soth Posted February 20, 2005 Share Posted February 20, 2005 Hi, got a question concerning the new synergy center channel speaker. I'm running an Denon 1804 receiver to a SC-2. The Denon receiver shows 90w x 6 at a 8ohm load. The receiver goes from -80 to +11 where +11 is the max volume. I'm watching DVD movies and sometimes the center channel will make loud popping noise. The volume is only on -20 also. I just purchased these speakers a few days ago BTW. Is this normal or are the SC-2's getting too much power somehow? Thanks, Soth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minn_male42 Posted February 20, 2005 Share Posted February 20, 2005 ---------------- On 2/20/2005 4:31:10 PM soth wrote: Hi, got a question concerning the new synergy center channel speaker. I'm running an Denon 1804 receiver to a SC-2. The Denon receiver shows 90w x 6 at a 8ohm load. The receiver goes from -80 to +11 where +11 is the max volume. I'm watching DVD movies and sometimes the center channel will make loud popping noise. The volume is only on -20 also. I just purchased these speakers a few days ago BTW. Is this normal or are the SC-2's getting too much power somehow? Thanks, Soth ---------------- there is nothing wrong with your speaker..... there IS some problem in your receiver and/or your DVD player.... IMHO.... the problem is in your receiver... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soth Posted February 20, 2005 Author Share Posted February 20, 2005 Oh, ok, hmmmm. Wouldn't it have made that noise before with the other speakers possibly? Which do you think it would be more than likely, receiver or dvd player? Oh, popping noise doesn't appear if I turn the volume down some. Man, I don't want to buy a receiver right now either Thanks Soth PS. BTW, how would I go about troubleshooting the problem and narrowing it down? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommyboy Posted February 20, 2005 Share Posted February 20, 2005 First, make sure you hooked it up correctly. To see if it's the speaker or the receiver, hook up one of your other speakers to the center channel. If it still does it, it's your receiver, if not, it's the speaker. Although I agree, and I also think it's your receiver. Does it do it on all movies, or just some? If it only does it on some of them, then your receiver may have a problem decoding the material. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soth Posted February 20, 2005 Author Share Posted February 20, 2005 Does it on all movies. Hooked my old center channel speaker back up and didn't do it at all. There are two sets of inputs for the speaker wires on the back of the sc2's. I hooked the wires up to the bottom set. What's the top set used for by chance? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soth Posted February 20, 2005 Author Share Posted February 20, 2005 Ok, I set all my speakers on my receiver to "small" and I turned to subwoofer on, even though I don't have one yet this won't hurt my receiver or speakers will it? I also connected the speaker wires to the HF terminals instead of the LF terminals on the center channel speaker as well. I don't hear any popping noises at all in the center channel speaker now. I can even turn it up louder and still no noises. What's your ideas? Thanks, Soth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMcGoo Posted February 20, 2005 Share Posted February 20, 2005 Soth, It looks like you were clipping your speakers. By setting them as small with a phantom subwoofer, you have lessened the load on your receiver. The lower bass frequencies take a huge amount of power. A high current receiver would help, but a subwoofer should probably be the next upgrade. As long as a subwoofer will not bother the neighbors, it would be an excellent addition. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soth Posted February 20, 2005 Author Share Posted February 20, 2005 Ahhh, makes sense. I'm not really that experienced in the home audio, although car audio i'm much more familiar with It won't do any damage to my receiver having the sub setting turned on, but with no sub correct? Also, what's a descent sub that puts out some good bass? I'd like to pay somewhere around 100-300 for now and then save up for a better sub in the future. Thanks guys. Soth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommyboy Posted February 20, 2005 Share Posted February 20, 2005 i'm not an expert on the subject, but i've been told it's bad to turn the sub on with no sub. What it's doing is sending a signal to nothing. Since there's nowhere for the signal to go, it could cause damage to your receiver. I don't know how true or false this, just what I've been told. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minn_male42 Posted February 20, 2005 Share Posted February 20, 2005 ---------------- On 2/20/2005 9:56:58 PM tommyboy wrote: i'm not an expert on the subject, but i've been told it's bad to turn the sub on with no sub. What it's doing is sending a signal to nothing. Since there's nowhere for the signal to go, it could cause damage to your receiver. I don't know how true or false this, just what I've been told. ---------------- no.... no truth at all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soth Posted February 21, 2005 Author Share Posted February 21, 2005 Thanks for all the help everybody! Soth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IAmtnbikr Posted February 21, 2005 Share Posted February 21, 2005 Go to eBay and search for a BIC H-100 sub. Got mine to my door for under $250. It has 150 w RMS and 500 w peak. Similar to the HSU STF-1 sub, and it was designed for BIC by Dr. Hsu. Unbeatable deal and great bang for the buck. Much better all around than my old KSW-12. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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