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Hitchhiker
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My second system is a L-C-R 5200 setup. The right hand speaker has just thrown a wobbly - its giving me a loud hiss like white noise, but I can recognise some 'proper' sound mixed in there.

They are about fifteen years old, so quite possibly something has gone wrong but I don't know what. I assume it's on the noisy speaker rather than the feed from the master.

I'm in Australia and I don't have any Meridian dealers locally, but I do have a couple of good repairers who repaired the PS on my G68. If I can work out what needs fixing it, I can work out who can do it.


Main system: 818v3, 861v6, HD621, Oppo 103D, DSP8000PP, DSP7200SE HC, DSP3200, SGR Sub
Family room: HD621, 861v6, DSP5200 L/C/R
Headphones: Schiit Mjolnir v1, Sennheiser HD800; (office) iFi iDSDPro, Focal Elegia
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Hooloovoo
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Have you first checked it’s the speaker by swapping one of the others in? If not it could be the channel from the processor at fault or a cable, etc.


HC: 861v4/ID40/LPS, DSP5000, DSP5000VC, DSP3100, SW1600, HD621, Oppo BDP-105, Sony VPL-HW55ES
2-Channel: Oppo BDP-105, TEAC VRDS-7/Trichord Clock 3/PSU, 551, Quad 303, Harbeth Compact 7ES-3, Kimber cables, Russ Andrews mains and supports.
Previous Meridian: 5000C, 5200SL, 7200.2, 6000, 562V.2, 568.2mm, 800v4, 808.2i, 818v2/v3, 861v8, 502
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Hitchhiker
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Apologies for the delay and thanks for the very practical suggestion.

I took the left feed (the left speaker is fine) and put it onto the dodgy speaker (currently right). I retyped it and also changed to D2 in case it was the input.

I still get the gigahiss. No hiss if there is no incoming.

I think this probably narrows it down to the speaker?


Main system: 818v3, 861v6, HD621, Oppo 103D, DSP8000PP, DSP7200SE HC, DSP3200, SGR Sub
Family room: HD621, 861v6, DSP5200 L/C/R
Headphones: Schiit Mjolnir v1, Sennheiser HD800; (office) iFi iDSDPro, Focal Elegia
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Paranoid android
Paranoid android
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Hi,

I've come across this before and it turned out to be a fault on the Comms/DAC board...

You've ruled out the input board by trying both D1 and D2 inputs.

You may want to drop an e-mail to Mr Tech Guy to see if he has any spare comms boards (or can offer a repair)
I know from past experience that Meridian doesn't have any spares.

Good luck,

Steve


Main: 861v6 (LPS), 808v6, UHD722, DSP8000SE Anniversaries, DSP5200.2HC, DSP7200.2, SW1600, Sky Q, Cambridge Audio BD, Roon, M80
Office: 861v4 (LPS), 818v3, 800v4, HD621, M&K S150P, DSP5500HC, M&K MPS2810 sub x2
Son's system: 861v4, HD621, DSP6000.2, DSP5200HC, DSP33
Spare: MCD, 100 Series, 200 Series, 500 Series, F80s, C15s.
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Mostly harmless
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Might sound a bit daft, but hard power everything off - including the controller (861 or G6x or whatever) and all the speakers. Then power it all on again just to check.

I had a hiss from one rear speaker - It was caused by the G61R and a series of power cuts I suffered. Switching everything off and back on again and it was all good - something had got its knickers in a twist in the power cuts


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