Extending a speaker lead - will it damage the amp?

s_b

it is quite possible you have overloaded the speakers with this new amp and the voice coils are now damaged causing this banging
of course it could also be a fault with the amp
i suggest as already suggested you swap these speakers for anothe pair and see what happens
obviously the amp could damage these too if its dumping voltage so dont use the spendors
by the way i thought richersounds employed better staff than you have spoken to,i guess its because they are more into lifestyle tv than hi fi,
send an email to the hairy one direct

vikramrkin

Just spoke to Onkyo customer care. They said because I have spliced and joined the speaker, that immediately invalidates the warrenty!! He did say that doing that can damage the amp as well.

Their manual or any other litrature that came with the system doesnt talk about this. I am really concerned about this now. Richer sound said they can swap it for a refurbished one. But considering the fact that mine was bought only 4 days ago, I dont want a second hand system.

googler

vikramrkin wrote: »

Now, after two days, the speakers are making a clicking noise each time I change the channel/play or pause from sky+ box. Richer sounds is saying that I may have damaged the amp by joing the cable. Is that true or they are just taking me for a ride?

Have you tried any other sources with the amp? Tuner, CD, cassette deck, etc.?

If so, do you get clicking noises with these?

If this ONLY happens when one of three events happens on the Sky Box, it sorta suggests the Sky box is at fault, not the amp.....

Do you get the same noise through headphones, instead of the speakers?

Also, are you getting this noise through all the speakers, or just the extended one? If there was a problem with the extension, wouldn't it be likely to damage just that one channel?

However, you can only damage the amp by wilfully shorting the speaker output - merely adding some extra cable, properly connected and insulated, will NOT damage an amp.....

Hammyman

vikramrkin wrote: »

Richer sounds is saying that I may have damaged the amp by joing the cable. Is that true or they are just taking me for a ride?

Thanks
Vikram

They're taking the michael.

Hammyman

vikramrkin wrote: »

Just spoke to Onkyo customer care. They said because I have spliced and joined the speaker, that immediately invalidates the warrenty!! He did say that doing that can damage the amp as well.

Their manual or any other litrature that came with the system doesnt talk about this. I am really concerned about this now. Richer sound said they can swap it for a refurbished one. But considering the fact that mine was bought only 4 days ago, I dont want a second hand system.

It cannot damage the amp just splicing in wire. The only way you can damage the amp is to have both the + and - cable core joined together and then whack on the volume for a duration.

And unless there's a plug on the end of the speaker which you cut off to extend it then Onkyo don't have a leg to stand on regarding the warranty claim as it is an unfair term.

And you can tell them a qualified electronics engineer with 25 years experience told you that and send em my way.

aliEnRIK

Hammyman wrote: »

It cannot damage the amp just splicing in wire. The only way you can damage the amp is to have both the + and - cable core joined together and then whack on the volume for a duration.

And unless there's a plug on the end of the speaker which you cut off to extend it then Onkyo don't have a leg to stand on regarding the warranty claim as it is an unfair term.

And you can tell them a qualified electronics engineer with 25 years experience told you that and send em my way.

Completely agree with that

spud17

I've not damaged any amps either, and I've been extending speaker cables since around 1970.
Even twisting wires together and using sellatape when I didn't have insulating tape. (That was years ago).

Hammyman

Likewise although not as long. And amazingly we didn't blow anything up despite it having far less protection than they do now.

vikramrkin

Thanks everyone for your valuable replies. I am in touch with richer sounds again on this issue and will post an update once I hear from them.

Thanks
Vik

aliEnRIK

Is it just the rears that are 'clicking' or all of them?