did lightning do this?


i run a pair of totem model 1 signatures(the rest of my system is posted). we just had a pretty intense lightning in the oakland, ca area, and like a dummy i didn't unplug anything. after a near strike, my speakers fizzed, and i imedietely shut everything down. when i turned things back on, all i was getting from my speakers was a tizzy small sound. i figured it was my amp since i've had problems with it shorting in the past. but when i switched it out with an older amp that i used to use, the problem remained. finally, i broght in an old pair of boston acoustics that i had in storage, and they worked fine. so my question is are the totem's fried? i wouldn't figure that a pair of speakers could fry like like this. maybe 1, but both of them. or is there something im possibly missing that needs to be done here. please help because i really like these totem's and i haven't had them that long...

thanks for your help.
sberger

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i know, it's very strange about only the speakers being affected. my sim i-5 is about as sensitive as it gets. i've blown that thing twice doing the most benign things. no shutdown on it...

but the totems got it. thanks for the advice on insurance. gonna give them a call and see if i can get the dough for a new pair of speakers. if not, i'll get the totems repaired.
by the way, what's really interesting is that i moved in an old pair of boston acoustics cr9's, and they dont sound bad at all. go figure. they're not totems, but they're not as far as i woulda expected. maybe it's cause the rest of my system is tube/vinyl focused(well, except for my sim, but i've bypassed it's preamp with a tube pre). don't know, but while they're a lot bigger and butt ugly, im not minding them.