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Ok, there is some seriously, seriously, SERIOUSLY wierd stuff going on now!!!

I woke up this morning, drank my Redbull, did some work, and around 9:00 am the new EP800 arrived... FANTASTIC!!! I was so elated to finally hear this thing play I could barely keep my panties on. However, I had to go to Indianapolis, so alas the EP800 would have to wait on my return.

Ok so I got home around 9:00 pm and started hooking things up. I simply disconnected the RCA cord from the other EP800, and plugged it into the new sub, which was to remain standing outside of the HT closet for the duration of the test. Ok, so everything was plugged in, I played some music at very moderate levels with the 'gain' (volume) knob on the EP800 at zero and slowly raised it up to the half way mark and listened to a few songs. I thought it sounded really good. Then I turned it up even further (the Denon wasn't playing all that loud though, so I wasn't pushing it by any means. Although, after having been thoroughly tested out at the Axiom lab for a week, I really shouldn't have to take it easy at all).

So anyway, I was just about to start giving the Denon volume knob a turn when I suddenly heard a 'POP'... followed very shortly afterward by an identical 'POP', and then.... absolutely nothing, zilch, nadda, zero, negatory... WTF???? The power light is still on, though since I'm color blind I can't tell what color it is. When my fiancee wakes up in the morning I'll ask her if it's green or yellow. My guess is it's yellow, indicating a fault. What I can't understand is why??? This sub was located in a different location, using a different power cord. The only thing it shared with the other sub was the RCA cord. But if there is a short in it, then why did it work for so long in the old EP800??? And how would a short in the cord cause it to send the old unit into a 'bottoming out' situation?

Ok this is unbearably frusterating. There must be something wrong on my end, this unit can't be complete crap. But what can it be? Is it the output from the Denon? What problem exists that would cause one unit to play distorted, and send a second unit into fault almost immediatelly after hooking it up? I unplugged the new unit, checked the fuses (both good), then plugged it back in after about 15 minutes. Then I used a completely different cord and tried the MP3 player test again, but still nothing will play out of it. I'm assuming it's still in fault, but like I said I can't tell what color the light is.

I read the directions, but it doesn't say what to do if it goes into fault, it just say's a yellow light indicates fault. Does anyone know how to bring it back out of fault?

I can't believe my luck!