Topic: sony 3000es + b&w610i...static?!

[Simp-Dawg]

but now the speakers don't work on the adcom amp either.

[scervin]

nothing but static or music and static?  from which drivers? 

[Simp-Dawg]

tiny bit of music and mostly static in the left channel only.  didn't get anything out of the right.  i'm gonna get back into it tonight and see what i can figure out.  i had a problem with a blown fuse on the amp recently but got that fixed.

so the sony unit needs 8 ohm rated speakers?  what are some options?

[pfife]

Did the speakers work before you hooked them up to the Sony?

As far as 8ohm speakers go, I think the vast majority of speakers are 8ohms, and 4ohm'rs are more rare...

[Kyle]

Did the speakers work before you hooked them up to the Sony?

As far as 8ohm speakers go, I think the vast majority of speakers are 8ohms, and 4ohm'rs are more rare...

I have a set of B&W 601 (s1) and they are 8ohm...

[Simp-Dawg]

yeah the speakers worked before i hooked them up to the sony.  now they won't work with either.  the adcom *could* have problems though...

[Genghis Cougar Mellen Khan]

mine keeps saying code 11 protection.

A while back I read a thread on audioasylum (I think) about the 3000es - the early models did not have the plastic 'seal' on the back and many people had their unit lock up because a stray strand of speaker wire touched the unit and it shorted. Apparantly when this happened the unit locked up and said "code 11 protection" and had to be sent to Sony to be fixed.

Maybe the 4ohm speakers caused a similar situation...

From what I read it had to go to Sony to be fixed, but don't quote me on it.
Mine has to go to Sony to repair the hiss issue....

I can ditto that, my friend is a Sony dealer, they had to send a few of the first units they recieved back for that isolation problem, same exact thing.  He said they got them back with a fix that looked like Sony just put some silicone behind them to resolve the problem.  They stopped carrying the Sony ES in stock and push the Denon units more simply because they were tired of the return hassles. 

[jhirte]

FWIW I'm running my 3000es with a 6ohm load - no probs thus far.

[pfife]

any updates Simp?

[Simp-Dawg]

didn't have much time to play with it last night...but i turned it on and just get nothing out of the speakers.  i'm gonna open the adcom back up and look at the fuses again.  i have a feeling that's where the problem is but it just seems odd it would coincidentally go down at precisely the same time i decide to switch things around.  i'm fairly positive i didn't do anything that would cause problems...

[Nick's Picks]

I drive 6ohm speakers as well...but im' not sure exactly how well.


I want CIA D-200s!!

[Simp-Dawg]

ok...update.

it's the adcom that keeps blowing fuses, speakers are fine.  but, the sony still doesn't like the 4 ohm b&w's, but works fine with some 8 ohm shitboxes.  i can't figure out how to set the sony to go 4 ohm although it says it is rated for it on the back.

[twoodruff]

ok...update.

it's the adcom that keeps blowing fuses, speakers are fine.  but, the sony still doesn't like the 4 ohm b&w's, but works fine with some 8 ohm shitboxes.  i can't figure out how to set the sony to go 4 ohm although it says it is rated for it on the back.

it is rated for 4 ohm?

looking at the unit indicates impedance of 4-16 ohm

on the back bottom right it says that the back surrounds 4 ohm or higher, front A+B is 8 ohm or higher

[sygdwm]

ok...update.

it's the adcom that keeps blowing fuses, speakers are fine.  but, the sony still doesn't like the 4 ohm b&w's, but works fine with some 8 ohm shitboxes.  i can't figure out how to set the sony to go 4 ohm although it says it is rated for it on the back.

it is rated for 4 ohm?

apparently not, but it will take a 6ohm load. your DCM's are 6 ohm rated.

[Nick's Picks]

Doug told me specificaly that it will not drive 4 ohm speakers.
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