Distortion!!

cstormes

In desparate need of help:

I'm a newbie @ home theatre systems. I'm 99% certain my connections (all monster cable) are correct.

I'm running:

Denon AVR-1803 receiver w/optical to my DVD
Polk Tower fronts (rt600s)
Cerwin-Vega Center (E-75C)
Polk sub (250)
Polk bookshelf surrounds (rti28s).

Problem is this: Everything sounds great except that I'm getting distortion from the 28s when I play DVD's. As everything is new (or almost new), I'm at a loss!

Anyone have any suggestions??

schumach

Are the speakers set to large or small?

cstormes

the 600s are set to LARGE, the 28s are set to SMALL.

cstormes

Anyone???

VE6OHV

I am running the same reciver w/RT35I rear surrounds - if the gain for the rear is set to max +12 then there is a small amount of noise present from the rear surrounds. Check your settings.

MxStYlEpOlKmAn

How loud you running them suckers?

phuz

The 28's are plugged into the rear surround channel right? What level are they set at on the receiver? +1? +4? Does it happen with all movies? All DSP modes (DTS/DD/Etc)?

cstormes

Yes, it happens in all modes, and I've gone as far as setting them as low as -3.

phuz

Ok well I'm stumped. What do you mean by distortion?

cstormes

There's a buzzing in the speaker. Sometimes a crackling. Rarely (almost never) crystal clear sound. Now
I'm not an audiophile, so I don't have through the moon expectations, but I know something isn't right here.

Now I just took the speakers and ran them as the fronts and still have the distortion. Should I assume that
SOMEHOW I got a bum pair of speakers???

ntculenuff

that would be my guess. take em back and get some new ones

cstormes

I just tried them as the only speakers on my old sony receiver (not THAT old--a 1999 model), and still
have this buzzing and clipping--mostly in the lower frequencies.

Frank Z

Take 'em back and get a new set.

cstormes

Ugh--was really hoping to avoid that but I think you guys are right. Thanks for everyone's time and advice.

jdavy

sound like they are blown to me

cstormes

Alright--so I returned them no problem. Got the new speakers hom and they sound amazing! Thanks everyone for their help!

Chris

danger boy

strange that both of them would be blown, but i guess it could happen. glad your new set sounds amazing. like polks are suppose to.