speakersuggestion
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Hello,
yesterday I received my Topping D10 Balanced DAC and connected it to my Yamaha MSP7 STUDIO speakers using balanced cables. I ordered it to fix PC static noises I'd get when playing CSGO:ZE, DayZ and even from moving the mouse using my mainboard's audio, not for "Hi-Res" audio, 16bit/44110Hz is all I need. Before this DAC I had a Schiit Modi 2 DAC, where the PC noise was very quiet, but it has this issue and recently has stopped working at all. The PC noise with the Topping D10 Balanced is fortunately non-existent so far.
The speakers' volume is set to 3 clicks internally, so not very loud, but when I switched to the new DAC by clicking and selecting it in my Linux sound settings, the volume was set to 100% and of course the speakers became very loud. I quickly lowered the volume. A bit later I noticed that the left speaker is quieter than the right speaker, I guess by about 30-50%, and it's very notable. I tried switching the cables, disconnecting the other speaker, and even connected the previous unbalanced cable from my mainboard to the speakers, but even then the left speaker is quieter, which previously, I'm sure, was not the case. As the balanced cables are new, they should not be the issue, but I still measured them using a digital multimeter, and they seem fine. Maybe the speaker got damaged during that short 100% volume setting? Using an online tone generator site I tested for 50 Hz and 3000 Hz and both drivers seem equally quieter, so maybe the drivers are fine but the amp or something else got damaged? Anyone here with similar case? Searching around didn't reveal anything so far, but I wouldn't be surprised if it did. What should I do next, open the speaker and measure/compare the amp voltages to the other speaker?
Edit:
I measured the impedance of both drivers: HF: 5.3 ohm, LF 3.1 ohm. 3.1 ohm seems a bit low but IDK. The board also looked fine at first glance. To make sure the drivers aren't the issue, I will exchange the boards to see whether the drivers or something on the board is the issue.
yesterday I received my Topping D10 Balanced DAC and connected it to my Yamaha MSP7 STUDIO speakers using balanced cables. I ordered it to fix PC static noises I'd get when playing CSGO:ZE, DayZ and even from moving the mouse using my mainboard's audio, not for "Hi-Res" audio, 16bit/44110Hz is all I need. Before this DAC I had a Schiit Modi 2 DAC, where the PC noise was very quiet, but it has this issue and recently has stopped working at all. The PC noise with the Topping D10 Balanced is fortunately non-existent so far.
The speakers' volume is set to 3 clicks internally, so not very loud, but when I switched to the new DAC by clicking and selecting it in my Linux sound settings, the volume was set to 100% and of course the speakers became very loud. I quickly lowered the volume. A bit later I noticed that the left speaker is quieter than the right speaker, I guess by about 30-50%, and it's very notable. I tried switching the cables, disconnecting the other speaker, and even connected the previous unbalanced cable from my mainboard to the speakers, but even then the left speaker is quieter, which previously, I'm sure, was not the case. As the balanced cables are new, they should not be the issue, but I still measured them using a digital multimeter, and they seem fine. Maybe the speaker got damaged during that short 100% volume setting? Using an online tone generator site I tested for 50 Hz and 3000 Hz and both drivers seem equally quieter, so maybe the drivers are fine but the amp or something else got damaged? Anyone here with similar case? Searching around didn't reveal anything so far, but I wouldn't be surprised if it did. What should I do next, open the speaker and measure/compare the amp voltages to the other speaker?
Edit:
I measured the impedance of both drivers: HF: 5.3 ohm, LF 3.1 ohm. 3.1 ohm seems a bit low but IDK. The board also looked fine at first glance. To make sure the drivers aren't the issue, I will exchange the boards to see whether the drivers or something on the board is the issue.
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