Hello Everyone. This is my first post, and I'm sad to say it is a tale of woe and misery.
I purchased the RSP 1068 and RMB 1095 at the end of December 2003 from a local dealer. This was my first foray into separates, having found my Yamaha V1400 lacking in power to drive the rear channels. For the first couple of months, I was a happy camper. Then, in March, I noticed a buzz emanating from all 5 tweeters. The search for a fix began - we tried various power conditioners (after the usual switching and changing interconnects), but when the Monster HTPS 7000 failed to correct the buzz, I resigned myself to it, primarily because you had to get close to the tweeter to hear it, so it wasn't a huge deal. Then in June, the real trouble began. The right rear channel started, intermittently at first, to produce a distorted sound that was louder than the other channels. The dealer was at a loss. When I returned from a weeks vacation in early July, the right front channel was dead! Swithching cables from left to right moved the problem, so I sent the amp in to be checked out - no music for three weeks! Teh amp apparently checked out fine by the Ontario repair center, so I had to send in the processor. The Ontario repair center determined that there was some sort of major fault with the unit and had to send it to the US for repair (why call it a repair center when they can't fix a unit? Perhaps they should rename it the assessment center?). In any event, the amp was sent back and the dealer was able to lend me a Rotel RSP 976 processor and everything actually worked for the first weekend - I was able to use the OSD for settings and watch movies in surround again!
A week later, the intermittent distortion from the right rear speaker started up AGAIN! CAbles are fine, switching the cables moved the problem, swithcing interconnects had no effect etc, etc, etc.
Either I have the same fault on two separate Rotel surround processors from different years, or I have both a defective Rotel processor and a defective Rotel amp!
Has anyone experienced anything remotely similar to this? Any suggestions?
I am at the point where I want to just give up and start all over again with another manufacturer - and that's a whole new world of headaches!
Yours in agony!
Nick Danger
*wouldn't it be cool if your name really was Nick Danger?*
I purchased the RSP 1068 and RMB 1095 at the end of December 2003 from a local dealer. This was my first foray into separates, having found my Yamaha V1400 lacking in power to drive the rear channels. For the first couple of months, I was a happy camper. Then, in March, I noticed a buzz emanating from all 5 tweeters. The search for a fix began - we tried various power conditioners (after the usual switching and changing interconnects), but when the Monster HTPS 7000 failed to correct the buzz, I resigned myself to it, primarily because you had to get close to the tweeter to hear it, so it wasn't a huge deal. Then in June, the real trouble began. The right rear channel started, intermittently at first, to produce a distorted sound that was louder than the other channels. The dealer was at a loss. When I returned from a weeks vacation in early July, the right front channel was dead! Swithching cables from left to right moved the problem, so I sent the amp in to be checked out - no music for three weeks! Teh amp apparently checked out fine by the Ontario repair center, so I had to send in the processor. The Ontario repair center determined that there was some sort of major fault with the unit and had to send it to the US for repair (why call it a repair center when they can't fix a unit? Perhaps they should rename it the assessment center?). In any event, the amp was sent back and the dealer was able to lend me a Rotel RSP 976 processor and everything actually worked for the first weekend - I was able to use the OSD for settings and watch movies in surround again!
A week later, the intermittent distortion from the right rear speaker started up AGAIN! CAbles are fine, switching the cables moved the problem, swithcing interconnects had no effect etc, etc, etc.
Either I have the same fault on two separate Rotel surround processors from different years, or I have both a defective Rotel processor and a defective Rotel amp!
Has anyone experienced anything remotely similar to this? Any suggestions?
I am at the point where I want to just give up and start all over again with another manufacturer - and that's a whole new world of headaches!
Yours in agony!
Nick Danger
*wouldn't it be cool if your name really was Nick Danger?*
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