Please help: Something wrong with my spkrs


Hello, My speaker is making noise everytime I turn the amplifier on and off. It's just happened since last night, and it's got worse everytime I turn the amp on and off. Noise get louder and longer (about 5 seconds), and it happends just after I hit the on off button of the amp. The noise is like Pop and Chiu...(sound like lasser gun in Star trek). Noise still happend eventhough the preamp, and cd are off. I also changed the speaker wire but it still the same. My Classe amp is 150channel (briged), and my Jmlab handle 100w max. I've kept the vollum the same for over 3 months (nerver go over -19db), so I don't think my woofer is blow off because of too much power. Does anyone have any ideas what's going on? Thanks for you help DT
worldcup86
You might want to be very careful in telling Classe that you opened the amp up. This may void the warranty! I have a Classe amp and while I love them there customer service was a little cool. Call them and describe the problem and maybe they will tell you to go ahead and open it up. It may be that they will know what it is and that it may be as simple as repacing 2 fuses and therefor authorize you to open it. Be careful and Good Luck!
I could blow out a fused anvil but I noticed in your post the reference to the problem occurring shortly after you switched to bi-wire cable. A defect in them could be causing a short, right guys?
I would also check where the cables go into the speaker and make sure they are not touching. It the posts are close its hard to seperate the bulk wires and connectors sometimes. I would also find out why before replacing fuses. I replaced a fuse once and the amplifier blew up. If I found the reason first it wouldnt have happened.