Originally Posted by
sdaniel
It was Sunday afternoon, listening to XM via DirecTV, when my brand new JBL LSR speakers started to scream and crackle. Before I could turn them off, one was dead, and the other smells burnt. The amplified subwoofer survived. They were playing a signal from a Sony TV’s ‘audio out’ jacks. I had the TV outs run to the subwoofer, and its outputs were sent to the now smoked LSR 6325's. It was a temporary setup, something to listen to while I finished the theater.
How could two brand new speakers, or anything, fail in the same way at the exact same time without ‘outside’ help?
As soon as I heard the sound, it thought we were having a thunderstorm because it sounded just like when the signal is lost due to clouds, only it went on for about three seconds and got real loud, instead of being a quick ‘chirp’.
So, DirecTV was polite and said they would investigate, but also pointed out that a lot of people would have heard it, and there would be more damage. True, but other equipment may have not been as sensitive, and just played on.
So I ask this group if they had any problems or have any ideas as to what happened?
Thanks!