I have two Athena Technologies speakers. I have hooked them up to a Sony stereo -- nothing too powerful or fancy. When I try to listen to music at volume over 12-15 (out of 60!), the speakers shut down for 1-2 seconds at a time all throughout the song, unless I turn the volume down to under 10. It's very annoying. Do you have any idea what may be wrong with them? Thanks so much.
Are the hooked up correctly positive and negative whats the ohm load of the speakers and amp could be a short in your speaker cables
could be many different problems
did the sony say anything on the display like overload or something when it would turn off?
also where the big speakers or just book shelf models?
maybe there was not enough power to push the speakers properly
buying an external amp would not be worth it in your case if your in an apartment
i would think just a simple receiver or surround sound unit would power them just fine
i do know that some companies are mimicking the athena look and name but the speakers itself are not a stable ohm load an can fry your amp they even go as far as putting bags of sand in them to make them feel heavy
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Thanks for the quick response. The ohms are not the problem. But I don't have an amp. Should I install one? I used to have a Sony amp, which I got rid of. But back then, when I had the speakers connected to the amplifier, the amp itself would shut down when I turned up the volume (again, I never turn it up too much -- never more than 20 out of 60. I live in an apartment).
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