Questions about the Monitors...

Solidate
Solidate Posts: 16
edited October 2010 in Speakers
So I recently upgraded to better speakers... (Coming from Z5500)

I bought 2x Monitor 60s
CS1 Center

And I got a BIC F12 subwoofer a long with a Denon 1611 Receiver.

(Planing to get Monitor 30's for rears next)

All is well but... For some reason I can sometimes hear a "popping" sound coming from the towers, especially during music. It sounds like I'm listening to one of those Vinyl players (Old stuff...)

Could it be that I'm under-powering them? The Denon says it does 75W@8ohm
Some kind of interference?
Maybe they got damaged in shipping?

I really don't know... but it worries me =/

Any help would be appreciated!
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  • TrashyTrucker
    TrashyTrucker Posts: 225
    edited October 2010
    Check ALL connections. Sounds like something is loose IMHO


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  • Trenchant
    Trenchant Posts: 28
    edited October 2010
    Whats your audio source? Retail CD, burnt CD, headphone jack to laptop/mp3 player, tv?
    Towers: Monitor 70's
    Center: CS2
    Rears: Monitor 30's
    Sub: MicroPro 3000
    Receiver: Pioneer VSX-D409
    Screen: Samsung 42" 720p
    All in a 12x12 bedroom...
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  • Solidate
    Solidate Posts: 16
    edited October 2010
    I don't think it's the connections... I tightened them up really hard. (Maybe too hard)
    Source is MP3's from PS3 HDD. (Mostly 196-320KBS)

    I tried messing around with the settings on my PS3 and I turned off Volume Equalizer and formats higher than 48Hz? And set it to Bit Map 2 (For the hell of it)

    Not too sure but I don't hear the popping now. Maybe there still is some here and there but I can't tell atm. I also put a limit on volume to -20db (Enough for me lol)

    Hopefully I don't hear it anymore...
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  • Solidate
    Solidate Posts: 16
    edited October 2010
    Also, any thoughts on why my Logitech Z5500's sound nearly the same as the Monitors?

    Am I just tone deaf or is my setup not correct?

    Could anyone give me some pointers on what I should check out in the setup? Thanks!
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  • Mon40CSMM10
    Mon40CSMM10 Posts: 161
    edited October 2010
    Try using a non-lossy audio source since MP3 is a lossy compression and can reveal its limitations with better speakers even at the higher bitrates.

    Also, if the pop sound disappears with the volume equalizer then it is possible that the equalizer was increasing levels to the point of clipping whenever the pop occurred.
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  • Solidate
    Solidate Posts: 16
    edited October 2010
    Clipping? That sounds bad...

    Would it damage the speakers?
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