HELP!! Need to set up speakers!!
I recently came across a pair of 400 Watt 3-way Speakers at a yard sale and was told they were in great working condition and they have been almost never used. I know the guy who was selling them so I trusted his word and bought them with intentions of using them to hook up to my laptop computer via an old Hitachi (100 W Max) reciever I had in my basement. However, when I hook them up all I get is some crackling and the random few seconds of good sound usually just from one of the speakers. What might the probablem be? Why can't I get good sound? I dunno much about this kind of thing, but I know that the speakers are not self powered, and that I have the Y-cable from my laptop to the reciever hooked up correctly and I'm pretty such I have both sets of wires from each speaker hooked up correctly. I found the wire with the reciever so it's kind of old. Could it be the wire? I have some new 16 gauge wire bought but didn't use it yet. Also I noticed that one of the fuses in the reciever were blown so I repalced all of them with new ones. Maybe the probablem is the reciever because like I said it is old.
Here are the specs for the speakers:
30 - 400 watts
4 - 8 ohms
107 dB/1W/1m (MAX)
Large Magnet Structure
Hi - Fi Dme Tweeter
And for the reciever:
Hitachi AM/FM Tuner Amplifier Model HTA-2
C.A./AC 120V 60 Hz 100W
8 ohms - 16 ohms/speaker
Any Help?? :confused5:
Trust me, the wire is not your problem.
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Originally Posted by red-head-87
what about wire? is 16 guage ok?
Your only option is to Isolate the problem by replacing either the speakers or the receiver.
that's the only way you'll find out where the problem lies.
Hey Red! What's the view like from under your bridge?
Lessee... A newbie who proclaims total ignorance of the subject, yet somehow seems to be familiar with biwiring?
Let's face it, Red. You're not really to get help with a problem, are you?