One speaker putting out -3db less?


One of my speakers is playing around -3db less than the other. I switched the speaker cables to make sure it wasn't a channel in my amp. This just recently started. I also turned my sub off when I checked it. I used a spl meter to do so. My amp is a B&K reference 200.2 and my speakers are Paradigm Studio 40 v4. Any ideas what can be causing this? My speaks are only 2 years old and I do occasionally crank them, but never all the up.
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Showing 1 response by james63

Yeah that is rough. I have been though this a few times. It has always come down to upstream equipment for me (preamps mostly). But is sounds like your speaker may be the problem.

I would switch location (right for left) of them and retest just to make sure you are not getting room gain. But the frequency seems to high to be room gain unless the louder speaker is very close to a wall etc.