Funky smell from refurbed RTi A7s

Oblivion
Oblivion Posts: 5
edited September 2009 in Troubleshooting
I just got my new RTi A7s hooked up and have been enjoying them for a few days now. My only problem is a slight chemical smell coming from my speakers.

I only notice the smell when the speakers are working, and it gets fairly strong after playing loud video games or watching a movie. I'm thinking it's just normal manufacturing chemicals cooking off (outgassing?) because my speaks are new. I'm hoping the smell fades over time.

Is this normal? Is it toxic?

Has anyone else noticed this, and been bothered by it?
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  • SolidSqual
    SolidSqual Posts: 5,218
    edited September 2009
    My old RTi8s did this. I think you are just smelling burn-in, literally. That being said, no other speaker of mine has done that. Don't be alarmed unless it gets real bad and doesn't go away.
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited September 2009
    It'll go away soon.
    "He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you." Friedrich Nietzsche
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  • leroyjr1
    leroyjr1 Posts: 8,785
    edited September 2009
    The new smell will go away over time. My A9's and a5's have that same smell.
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  • danz1906
    danz1906 Posts: 5,144
    edited September 2009
    Just burning in the speakers.
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,554
    edited September 2009
    Has anyone else noticed this, and been bothered by it?

    You're kidding, right!?!
    Political Correctness'.........defined

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  • NJPOLKER
    NJPOLKER Posts: 3,474
    edited September 2009
    Maybe someone farted in the port!!
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  • Krazyz1
    Krazyz1 Posts: 256
    edited September 2009
    The resins in the manufacturing process are not " fully cured " and would guess that your NOT breaking them in as you would on a NEW set , and you are falsly curing the resin' I read this in a Tech book after rebuilds. Resin not completely cured and getting heated up again. Play it softer and give it more time and should go away.
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  • Oblivion
    Oblivion Posts: 5
    edited September 2009
    Yeah, they are smelling a little less funky now. My new Onkyo 876 has a different funk to it, and I just added a refurbed CSi A4, so I guess the stench will be with me for a while.

    With my luck, by the time the smell fades from all these, I will finally get a pair of surround speakers and the funk will begin anew.:rolleyes:

    I guess I'm the only one who's ever been bothered by it? I have never liked that "new car smell" or any kind of manufacturing chemical, I guess I'm just chemically sensitive. The smell was burning my eyes and making me gag for a day or two.:eek:

    It's good to know that the smell will fade over time, thanks for the reassurance guys.
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited September 2009
    Spray some cologne in the ports. :D`
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  • danz1906
    danz1906 Posts: 5,144
    edited September 2009
    I love the smell of burn-in in the Morning;)
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    Odyssey Mono-Blocs
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  • JimKellyfan
    JimKellyfan Posts: 696
    edited September 2009
    As long as it doesn't smell like formaldehyde you should be OK.
    Or worse yet ammonium for eclairs, before it is placed in the recipe.
    I was had once on that, here, tell me if this smells bad.
    And of course, we usually fall for it.
    At least I do.
    But, hopefully it doesn't smell like that.
    Ammonium, definitely takes your breath away for a bit.
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