Problem with Sony STRDE575

[scasarano]

Hoping someone can help me. It seems that my surround speakers keep cutting in and out. I'm positive its my receiver b/c I hear a small click (the same click the receiver makes when I turn it on) when the speakers cut out. Anyone have a similar problem?

 

[j_garcia]

Time for a new receiver. It's dying, and you can do much better than Sony's DE line of receivers.

What's your price range? I'd recommend looking into something like the Onkyo TX-SR503 or TX-SR602 (603 coming soon), Marantz SR4500, Harman Kardon AVR-235, and probably the offerings from Denon, Yamaha and Pioneer too.

 

[Buckeyefan 1]

Hoping someone can help me. It seems that my surround speakers keep cutting in and out. I'm positive its my receiver b/c I hear a small click (the same click the receiver makes when I turn it on) when the speakers cut out. Anyone have a similar problem?

Make sure your speaker wires aren't touching at the rear of the speakers, or at the back of the receiver. It sounds like a short, and the unit is going into protection mode.

 

[j_garcia]

If only the rear speakers are cutting out, then it probably isn't a wire short, and the whole unit would go into "protect", at least the ones I've see did. This sounds like something different, but it can't hurt to check your connections.

 

[scasarano]

I watched a movie last night and did not have any problems. I'll check the wires though. I guess if it dies my price range is around $250 - $300. I don't have a really big living room and have been pretty happy w/ my Sony up until now. I guess I'm not a super serious audio/videophile, just like to have movies / XBox in DD.

 

[JuandelPueblo]

I just buy a new sony str-de898 is nice soun a lot of good features and is in the price range. look it yourself! and if like sony your goin to like this one .

 

[S.R. Johnson]

no likey sony

For the previous poster, for the same amount of money you paid for your sony receiver, you could have bought a better receiver other than that sony.

I hate to burst your bubble but sony is NOT a great receiver in these neck of the woods!

 

[j_garcia]

I hate to burst your bubble but sony is NOT a great receiver in these neck of the woods!

Any neck of the woods...

 

[Cygnus]

I must agree...I dispise Sony's receivers and CD players and DVD players. They make good TV's though!

 

[jaxvon]

And good headphones if you're willing to lay out the cash (MDR-7506 or MDR-V6, about $100). Great, reference quality headphones.

 

[scasarano]

OK so back to my receiver. Things now seems to be getting worse. I checked the connections in the back and they are fine. Also, when I tap the top of the unit, I can hear the "click" when the unit turns the surrounds on/off again. It seems to be happening more often now that I lose sound from the surrounds. I fear my receiver may be on its last legs even though its only 3 years old. Is this common? I'd hate to think I'm going to need to buy a new receiver every few years.

 

[scasarano]

I just read a post about someone having what sounded like a similar problem saying that they had a "short in the wire". And all they did was replace the speaker wire. Does this sound like it could be my prob?

 

[j_garcia]

The easy way to find out is to remove all of the surround speaker wires from the receiver, then add each one back, one at a time, and see if the problem exists with only one speaker. It's possible, but usually a wire short would cause the whole receiver to go into "protect" mode.

Did anyone ever ask what speakers you have as surround and what their specs are?

 

[scasarano]

My surrounds are Yamaha satellites (100 W max, 6 ohm)