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Noise in one channel

Newbie here, both to the forum and to high quality home A/V.

I have a two year old Emotiva Fusion that was never used.  I just purchased KEF Q300 and Q600 and have some old Onkyo surrounds.  

Upon install, I have been hearing intermittent crackle/pop sounds from one channel (FL).  I assumed I had compromised speaker wire somewhere so to confirm I swapped Center and FL channels at the receiver.   The sounds followed the swap and began emanating from the Center channel.   I believe that points to the amp circuit from the receiver, does it not.

What are my options to fix or further isolate this?

thx,
Stevie
srbarnes4ever
czarivey
5,946 posts
 
i see. you might want to check/re-apply solder on input and output terminals of FL channel. re-apply to all of the inputs
if that won’t help, it’s perhaps noisy output transistors(or amp modules whichever applies). usually they may have hotter temperature than on all other channels.

srbarnes4ever OP
6 posts
 
My Emotiva receiver is still under warranty so I think I can either call in a warranty claim or get an amp and relieve the receiver of those duties....correct?
mechans
3,048 posts
 
Yes send them the receiver immediately! !!
srbarnes4ever OP
6 posts
 
Any feedback on how long their service takes?  I can't be down for weeks!!!  
srbarnes4ever OP
6 posts
 
Is it not cleaner power anyway to forego the power output of the receiver in favor of a separate amp?  I had been planning on the Emotiva A500 amp....any others that compare in terms of spec vs price?
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