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No sound from speakers

Hi, I recently moved house and left my old speakers behind. I kept my turntable (a pioneer PL-120-II) and amp (and old Cyrus Integrated Stereo Amplifier) which I had used together for a number of years and had worked perfectly fine. A friend of mine gave me some speakers to use which are Tannoy mercury mx3. I have connected everything up and, in theory it should work fine. However, the speakers won't produce any sound. After messing around with the settings a little I managed to get very faint and poor quality sound from the top parts of one speaker but no luck otherwise. 

Does anyone have any suggestions on what may be wrong? It seems unlikely that anything has broken since I very carefully transported it all.
eveboo221
james_edward
116 posts
 
Is it a Cyrus 1? I haven’t a clue as to your knowledge level, but go with simple first. Check, then double check, that the inputs are where you think they are.
Then make sure the ‘Listen’ selector knob is choosing the input you want. It sounds like the faint sound you are getting might just be crosstalk between inputs. 
The same check then double check also goes for speaker wires.
Good luck.

eveboo221 OP
4 posts
 
Thanks for the response! I know lots about records but not so much about the equipment. It is a Cyrus one, any idea which listen setting it should be on for a turntable?
mzkmxcv
777 posts
 
First, test that the speakers work. Unplug them from the amp and get a AA battery, and press the negative wire to the negative (flat bottom) of the battery and brush  positive wire to positive (nub) of the battery, you should get a pop sound and the woofer should move. 
 
Secone, make sure you are using the right input selection and your inputs are in the correct input slot.
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gbryant
83 posts
 
Phono preamp?
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