I was looking for the speaker thread but can't find it. May be this is the better place to ask anyway..
I've got a pair of Technics sbeh600 speakers. Very old but quite nice. Am now on the second amp where the sound keeps cutting out on one speaker. Have switched the wires around and the problem is with the amp. Had the exact same issue with my first amp.
Before I buy a new amp I just wanted to check that it isn't a combined problem with the wrong amp for the wrong speakers. Or anything else that I don't know about.
The problem is temp fixed, on both amps, by hitting the amp. So i'm thinking it's just a case of old amps falling to bits.
equinox_code "I need girls cornered and on their own"
Odd speakers. Looks like the were designed to be bi-wired into the original system, which is unusual for this level of kit.
I don't know how you currently have them cabled, or what sort of amp they're cabled to, but there's an outside chance that may be where the problem is as it seems strange to have the exact same problem with two different amps.
Anyway, the original manual with it's wiring diagram can be found here and may give you something to go on before you start spending money.
Cheers G. I had that whole system as a kid but I got rid of and kept the speakers. Forget exactly why. Think it developed a fault.
Still wired like original. Except all 4 wires per speaker are clipped into two holes in the amp instead of each wire having its own hole like the original amp.
This problem didn't arise for many years using my first replacement amp and I've had my second replacement amp for around a year before the problem started again.
equinox_code "I need girls cornered and on their own"
If the speaker have four posts then the gate would be on the speakers themselves, if you only use two cables you can use jumpers at the speaker end to make sure you get signal to both the tweeter and the woofer. If you're running two set of cable from each post on the amp then that should be doing the same thing, Just a little neater and easier to run short cable and join the top and bottom posts on the speaker
If it's just cutting out all the time, try running a pink noise generator through them. Chances are the gate on that speaker is slightly buggered and there's some frequencies that no longer get through either gate or just needs a little soldering due to a loose internal cable
"I spent years thinking Yorke was legit Downs-ish disabled and could only achieve lucidity through song" - Mr B
Had to read that 4 times to grasp what you meant. I really am clueless with audio. Think i've got it. Although, having switched the cables around, the issue (at least the main issue) is definitely with the amp as the speaker that cuts out changed when the cables were swapped.
I played some pink noise (via soundcloud) and it didn't affect the speakers.
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Headphone calibration software, really good bit of kit, used to only run from within Logic or Cubase but now anyone can make sure their cans sound as good as possible
"I spent years thinking Yorke was legit Downs-ish disabled and could only achieve lucidity through song" - Mr B
Not sure if this is the best place and I may have asked this already a while back but my old ipod broke and I need a new thing. Does anyone have suggestions for a replacement? No need for super audio quality stuff so hoping cost isn't astronomical.
Anyone got any reliable educational sources? I have found a few videos online but word of mouth is always good for these things as often the top hitters on YT are just flogging some music school.
At the moment I am just going up and down scales, getting used to the guitar, how it feels, moving my fingers etc.