Turbo Dragon
Established Member
Hi All,
Tonight I started to smell something funny in my flat, couldnt figure it out for ages.
Then I noticed that one of my B&W 601 S2s had faint whisps of smoke coming out of it
Quickly powered everything off and disconnected and my tweeter ring appears to have melted and it was red hot on the speaker connections. The amp always seems quite warm and didn't seem any different tonight when I felt it
They are being driven by an Onkyo A-5VL that is roughly 12 months old, normally it is being fed my my PC via optical, I wasnt listening to anything at the time but it (and my PC) were powered on as usual.
I have had the speakers for years and they have been powered by several amps without problem.
Is this likely to be the speakers at fault or the amp and how can you check, don't really want to hook the left one up to test if its the amplifier output
Any thoughts greatly appreciated.......
Tonight I started to smell something funny in my flat, couldnt figure it out for ages.
Then I noticed that one of my B&W 601 S2s had faint whisps of smoke coming out of it
Quickly powered everything off and disconnected and my tweeter ring appears to have melted and it was red hot on the speaker connections. The amp always seems quite warm and didn't seem any different tonight when I felt it
They are being driven by an Onkyo A-5VL that is roughly 12 months old, normally it is being fed my my PC via optical, I wasnt listening to anything at the time but it (and my PC) were powered on as usual.
I have had the speakers for years and they have been powered by several amps without problem.
Is this likely to be the speakers at fault or the amp and how can you check, don't really want to hook the left one up to test if its the amplifier output
Any thoughts greatly appreciated.......