Yamaha RX-V1500 Receiver & Bose Acoustimass 10 Series II Speakers

[dmsj65]

Hi all,
First time posting here. Looking for a little help. I have the above items and just looking to get them up and running but something weir is going on. I have just about no volume when I hook these speakers up to this receiver. I used to have a Yamaha RX-V350 (I think) and the speakers worked well with that system, great sound. I thought I would upgrade to this receiver (thought bigger was better). I have to just about crank it to full volume to hear anything. I have reached to Yamaha but to avail for getting them working correctly. Just want to listen to vinyl and cassettes (I know, super old school) in the basement. I was trying not to spend any money on a new system or speakers but that does not seem to be my option now. Any help?
Thanks

 

[BMXTRIX]

It's a 14 year old product. It may just be dead. Yamaha doesn't really want to talk about a product which could have any number of electrical issues.

You will want to look up how to do a master reset of the receiver and do that.

Then, just hook up two speakers to it and see how it sounds.

What are you trying to play back? Have you gone through the full setup process?

I wouldn't worry to much about turning it up to hear it. Sometimes manufacturers change the way their volume works and you end up needing to turn it way up to get good volume. This doesn't mean anything is wrong. Just turn it up. If you don't have a lot of extra volume, then that could point towards a product issue.

The next step is to replace the Bose with speakers that have some balls.

 

[dmsj65]

It's a 14 year old product. It may just be dead. Yamaha doesn't really want to talk about a product which could have any number of electrical issues.

You will want to look up how to do a master reset of the receiver and do that.

Then, just hook up two speakers to it and see how it sounds.

What are you trying to play back? Have you gone through the full setup process?

I wouldn't worry to much about turning it up to hear it. Sometimes manufacturers change the way their volume works and you end up needing to turn it way up to get good volume. This doesn't mean anything is wrong. Just turn it up. If you don't have a lot of extra volume, then that could point towards a product issue.

The next step is to replace the Bose with speakers that have some balls.

Everything powered up fine. It was like there was a giant sound filter plugged in that only gave you 30% power/sound. You had really turn it up to hear anything like 80% volume to barely hear anything. Just started by listening to cds I think. It was a long time ago I tried but was wondering if anyone had seen/heard this before happening.
So if you were to keep the receiver, what speakers would you recommend to use with the system if I am thinking about 5.1 sound (on a tighter budget)? Just curious.
Thanks for the reply.
J

 

[lovinthehd]

If it's that far off from what another receiver did with those speakers I don't think I'd invest in speakers for the avr....

 

[dmsj65]

If it's that far off from what another receiver did with those speakers I don't think I'd invest in speakers for the avr....

True that. I guess I should drum up some different speakers first to see if this thing works at all. Might have been a lemon form the start and I just didn't think of that as I thought the speakers were just incompatible with this particular speaker set.

 

[lovinthehd]

True that. I guess I should drum up some different speakers first to see if this thing works at all. Might have been a lemon form the start and I just didn't think of that as I thought the speakers were just incompatible with this particular speaker set.

Yes, testing both avr and speakers to see what's at fault would be my next step. Just from your description I'd suspect the avr.

 

[BMXTRIX]

If you have two similar AVRs from the same manufacturer, and the speakers sound completely different, then it's the AVR at fault.

You should only put in the main left/right pair for any testing. Even one speaker may be enough.

Of course, if you are using the bass module, then that could be the thing that is screwing everything up. But, that would still be consistent among both receivers.

If it's only the one receiver, then it's likely the one receiver. Definitely reset it though. Also, if you can find a standard 8ohm speaker, then you should try that as well.

 

[dmsj65]

Well, learnt something new about my receiver 14 years later. You can change the impedence from 6 to 8 ohm. That made the difference. Hooked up one speaker just to hear if there would be a difference. It was night and day. Now gonna hook up the old turntable and cassette player and listen to some old vinyl and assorted tapes!!!! Thanks to BMXTRIX and lovinthehd for your replies and assistance.

 

[lovinthehd]

Hard to imagine the 6 to 8 ohm switch would make that sort of difference....were you testing at extremely loud levels? We generally advise to leave it at the 8 ohm setting, tho. Here's an article on it https://www.audioholics.com/audio-amplifier/impedance-selector-switch-1

 

[everettT]

Well, learnt something new about my receiver 14 years later. You can change the impedence from 6 to 8 ohm. That made the difference. Hooked up one speaker just to hear if there would be a difference. It was night and day. Now gonna hook up the old turntable and cassette player and listen to some old vinyl and assorted tapes!!!! Thanks to BMXTRIX and lovinthehd for your replies and assistance.

That's weird as it shouldn't have made the audible difference you describe. That switch is to limit current for difficult speakers. Are you sure it's not the bose acoustimass that is having an issue since it is the control for them?

 

[3db]

Maybe there is a short with the impedance switch that either diminshes the signal to the amplifier stage or partially shorts the output stage of the AVR.

 

[Mikado463]

were you doing your compare with tt/vinyl ? if so are you sure your new AVR has a phono pre built in ? if so, how much gain ? or are you using an external phono pre ?

 

[3db]

were you doing your compare with tt/vinyl ? if so are you sure your new AVR has a phono pre built in ? if so, how much gain ? or are you using an external phono pre ?

The RX-V1500 comes equipped with a phono input.

 

[Mikado463]

The RX-V1500 comes equipped with a phono input.

gotcha, but is it a phono input with gain or just a phono input ? I ask because a friend has a Pioneer Elite AVR with phono input and that's ALL it is.

 

[lovinthehd]

gotcha, but is it a phono input with gain or just a phono input ? I ask because a friend has a Pioneer Elite AVR with phono input and that's ALL it is.

He doesn't have an input level adjustment?

 

[Mikado463]

He doesn't have an input level adjustment?

I can't remember the model # of the the AVR but no. The TT feeds through a ProJect phono pre

 

[lovinthehd]

I can't remember the model # of the the AVR but no. The TT feeds through a ProJect phono pre

Hard to check without a model number. My Denon and Onkyo avrs with phono stages have such (and don't think my old Pioneer did but it did not have a phono stage that usually has me looking for such). But low levels and tts go hand in hand....

 

[3db]

gotcha, but is it a phono input with gain or just a phono input ? I ask because a friend has a Pioneer Elite AVR with phono input and that's ALL it is.

Its a phono stage meaning its equipped with gain and apply the RCIAA correction . It cant handle MM cartridges. I own one.

 

[lovinthehd]

Its a phono stage meaning its equipped with gain and apply the RCIAA correction . It cant handle MM cartridges. I own one.

It only accommodates MC cartridges?

 

[3db]

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