hjali
Novice Member
Hello all!
Please bear with me as I'm pretty much a beginner to all this.
After years and years of thinking about it, I've only recently taken my first real (albeit very, very shoestring budgeted!) plunge into the world of hi-fi.
I've picked up a very old, and seemingly equally used setup that consists of a Technics SU-V90D amplifier along with Technics SL-P770 CD player. The accompanying speakers I picked up from the same gentleman are a pair of Mission 731's.
Please correct me if I'm wrong but is this what would be referred to as a thoroughly mismatched setup?
Anyhow, my question (for now ) is, if anyone could maybe help or guide me towards a straightforward yet conclusive way/method of testing out my amp (and speakers?). The problem I'm facing is that the amp and speakers sound pretty okay, until they don't! I feel like there are some distortions somewhere that I can't so easily identify. Then there are outright crackles at times that are unmissable. At other times there seem to be dropouts in one channel that come and go. Then there's the fact that I still don't know just how in order the speakers are either.
So, if you see my predicament, could anyone please guide me as to how I can further investigate and get to know this system, and try and identify exactly where the problems lie. I'm happy to DIY as I'm taking this purchase as more of a learning experience and first foray into both analogue & digital high(ish!?) end audio.
Here's how I'm listening at the moment: I'm primarily only listening through the amplifier's optical in, with output either coming from the CD player's optical, or through my TV's optical out. The TV is connected via HDMI to a Playstation 4 running spotify. Furthermore, last night I also attached another pair of speakers; a pair of Kenwood S-1M's. First on their own to compare with the 731's, and then along with them, the S-1M's being wired to the amp's "Main" channel, and the 731's attached to the "Remote" channel. Again, all playing simultaneously, they sound pretty okay until they don't.
How can I identify exactly what & where the problem(s) lie?
Please bear with me as I'm pretty much a beginner to all this.
After years and years of thinking about it, I've only recently taken my first real (albeit very, very shoestring budgeted!) plunge into the world of hi-fi.
I've picked up a very old, and seemingly equally used setup that consists of a Technics SU-V90D amplifier along with Technics SL-P770 CD player. The accompanying speakers I picked up from the same gentleman are a pair of Mission 731's.
Please correct me if I'm wrong but is this what would be referred to as a thoroughly mismatched setup?
Anyhow, my question (for now ) is, if anyone could maybe help or guide me towards a straightforward yet conclusive way/method of testing out my amp (and speakers?). The problem I'm facing is that the amp and speakers sound pretty okay, until they don't! I feel like there are some distortions somewhere that I can't so easily identify. Then there are outright crackles at times that are unmissable. At other times there seem to be dropouts in one channel that come and go. Then there's the fact that I still don't know just how in order the speakers are either.
So, if you see my predicament, could anyone please guide me as to how I can further investigate and get to know this system, and try and identify exactly where the problems lie. I'm happy to DIY as I'm taking this purchase as more of a learning experience and first foray into both analogue & digital high(ish!?) end audio.
Here's how I'm listening at the moment: I'm primarily only listening through the amplifier's optical in, with output either coming from the CD player's optical, or through my TV's optical out. The TV is connected via HDMI to a Playstation 4 running spotify. Furthermore, last night I also attached another pair of speakers; a pair of Kenwood S-1M's. First on their own to compare with the 731's, and then along with them, the S-1M's being wired to the amp's "Main" channel, and the 731's attached to the "Remote" channel. Again, all playing simultaneously, they sound pretty okay until they don't.
How can I identify exactly what & where the problem(s) lie?
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