I think I have an unique problem. My a/v receiver shuts off, but why?
History:
-I have ran together my Denon 3808CI with two Focal Chorus 826V fronts, a Focal CC800 centre, two subs and 4 surrounds for over a year now. No problems at all until about 6 weeks ago. After pushing the a/v receiver for the first time for over an hour, it shut off. I understand that is normal, due to it warming up, and had no problem with that happening.
-The problem is that now the 3808CI shuts off at much lower volumes, and does it with the amp still being cool (ie seconds after turning it on) So I figured I fried something.....
-I had the amp sent to Denon tech centre, where they performed tests on it to confirm that I fried something. Problem is, (or not a problem really) that there turned out to be nothing wrong with amp. SO.............
-I decided that, (according to Denon tech anyway), that this avr isnt completely suitable to run my Focal speakers. (NOT what the salesman I bought all my home audio from claims, but that is a different story) So I bought an Emotiva external power amp (XPA-3) to run the focals, and figured that would solve all my problems.
-It didnt. The XPA-3 shut off as well as soon as I increased volume to around -15 Dbs on avr (which is not that loud, about as loud as a tv on full.)
-So I checked my 12 gauge speaker wires from end to end again, took off banana plugs and hooked wires directly with no shorts to terminals. This never helped. I checked the resistance of speakers : 4.5 ohms. (4.6 ohms thru 22' of wire)
-I checked the ohms while music was playing. At low volumes the meter bounced around 5.5 to 13 or so, at higher it went down between 2.2 to 30 ish. At the highest I can go before it shuts off, the meter displayed everything from 0.0 to 177. (bounced around like crazy) This is where I need help, I have no idea what this means. I basically have to assume the only thing left that could cause me problems is the speakers are 'broke'. They sound great however.
-Is there any other thing I can check regarding the speakers? The amp doesnt shut off at high volumes with my paradigm surrounds loud.
History:
-I have ran together my Denon 3808CI with two Focal Chorus 826V fronts, a Focal CC800 centre, two subs and 4 surrounds for over a year now. No problems at all until about 6 weeks ago. After pushing the a/v receiver for the first time for over an hour, it shut off. I understand that is normal, due to it warming up, and had no problem with that happening.
-The problem is that now the 3808CI shuts off at much lower volumes, and does it with the amp still being cool (ie seconds after turning it on) So I figured I fried something.....
-I had the amp sent to Denon tech centre, where they performed tests on it to confirm that I fried something. Problem is, (or not a problem really) that there turned out to be nothing wrong with amp. SO.............
-I decided that, (according to Denon tech anyway), that this avr isnt completely suitable to run my Focal speakers. (NOT what the salesman I bought all my home audio from claims, but that is a different story) So I bought an Emotiva external power amp (XPA-3) to run the focals, and figured that would solve all my problems.
-It didnt. The XPA-3 shut off as well as soon as I increased volume to around -15 Dbs on avr (which is not that loud, about as loud as a tv on full.)
-So I checked my 12 gauge speaker wires from end to end again, took off banana plugs and hooked wires directly with no shorts to terminals. This never helped. I checked the resistance of speakers : 4.5 ohms. (4.6 ohms thru 22' of wire)
-I checked the ohms while music was playing. At low volumes the meter bounced around 5.5 to 13 or so, at higher it went down between 2.2 to 30 ish. At the highest I can go before it shuts off, the meter displayed everything from 0.0 to 177. (bounced around like crazy) This is where I need help, I have no idea what this means. I basically have to assume the only thing left that could cause me problems is the speakers are 'broke'. They sound great however.
-Is there any other thing I can check regarding the speakers? The amp doesnt shut off at high volumes with my paradigm surrounds loud.