Speaker problem - Center Channel cuts out - Please Help

[jrmsoccer]

Hello everyone,

I own a Bose Lifestyle speaker system and an Onkyo receiver. I have Bose speakers in 5 areas of my den as well as a Bose subwoofer and I notice the center channel cutting out when someone sits down in a certain area on my sofa.

When I crank up the volume, it goes back on sometimes, but I would like to find the solution to this problem (other than not having someone sit on that spot on my sofa )

I use Monster cables going from the subwoofer to the 3 speakers in the front of the room and regular lampwire going to the rears. Please let me know whatever additional information you need so that you can help me fix this problem.

Thank you all in advance for your time and asisstance,

B

 

[mtrycrafts]

Hello everyone,
I own a Bose Lifestyle speaker system and an Onkyo receiver. I have Bose speakers in 5 areas of my den as well as a Bose subwoofer and I notice the center channel cutting out when someone sits down in a certain area on my sofa. B

This is interesting and a good clue, I think. What is under that sofa? Any of the wires? Have you rechecked all the wire connections? Swapped a speaker to the center to duplicate this problem that would eliminate the speaker being the culprit? Is that seat position constant? It happens when that position is occupied only?

 

[Sheep]

I agree. Go CSI on that couch and figure out whats casuing the problem. Switching the speakers and even 1 or 2 wires will also help determine the culprit.

If any thing is defective, just send it back. Bose is #1 in customer service.


SheepStar

 

[jrmsoccer]

What I tired

Hey all,

Thanks for writing back with your suggestions. There is nothing underneath the sofa except for carpet (the wires run along the floot parallel with the sofa - away from the seat).

I tried swapping the speakers and still had the same problem. I rechecked the wires but to no avail - perhaps it is worth checking again? The seat position is constant (the sofa is a big "L" shaped couch). Sitting in the sofa isn't the only time the center channel cuts out, but it is the most common time it does.

HELP! Would love to hear your suggestions.

Thanks, all.

 

[mtrycrafts]

Hey all,

Thanks for writing back with your suggestions. There is nothing underneath the sofa except for carpet (the wires run along the floot parallel with the sofa - away from the seat).

I tried swapping the speakers and still had the same problem. I rechecked the wires but to no avail - perhaps it is worth checking again? The seat position is constant (the sofa is a big "L" shaped couch). Sitting in the sofa isn't the only time the center channel cuts out, but it is the most common time it does.

HELP! Would love to hear your suggestions.

Thanks, all.

OK, let us know about those speaker wires, are they on top of the floor, under the rug? Are they attached in any ways to anything around the sofa? Can you temporarily move those wires to see if the seating still affects it?
Since the sitting in one specific place is the cause of cutting in and out, that causes some sort of interruption to the center channel signal. It doesn't take much at critical places to cause a problem, like a squeaky floor that moves a few thousandth of an inch and squeaks
Not knowing all the details of the setup, and even then, you would need someone on site to trace things through, again. Any other wires running near the sofa?

 

[Sheep]

Have you checked all your connections to the receiver and acoustismass module? If the cutting happens with the center channel, its going to be around the tv area, not the couch. Are you wires neat? Try to keep power cords separate from audio/video cords and speaker wire.

SheepStar

 

[mtrycrafts]

Have you checked all your connections to the receiver and acoustismass module? If the cutting happens with the center channel, its going to be around the tv area, not the couch. Are you wires neat? Try to keep power cords separate from audio/video cords and speaker wire.

SheepStar

But his problem happens consistently when someone is sitting in a certain seat position. That must be affecting a wire someplace to break connection, or sitting there has an effect on the speakers where a break occurs but that seating is the key factor causing something. Very curious.

 

[Sheep]

But his problem happens consistently when someone is sitting in a certain seat position. That must be affecting a wire someplace to break connection, or sitting there has an effect on the speakers where a break occurs but that seating is the key factor causing something. Very curious.

Thanks for writing back with your suggestions. There is nothing underneath the sofa except for carpet (the wires run along the floot parallel with the sofa - away from the seat).

He already said theres no wires under the sofa, it's probably most noticeable there as its where the center points no?

Unless that sofa is magical, I don't think it will cause a center channel to cut out by sitting down. All the wires for the center are away from it. Bah, just return the thing and get a new one, or something even better..

SheepStar

 

[mtrycrafts]

He already said theres no wires under the sofa, it's probably most noticeable there as its where the center points no?

Unless that sofa is magical, I don't think it will cause a center channel to cut out by sitting down. All the wires for the center are away from it. Bah, just return the thing and get a new one, or something even better..

SheepStar

Well, the sofa is not magical The wire runs parallel and may have some connection with the couch? When weight is on that one spot something is happening. He insists it only happens on that one spot. I cannot believe that the center is so directional that only that one spot is where it is heard.
Maybe another question for him to answer?

Actually, looking at his post again
I notice the center channel cutting out when someone sits down in a certain area on my sofa

he can hear it from another location when someone sits in a certain spot. That is how I read his post. I asked and he confirms that only that spot affects the speaker. So, with this info, I have to highly suspect the sofa in a manner yet to be discovered, no?
What do you think?

 

[Sheep]

Well, the sofa is not magical The wire runs parallel and may have some connection with the couch? When weight is on that one spot something is happening. He insists it only happens on that one spot. I cannot believe that the center is so directional that only that one spot is where it is heard.
Maybe another question for him to answer?

Actually, looking at his post again
I notice the center channel cutting out when someone sits down in a certain area on my sofa

he can hear it from another location when someone sits in a certain spot. That is how I read his post. I asked and he confirms that only that spot affects the speaker. So, with this info, I have to highly suspect the sofa in a manner yet to be discovered, no?
What do you think?

Now I'm just confused. Theres no wires under the couch, but they were beside it. Then he moved them, and it still does it. It's gotta be a wire problem, loose connection. The only thing possible is that a surround wire is getting pulled, and pulling on the harness going to the sub. Nothing else is possible. Maybe its because its a Bose center? They always were quiet. Maybe is a processing problem. Either way, just send the thing back, and get a new one, its not worth the trouble.

SheepStar