I was fiddling with speaker cables behind my B&W 704, and I saw blue spark heard a loud popping noise 8O . It must have been a major arching since it even left a mark on the banana jack. I'm not sure one of the wires actually touched a terminal or not. Anyway, the speaker (right front) went dead. After switching the left and right channel connections at the RB-1070, left side went dead.
Now no sound comes out of right channel and everytime the speaker cable connected to the right channel touches the sperker terminals, it makes popping noise. I've never experienced such problem before. I know RB-1070 is a high current/voltage amp, but I didn't expect it to short out like that. Can anyone explain what might have happened? Do you think there was something wrong with the amp to begin with or was it something that I could have done wrong? I think the amp was just in standby mode, but I may have left the amp running while I was fiddling with the speaker cable.
The amp was less than two month old, and I still have warranty. But this was really a disturbing experience. Does anyone have a clue about what might have happened? Speaker sounds fine (as far as I can tell) when hooked up to my RSX-1056, but I'm wondering if this could have caused any internal damage to my B&W 704.
Also, could I get a new replacement amp from the dealer or is my only option getting it repaired? Thank god I'm still able to get by with RSX-1056 for now.
Now no sound comes out of right channel and everytime the speaker cable connected to the right channel touches the sperker terminals, it makes popping noise. I've never experienced such problem before. I know RB-1070 is a high current/voltage amp, but I didn't expect it to short out like that. Can anyone explain what might have happened? Do you think there was something wrong with the amp to begin with or was it something that I could have done wrong? I think the amp was just in standby mode, but I may have left the amp running while I was fiddling with the speaker cable.
The amp was less than two month old, and I still have warranty. But this was really a disturbing experience. Does anyone have a clue about what might have happened? Speaker sounds fine (as far as I can tell) when hooked up to my RSX-1056, but I'm wondering if this could have caused any internal damage to my B&W 704.
Also, could I get a new replacement amp from the dealer or is my only option getting it repaired? Thank god I'm still able to get by with RSX-1056 for now.
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