1. Had it set up for a while, but just started doing more critical listening. No idea why I didn’t notice it before. My only defense is everything else sounds really, really good.
2. Happens with Belles in the loop by itself and when solely using it as a preamp to Stratos. Happens with Belles out of the loop. Just checked with an old receiver and CD player: I now know it happens with Mytek both in and out of the loop.
3. I have it in the only room it can be in. I have them dialed in where everything sounds great from where I sit. Can’t be room as I literally gotta stick my ear up to the tweeters to hear the treble.
4. I have the Stratos plugged into its own outlet, and everything else into a Fuhrman in a separate outlet. Both newly installed commercial grade when I set it up. Honestly everything else sounds great and can go louder than I’ll ever listen. Just missing that cymbal crash, etc.
5. Outlets installed correctly.
The speakers aren’t 6 years old. I can’t believe a simultaneous failure in both crossovers. Plus, it happens on two different pairs speakers.