Intermittent speaker problems

by Terry
(Oshawa, Ontario, Canada)

I bought an old set of speakers for the cottage at a garage sale. You know, the old heavy type with real wooden cabinets. When I hooked them up to the receiver and ran music through them, they still sounded great.

When I switch the receiver -- same receiver -- to broadcast the sound from the TV, one of the speakers hums so badly that you can't hear the TV over it.

I would have thought that the demands of music would be far greater than the demands of TV sound and if anything, it wouldn't have worked on music.

Any ideas?

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Hi

My first thought would be to look at the source of your TV audio, rather than the speakers.

If music plays fine through the speakers, then they will be ok for any type of audio.

However, check the audio connections you have from your TV source into the receiver (cable TV box?).

It is likely you have a faulty audio cable into the receiver rather than a problem with the speaker.

All the best.

Paul (Site Editor)

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