Help needed mighty please ! Emotiva Airmotiv 6s issue !

ElChicoDiablo · Oct 11, 2016

Hi everyone

I just bought a pair of Emotiva Airmotive 6s from ebay from US ( Im in EU )
The speakers got home I switch them to 220V from 110V (they have a voltage switcher).
They are active speakers both having a volume knob on the front down right side.
So far so good, both seemed to work.
The problem is that while one of them can really ramp up the volume extremely high the other one sounds extremely low ..like cant even beat my regular pc desktop crappy speakers. Everything is maxed on pc , Audioengine D1 DAC
and the Emotiva speaker with the problem. I swaped the cables between both of them and the problem still persist.
Can you guys help me, please ?
Thank you !

RBFC · Oct 11, 2016

Are you sure that the voltage switch is working and actually switched to 220V?

Lee

ElChicoDiablo · Oct 11, 2016

Well it worked for the 1st one for sure.And I did it for the 2nd one.I presumed it did work if I heard nothing blowing away and the speaker still works albeit with the incremental low volume malfunction. Would it still work if the fuses have been blown away ?

Barry2013 · Oct 11, 2016

I'm not familiar with those speakers, but my own experience of importing from the USA a pair of YG Kipod Signature passives may be relevant.
When I first set them up the left hand speaker seemed a little shy compared to the right on, but I had to go out and I attributed it to the fact that the positioning needed tweaking.
The next day after a bit of adjustment they sounded fine and when my trade guru arrived later he thought they sounded good. A little later however he realised something wasn't right. Sure enough there was a problem. The left tweeter wasn't working.
A quick call to Jim Diamond at YG identified the likely cause as being the snap on cable connection to the tweeter having been shaken off on the journey. When we checked he was spot on and once the cable was reconnected everything was fine.
It's probably worth checking if you have a similar problem.

ElChicoDiablo · Oct 11, 2016

Im a complete newbee on audiophile devices and engineering

The fact is the max volume on one of them is like 20% from the max volume of the other one.
It does work going from min to max in normal incremental steps however the max volume obtained is a joke

Barry2013 · Oct 11, 2016

OK understood.
There may be another member or members who are more familiar with your speakers than I am who can give you a better diagnosis of the problem and if so I am sure they will post.
In the meantime I suggest you email the manufacturers with the serial nos etc of your speakers, explain the problem and ask if they can advise you of the likely cause. The chances are that it has happened before and they will be able to advise you on how to remedy it.

ElChicoDiablo · Oct 11, 2016

I tried to ..when they found I didnt shop from them but from a 3rd party they stop answering my emails and it seems they refuse to help me

WLVCA · Oct 11, 2016

You could try posting on the Emotiva forum.

Perhaps one of the users there could help you.

http://emotivalounge.proboards.com/posts/recent

NorthStar · Oct 11, 2016

That ?

GaryProtein · Oct 11, 2016

Bob, you're so explicit!

I love it!

NorthStar · Oct 11, 2016

GaryProtein said:
Bob, you're so explicit!

I love it!

Really; I didn't say more than just one word. :b

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