msnloeth: from your description, it sounds as tho your amp cannot provide sufficient peak power to the load presented by the james speakers and shuts down for protection of both your electronics and the speakers. if possible, borrow an amp with higher power/current and see whether it improves things. -cfb
Amp cutting out/shutting off at same place on CD
I have had a Sim Audio W-5 for about 1 1/2 years now and use it with a Sim Audio P-3, Pioneer CD changer and an MSB Link DAC III. I've been very pleased with the results using Soliloquy 5.3 speakers. Over the holidays, I hooked up a pair of James 10 Loudspeakers to give them a listen. I liked the result with them as well but when I got to track 6 of "The Big Picture", a Telarc CD of Erich Kunzel and the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra the amp just shut off or cut out part way through. The track is one of the Apollo 13 Mission and is pretty intense. I tried it several times and at volume levels over 50% the amp cuts out every time. At 50% or less it plays all the way through. Do I need more power or is this normal? Has anyone out there had the same experience with this particular CD? Is the amp protecting itself by cutting out or is the CD overloading it or what?