Home Cinema System - Broken Speakers Dilemma!!
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Hi all,
I recently purchased an Onkyo HTS3405 home cinema pack (AV receiver & speaker package) ...which I bought around 10 days ago and have been very impressed with in my new home. This weekend past I had a housewarming party which got a bit carried away and some drunken fool turned up the amp (which was amplifying a stereo signal from an iPod) to a silly level. As such, front left and front right speakers now crackle and rattle...particular noticeable on surround sound signals for voice (e.g. commentary on Sky Sports HD). This is annoying. I moved the rear left and rear right surround speakers to the front to see if they worked...and they did..so I know it's the individual speakers which are on their way out.
I feel too guilty to make a warranty claim as I know it's user inflicted, so I now have three option:
1) Try and find suitable components to fix the inside of the front left and front right speakers.
2) Replace front left and right speakers with some better ones as I've heard the Onkyo ones aren't amazing. I know the current speakers are 120W 6 Ohms rated. If I took this option and replaced them...what speakers would be good and would work with the AV receiver? Any recommendations without spending a fortune? I'd like to keep costs below £100 as I have just shelled out for a 46" telly and the surround sound!!
3) Replace the whole speaker package (sub plus 5 speakers) with something better from eBay and keep the Onkyo AV receiver as it is.
I'm tempted by option two...but I am unsure as to what would be the best solution so if somebody could make some recommendations which will be simple to just plug into the system (and maybe sound better... ) that would be most appreciated.
Thanks very much for reading and all suggestions are welcome
Cheers,
Alex
I recently purchased an Onkyo HTS3405 home cinema pack (AV receiver & speaker package) ...which I bought around 10 days ago and have been very impressed with in my new home. This weekend past I had a housewarming party which got a bit carried away and some drunken fool turned up the amp (which was amplifying a stereo signal from an iPod) to a silly level. As such, front left and front right speakers now crackle and rattle...particular noticeable on surround sound signals for voice (e.g. commentary on Sky Sports HD). This is annoying. I moved the rear left and rear right surround speakers to the front to see if they worked...and they did..so I know it's the individual speakers which are on their way out.
I feel too guilty to make a warranty claim as I know it's user inflicted, so I now have three option:
1) Try and find suitable components to fix the inside of the front left and front right speakers.
2) Replace front left and right speakers with some better ones as I've heard the Onkyo ones aren't amazing. I know the current speakers are 120W 6 Ohms rated. If I took this option and replaced them...what speakers would be good and would work with the AV receiver? Any recommendations without spending a fortune? I'd like to keep costs below £100 as I have just shelled out for a 46" telly and the surround sound!!
3) Replace the whole speaker package (sub plus 5 speakers) with something better from eBay and keep the Onkyo AV receiver as it is.
I'm tempted by option two...but I am unsure as to what would be the best solution so if somebody could make some recommendations which will be simple to just plug into the system (and maybe sound better... ) that would be most appreciated.
Thanks very much for reading and all suggestions are welcome
Cheers,
Alex
Thanks guys, I have disconnected the offending speakers and will take them down to Richer Sounds this evening to see what they can do about them.
In the mean time I have improvised with some Eltax speakers I'd forgotten I had brought with me to the new house. They're a lot bigger and floor standing rather than bookshelf but they've really beefed up the sound so I'm a lot happier than I was to begin with! Will still try and get the other two sorted out though as it would be handy to have replacements if the rears ever went wrong.
In the mean time I have improvised with some Eltax speakers I'd forgotten I had brought with me to the new house. They're a lot bigger and floor standing rather than bookshelf but they've really beefed up the sound so I'm a lot happier than I was to begin with! Will still try and get the other two sorted out though as it would be handy to have replacements if the rears ever went wrong.
900T-R said:
Lots of stuff which I feared (but think I knew!) was the case...!!
Bugger. Oh well, at least I have a tenable solution in place at the moment which has actually improved the sound quality. I'm assuming the Onkyo one box system for which I paid £270 is more about the receiver than it is the speakers? (i.e. are they a bit s
t?)@CouncilBaby...really..the whole system? That's a LOT of effort when it's all wired in very neatly
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