I need advise concerning a situation that occurred with my son's home theater setup. He has the following:
2 Monitor 11 s7 towers
Monitor 3 center channel
2 Monitor Surround 3 rear channel
2 Mini Monitor s7 side channel
1 Monitor Sub 12
Oppo 203 player
Yamaha RX-A3010 receiver
1. We ran the Paradigm subwoofer PBK program and then the Yamaha YPAO program.
2. We set the tower crossover at 60 hz and left all the others at 80 hz.
3. We added 5 db volume to the side and rear channel sound levels that YPAO calculated.
4. We utilized the Yamaha bi-amp feature for the towers; which means 9 channels were being utilized on the receiver.
We then sat down to watch Dunkirk on DVD and gradually turned the volume to +10. During three of the loud explosions all of the sound went dead for about a second with each explosion.
I am wondering if we overtaxed the receiver. If so, would an external amplifier for the towers solve this problem and how big of an amplifier should I purchase? I was thinking about an older Anthem MCA 2, 3, or 5.
Following are the specs for the Yamaha receiver on page 161.
https://pdf.crutchfieldonline.com/Im...022RXA3010.PDF
Any help would be appreciated.
Thank you