Is my power bad? | piece-it pete
Apr 30, 2003 7:08 AM | | Hello Hair!
If you've moved the receiver to a different room (even a different house!) & the problem goes away I'd try sheilded speaker wire. A quick google search of "sheilded speaker wire" hit plenty.
I really have no idea, though. If no one else here helps out, try audioasylum. Sooner or later you're bound to find someone who's had a similar problem.
Pete |
| Thanks Pete! | Hairsonfire
Apr 30, 2003 11:15 AM | | I rerouted the cables to just one side and it seems to have minimized the anomaly. I'll keep plugging away! |
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