Hello all,
About three months ago I began building myself a stereo system. I am currently running an Emotiva XDA-1 pre-amp to two Emotiva UPA-1's. The amps are connected separately to a pair of Paradigm 5se's and I use an Xbox 360 Slim as my digital audio source.
Last night I was listening to music when my left speaker suddenly made a pop and a loud humming noise. I looked at the amp connected to that speaker and the power button was flashing orange with a red LED dot as opposed to the normal blue all over. I powered everything down, waited, and tried again with the same result. I disconnected the speaker and powered up again. This time there was no flashing light so I know the amp is fine. According to the UPA-1 manual the amp went into a 'protection mode' when it detects a short circuit. I switched out the speaker wire, checked for loose strands, and hooked up a different speaker to the same amp to eliminate the possibility that the amp was faulty. The other speaker (Paradigm MiniMk3) worked just fine without tripping the amp.
My conclusion is that the inner workings of the 5se have gone bad and need to be replaced. Unfortunately, I am a new audioholic and not at all familiar with these kinds of projects. Could anyone help me figure this out in terms of what I need to do to repair my beloved 5se's? Whatever needs to be done I will likely do on both so that this doesn't happen again with the other one.
Thanks in advance,
Alabaster
About three months ago I began building myself a stereo system. I am currently running an Emotiva XDA-1 pre-amp to two Emotiva UPA-1's. The amps are connected separately to a pair of Paradigm 5se's and I use an Xbox 360 Slim as my digital audio source.
Last night I was listening to music when my left speaker suddenly made a pop and a loud humming noise. I looked at the amp connected to that speaker and the power button was flashing orange with a red LED dot as opposed to the normal blue all over. I powered everything down, waited, and tried again with the same result. I disconnected the speaker and powered up again. This time there was no flashing light so I know the amp is fine. According to the UPA-1 manual the amp went into a 'protection mode' when it detects a short circuit. I switched out the speaker wire, checked for loose strands, and hooked up a different speaker to the same amp to eliminate the possibility that the amp was faulty. The other speaker (Paradigm MiniMk3) worked just fine without tripping the amp.
My conclusion is that the inner workings of the 5se have gone bad and need to be replaced. Unfortunately, I am a new audioholic and not at all familiar with these kinds of projects. Could anyone help me figure this out in terms of what I need to do to repair my beloved 5se's? Whatever needs to be done I will likely do on both so that this doesn't happen again with the other one.
Thanks in advance,
Alabaster
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