I was hoping to get some advice here as I haven't had much luck so far. I purchased an Onkyo NR7100 to use in my home theater setup a few months ago, I went through the auditioning process for speakers with wharfedale evo 4.4's and Revel f36's before settling on a pair of Focial Vestia No. 3's along with a matching center channel. The issue is that the Focal's seem to pick up a white noise out of the tweeters which stems from the Left/Right channel terminals of the Onkyo when in any listening mode besides the Pure/Direct mode, I've included a video below for reference.
I recently sent out the receiver for service as I had assumed that there was something wrong with the receiver given the fact that the noise did not come from whatever speaker was connected to the center channel terminal but the shop tested the receiver and the noise levels were within the norm of an identical receiver the repair shop had on site. So if nothing is wrong with the receiver that begs the question and please excuse my layman terms, I'm still very new to this world but is it possible the focals are "too sensitive" for this receiver and I need to go with a higher end one?
I was looking at refurbished Marantz Cinema 50's or Denon x3800h's as I wanted the ability to utilize Dirac Live like I did with the Onkyo's but I also do not want to go on a wild goose chase and spend an extra $1xxx dollars on a receiver if my assumption that the focals are too sensitive for some receivers is incorrect.
Any help and guidance would be greatly appreciated! I'm also open to other receiver recommendations as Dirac Live isn't an end all requirement so I'm not sure if a lower priced model Marantz/Denon would also suffice.
Video of the sound
I recently sent out the receiver for service as I had assumed that there was something wrong with the receiver given the fact that the noise did not come from whatever speaker was connected to the center channel terminal but the shop tested the receiver and the noise levels were within the norm of an identical receiver the repair shop had on site. So if nothing is wrong with the receiver that begs the question and please excuse my layman terms, I'm still very new to this world but is it possible the focals are "too sensitive" for this receiver and I need to go with a higher end one?
I was looking at refurbished Marantz Cinema 50's or Denon x3800h's as I wanted the ability to utilize Dirac Live like I did with the Onkyo's but I also do not want to go on a wild goose chase and spend an extra $1xxx dollars on a receiver if my assumption that the focals are too sensitive for some receivers is incorrect.
Any help and guidance would be greatly appreciated! I'm also open to other receiver recommendations as Dirac Live isn't an end all requirement so I'm not sure if a lower priced model Marantz/Denon would also suffice.
Video of the sound
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