This is my first post and I'd be grateful for any help with my quandary.
I've had a Pioneer VSX-516 Receiver for 7-8 years now and I've had a pair of Boston CR77 Bookshelf speakers and a powered subwoofer forever with it. It's been super. This Christmas, I upgraded my subwoofer to a new polk powered sub and added a used CRC7 Boston center channel speaker from the same line as my bookshelf's.
All the specs fit within the handling of the amps specifications as far as I could tell and when I hooked everything up and ran through the setup on the amp as per the manual, the center channel worked flawlessly with my bookshelf's.
Fastfoward three months to today. No sound from center channel. Nothing at all.
No matter what the setting I change on the receiver. Nothing.
If I go through the speaker test settings (where it cycles through each configured channel and gives static allowing you to set individual levels for each channel) -- the right and left and sub give full volume static -- and the center gives very faint low volume static. If I crank the gain on that center channel all the way up, it is hearable at least, but then when I go back to music or anything, nothing comes out of the speaker.
When I attach the center channel speaker to the left or right output, replacing one of the bookshelf speakers, it works fine.
Is something in my amp fried?
Is it fixable?
Is it worth having the local electronics guy look at for $25?
Am I overlooking something?
Thanks for any help!!
-Back in Stereo