So before dragging a cable across the house to connect the AVR up to our refrigerator's chassis ground, I decided to bring my UPS over (which has a TVSS ground screw) and try using that for the grounding point.
I plugged the UPS into the wall (not the Furman, though I don't think it matters)...
Interesting! Okay, yeah, let me see what I can do. I've got some small gauge wiring lying around that I can probably use to fashion a ground. So I'll just run some cable from the phono ground pin to, let's say, the chassis ground on my refrigerator in the room over?
Currently the phono ground...
Bump. Hoping someone has some ideas for fixing this issue that I might be missing!
Or maybe someone out there has a nice set of passive speakers and really wants some KEF LS50Ws
I'm just about at my wits end trying to troubleshoot this.
Just moved into a new house, and added some new equipment in the move, so there are a lot of variables at play here. Despite that, I've tried to be methodical in tracking down the issue.
Issue:
When powering on the KEF LS50W speakers...
Moved the cables over to the Front Pre-Out jack, cranked up the volume on the KEFs, and sure enough: glorious sound!
Turns out I just had the KEFs (and the AVR) turned down too low when I initially had it hooked up. I'm sure there was some sound coming out when I first had it hooked up, but it...
Thanks for the prompt response!
Yeah, in my previous setup with the Integra AVR I had to use the volume control on the KEF speakers (via a universal remote that also controlled everything else, so it wasn't a pain), and the sub was controlled by the AVR volume control.
Now, adding in other...
Been lurking here for a while and finally got around to creating an account. I've just recently replaced my Integra DRX-3.3 AVR with an Onkyo TX-RZ50, and I'm adding some speakers to my setup.
I'm working with a weird, mismatched assortment of speakers in a 5.1 arrangement, plus speakers in 3...