Well, I finally picked up new speakers (Defintive Technologies 7004 mains, CLR 2500 center, BP1.2 surrounds).
My buddy and I spend 5 hours re-wiring my living room, organizing the rats nest, etc.. I go to power on the reciever, and get "Protection error 21" and it powers off!
After doing some digging, I find someone who had the error doing what I am doing - the Def techs have built in powered subs, you have to split the LFE output w/a splitter for each sub. This guy pulled the subs off, and it powers on. THEN you reconnect the subs and they work w/o any error. I have the exact same scenario! WTF?!?!? I find it totally LAME to have to do this. Even if I have one channel connected I get the same thing. I've tried different cabling, splitters, etc..etc. no availl... GAR!!!
On a good note, after demo'ing some discs /DVDs I find I love these speakers... :) can't wait until they're broken in! but still, the whole reciever thing just dampened my whole evening.
I think Sony is getting a call tomorrow morning to see what the hell is up with this..
Has anyone else had this issue?
are they 8ohm?
Definitive Technology BP 7004 Speaker
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The BP7004 Bipolar SuperTower arrays each incorporate a cast-basket 5-1/4" bass/midrange driver and a 1" pure aluminium dome tweeter both front and rear The bass section incorporates a 10" active subwoofer driver and two 10" pressure driven infrasonic radiators driven by a 300-watt digital amp. The result is a relatively small speaker whose belies it's appearance.
Product Specifications
Freq. Response: 16 Hz — 30 kHz
Nominal Impedance: Compatible with 8 ohms
Rec. Assoc. Amp.: 20 — 300 watt/channel
Driver Complement: Two 5-1/4" high definition cast-magnesium basket polymer upper bass/midrange drivers. Two 1" pure aluminium dome tweeters with silk surrounds. One 10" long-throw subwoofer coupled to two 10" infrasonic radiators.
Efficiency: 92 dB
Dimensions: 6-5/8" W x 13" D x 42-1/4" H
Finish: piano-gloss black or golden cherry
8ohm from what the dealer told me.
This wouldn't affect the sub connection though ... atleast I wouldn't think it should.... very weird. Sony may be getting a call from me in a bit here...