Crackling/Static Sound from both L800 Speakers
nooshinjohn
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Just as the title states, I am getting a crackling sound from both left and right L800's... the noise is confined to the tweeters, and in a very narrow frequency range, so the noise can be every intermittent depending on the music choice. The noise sounds like the sound you would hear from an old television set when you were tuned to the wrong station or after a channel signed off for the night, but only in very short bursts when music happens to be in that frequency range.
The problem occurs in both speakers with music from a digital source and sent across RCA's to the Arcam. The problem does not exist over HDMI. I have eliminated the tube amps, DAC and SACD player, USB cables, RCA cables. HDMI out from my computer to the Arcam has no problems. I tested the speakers by using the L900 modules for test purposes, and the noise travelled to them as well. Unless I am missing something, it would appear that the computer is causing the issues or the Arcam is.
Do you guys see anything I may have missed?
The problem occurs in both speakers with music from a digital source and sent across RCA's to the Arcam. The problem does not exist over HDMI. I have eliminated the tube amps, DAC and SACD player, USB cables, RCA cables. HDMI out from my computer to the Arcam has no problems. I tested the speakers by using the L900 modules for test purposes, and the noise travelled to them as well. Unless I am missing something, it would appear that the computer is causing the issues or the Arcam is.
Do you guys see anything I may have missed?
The Gear... Carver "Statement" Mono-blocks, Mcintosh C2300 Arcam AVR20, Oppo UDP-203 4K Blu-ray player, Sony XBR70x850B 4k, Polk Audio Legend L800 with height modules, L400 Center Channel Polk audio AB800 "in-wall" surrounds. Marantz MM7025 stereo amp. Simaudio Moon 680d DSD
“When once a Republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil.”— Thomas Jefferson
“When once a Republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil.”— Thomas Jefferson
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I have also tested the SACD player into the same input as the computer uses, and the static is still present, so in my mind, that eliminates all sources and cables... the problem once again appears to be the Arcam....The Gear... Carver "Statement" Mono-blocks, Mcintosh C2300 Arcam AVR20, Oppo UDP-203 4K Blu-ray player, Sony XBR70x850B 4k, Polk Audio Legend L800 with height modules, L400 Center Channel Polk audio AB800 "in-wall" surrounds. Marantz MM7025 stereo amp. Simaudio Moon 680d DSD
“When once a Republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil.”— Thomas Jefferson -
That was my first thought.the problem once again appears to be the Arcam....Political Correctness'.........defined
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Problem solved... There are settings for time delays within the Arcam, and those used for the CD input were not matched properly. Correcting this solved the problem.
The Gear... Carver "Statement" Mono-blocks, Mcintosh C2300 Arcam AVR20, Oppo UDP-203 4K Blu-ray player, Sony XBR70x850B 4k, Polk Audio Legend L800 with height modules, L400 Center Channel Polk audio AB800 "in-wall" surrounds. Marantz MM7025 stereo amp. Simaudio Moon 680d DSD
“When once a Republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil.”— Thomas Jefferson -
How do you go about determining the correct setting?I disabled signatures.
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How do you go about determining the correct setting?
You just need to play around with it.The Gear... Carver "Statement" Mono-blocks, Mcintosh C2300 Arcam AVR20, Oppo UDP-203 4K Blu-ray player, Sony XBR70x850B 4k, Polk Audio Legend L800 with height modules, L400 Center Channel Polk audio AB800 "in-wall" surrounds. Marantz MM7025 stereo amp. Simaudio Moon 680d DSD
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That's what she said.
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Glad you got it solved right away.
LOL... took me 7 hours to finally figure it out!
The Gear... Carver "Statement" Mono-blocks, Mcintosh C2300 Arcam AVR20, Oppo UDP-203 4K Blu-ray player, Sony XBR70x850B 4k, Polk Audio Legend L800 with height modules, L400 Center Channel Polk audio AB800 "in-wall" surrounds. Marantz MM7025 stereo amp. Simaudio Moon 680d DSD
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Gotta love technology.
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I disabled signatures.
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mhardy6647 wrote: »Gotta love technology.
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mhardy6647 wrote: »Gotta love technology.
No school like the old school...
dude...
When we've got cracking static here, I know where it's comin' from...
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