stereo speakers...

[Lemonada8]

i have 2 big speakers for my stereo reciever, however since they are older when i try to plug them in they cut out when the volume gets to loud. I have my speakers from my minisystem hooked up now and they work fine, any tips on how to fix this? they look complete, the foam is still all intact.. and is there anywhere to get them repaired? thx!

[johnnybigguns]

Check the ohms, Could also be the receiver if they are power hogs

[Lemonada8]

i know its not the reciever cause its the speakers that went originally went with it..

about the ohms, my 2 minisystem are 6 ohm, 100w... and the 2 other speakers are 8 ohm, 200w....

and on the back of the reciver it has this
a or b 6 ohm min/speaker
a + b 12 ohm min/speaker

so does that mean that each speaker has to be a min of 12 ohms or the total ohms of the speakers combined has to more than 12 or add up to 12?

and can i put the same speakers in the same spot? jus intertwine the speaker wires?

or maybe the wires are reversed? cause my wire is a clear wire.... so can they be reversed? (the lil red and black ports)

[johnnybigguns]

I believe the a+b would mean both channels driven together must have a minimum of 12ohm total load.
If the wires are reversed its shouldn't matter it will just change the phase of the speakers

[johnnybigguns]

On my reciever if I crank it will all channel driven it will cut out to so when I crank it I have to turn my surrounds off and just run my towers then I can max her out. and thats on a $1700 receiver and $4500 set of towers

[IM708]

What I can think of:

Seems like your putting too big of speakers on an underpowering reciever.

Wire sucks

Your receivers transformer is shot or the speakers are blown.

[DSM4Life]

[Bojangles69]

i have 2 big speakers for my stereo reciever, however since they are older when i try to plug them in they cut out when the volume gets to loud. I have my speakers from my minisystem hooked up now and they work fine, any tips on how to fix this? they look complete, the foam is still all intact.. and is there anywhere to get them repaired? thx!

If the speakers shut off completely is most likely a problem with the reciever.
If the speakers don't distort or color the sound before they "cut out" then chances are the speakers aren't blown.
If as the bass gets louder the speakers start to stutter and make a twitching sound than one of the wires running up the cone has been knocked loose from the woofer overdriving.

In that case check the wires, pull on them slightly as they are connected with sound coming out and see if the sound stutters out. If so, just resolder the wire. If no wires are loose your basically fvcked.

[FallenWyvern]

I have no idea what is wrong with your system but lower ohms is harder on the amp and the speakers will sound louder and the amp will be running hotter.

6 ohms speakers should be louder but your amp will be running hotter, if it is stable at 6 ohms.

At the end of the day I think it is your amp.

If you have your wires crossed the speakers will be out of phase and the bass performance will suffer. If the are both crossed this isn't an issue.