I've got a 10 year old sony receiver connected to 2 home made speakers
and the left side speaker doesn't always work. Sometimes when i turn
the receiver on, there's no sound coming from that speaker, but if i
greatly increase the volume, it springs to life. I tried switching the
left and right speakers, but still experience the same problem.

The speakers have no internal electronics like crossovers, and i'm
wondering
if that's the main cause of the problem. They work fine with a 25 year
old 40watt Kenwood amp.

Thanks for any clues.

In article , Mark
Andrews wrote:

I've got a 10 year old sony receiver connected to 2 home made speakers
and the left side speaker doesn't always work. Sometimes when i turn
the receiver on, there's no sound coming from that speaker, but if i
greatly increase the volume, it springs to life. I tried switching the
left and right speakers, but still experience the same problem.

The speakers have no internal electronics like crossovers, and i'm
wondering
if that's the main cause of the problem. They work fine with a 25 year
old 40watt Kenwood amp.

If you swap the left and right speakers, and the left one still
does not work, then it isn't a speaker problem. It could be wiring.
Try swapping the right and left speaker wire at the amp end. If
the problem swaps sides. But more than likely, you are losing one
of the amplifier channels. With a 10 year old amp, and moving the
volume control fixes it, I suspect that you have dirty controls.
Try cleaning the controls with a good spray control cleaner.

-john-

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You didn't mention the model number of the receiver. If there is a safety
relay, check that the contacts are not intermittent. I have had this with
many safety relays in various amplifiers. If this is not the fault, or your
receiver does not employ a safety relay, check for loose connections, dirty
switches or controls, or a cold solder connection. It is also possible that
there is a failing component that is going intermittent.

In most cases, I have had the safely relay go defective (where one was
used).

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Jerry G. GLG Technologies GLG
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I've got a 10 year old sony receiver connected to 2 home made speakers
and the left side speaker doesn't always work. Sometimes when i turn
the receiver on, there's no sound coming from that speaker, but if i
greatly increase the volume, it springs to life. I tried switching the
left and right speakers, but still experience the same problem.

The speakers have no internal electronics like crossovers, and i'm
wondering
if that's the main cause of the problem. They work fine with a 25 year
old 40watt Kenwood amp.

Thanks for any clues.

On 8 Jul 2004 11:50:34 -0700, (Mark Andrews) wrote:

I've got a 10 year old sony receiver connected to 2 home made speakers
and the left side speaker doesn't always work. Sometimes when i turn
the receiver on, there's no sound coming from that speaker, but if i
greatly increase the volume, it springs to life.

This sounds like dirty or oxided switches in the receiver, for
instance the input selector. Try flicking the switches back and forth
10-20 times and see if that clears it. If it does, you can fix it by
opening the box and cleaning the switches. The same is true for the
safety relay as another poster reported.

Per.