dovin
New member
Hi All,
I moved from USA to India in 2001. I had a pair of Stylos as Main speakers and a Cinema as center (magnepan mmg as surround) in a HT setup in US. When I moved I threw out all other stuff but could not give up the speakers. So I packed them up and shipped them to India. Due to many reasons (including space and voltage difference etc) I could not use them for 10 years. Now I finally did all the concealed wiring right (in India houses are built of concrete and adding new wiring is not easy) and also installed a voltage converter for the speaker sockets. I have a Yamaha DSP A1 receiver (also shipped from US) to drive these speakers.
After opening the boxes I found a lot of dust inside so I throughly vacuumed the speakers from all sides. There is hardly any visible dust now. When I finally connected the speaker wires, powered up the speaker and started playing a CD the sound came out as beautiful as I remembered in the past. But within 5 minutes it went dull and boomy. After some experimentation I found that the ESL panel has stopped playing any sound.
If I switch off the power supply and wait for 1 minute and switch it on again, the ESL panel plays beautiful music again, but will slowly go down and stop playing in 4-5 minutes. This keeps repeating. If I turn on the power supply immediately after switching, it does not have any effect and the ESL panel remains dead. The playing resumes only if I wait for close to a minute after switching off the supply.
The atmosphere is dustier than US and quite humid. The other difference is that the power supply is 50hz and not 60hz as in US.
I've contacted local ML support in Mumbai, who did not have a clue except to suggest that I should _try_ changing the panel and it _may_ help.
If any one can give any pointers it will be a BIG help. The fact that music plays beautifully for a few minutes each time I switch off and on the power to the speakers is giving me some hope.
I read about washing the speaker panels. Maybe 10 years of stationary dust is causing this and I should try a wash ?
Or could this be an issue with the power supply of the speaker that turns off the power after a few minutes automatically for some reason ? I have read they have auto power shutoff when no music is playing. May be this circuit is acting up ?
Any help or suggestions whatsoever is greatly appreciated as I can't imagine just throwing out these beautiful speakers.
thanks in advance.. Dovin
I moved from USA to India in 2001. I had a pair of Stylos as Main speakers and a Cinema as center (magnepan mmg as surround) in a HT setup in US. When I moved I threw out all other stuff but could not give up the speakers. So I packed them up and shipped them to India. Due to many reasons (including space and voltage difference etc) I could not use them for 10 years. Now I finally did all the concealed wiring right (in India houses are built of concrete and adding new wiring is not easy) and also installed a voltage converter for the speaker sockets. I have a Yamaha DSP A1 receiver (also shipped from US) to drive these speakers.
After opening the boxes I found a lot of dust inside so I throughly vacuumed the speakers from all sides. There is hardly any visible dust now. When I finally connected the speaker wires, powered up the speaker and started playing a CD the sound came out as beautiful as I remembered in the past. But within 5 minutes it went dull and boomy. After some experimentation I found that the ESL panel has stopped playing any sound.
If I switch off the power supply and wait for 1 minute and switch it on again, the ESL panel plays beautiful music again, but will slowly go down and stop playing in 4-5 minutes. This keeps repeating. If I turn on the power supply immediately after switching, it does not have any effect and the ESL panel remains dead. The playing resumes only if I wait for close to a minute after switching off the supply.
The atmosphere is dustier than US and quite humid. The other difference is that the power supply is 50hz and not 60hz as in US.
I've contacted local ML support in Mumbai, who did not have a clue except to suggest that I should _try_ changing the panel and it _may_ help.
If any one can give any pointers it will be a BIG help. The fact that music plays beautifully for a few minutes each time I switch off and on the power to the speakers is giving me some hope.
I read about washing the speaker panels. Maybe 10 years of stationary dust is causing this and I should try a wash ?
Or could this be an issue with the power supply of the speaker that turns off the power after a few minutes automatically for some reason ? I have read they have auto power shutoff when no music is playing. May be this circuit is acting up ?
Any help or suggestions whatsoever is greatly appreciated as I can't imagine just throwing out these beautiful speakers.
thanks in advance.. Dovin