Is My System Toast?
The electricity in my town went out the other day for a short time. My wife was in the living room where my stereo system is. The amp is a Bel Canto eVO2i and a pair of Quad 12L2 speakers. She told me that when the power came back on that the left speaker crackled and smoked a little. When I looked, it had a constant low but discernible hum. I tried the speakers and they were dead. I switched the amp input to my CD player (which had been completely powered down) and there was no sound. Are the speakers and amp pretty much gone? Is it worth having the amp looked at for possible repair?
I suggest a whole house surge protector to not only guard your audio equipment, but also your microwave, television, refrigerator, etc. I use an Environmental Potentials EP-2050-EE whole house surge protector for a 200 amp panel. It is supposedly "audiophile-grade". https://ep2000.com/products/home-protection-products/premium-surge-protection-filter/?v=e75edac1b83f I use additional surge protectors for my stereo.
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Sorry to hear about the power issue. Good advice re checking the responsibility of the power co. and also on insurance. But for those with surge device recommendations that's good and we have whole house protectors on our 2-Mains panels and downstream rack mounted protectors; nevertheless, I'm presently working my way through a nearby lightning strike damage. Low voltage, integrated circuits were mainly effected (a digital streamer and HDMI circuits on two preamp/processors, along with the modem (it was still working but having periodic latency issues), a 24-port switch & router etc. The assumption is that the surge mainly came in on the Ethernet coax line. But our WIFI irrigation controller was affected and it wasn't connected to the Ethernet and a ceiling fan (with a DC motor) on a covered deck was also impacted, but only when run on high speed. When on high, a thump would be heard, the fan would slow, but then run back up to speed (wash>rinse>repeat). It seemed like some sort of overload protection circuit was kicking-in -- weird stuff. Everything else A/C wise is fine! |
