Hi all.

A month ago, I picked up a pair of Event 20/20bas. When I got them home, I
loved the way they sounded. But soon, a problem developed. The speakers seemed
unable to handle the Electric piano's on my Triton, especially on the lower
range(all volume levels). There is a tearing, ripping sound when pressing
certain notes. The speakers weren't clipping, but there was a sound of a loose
screw and tearing noise when pressing these notes.

I took the speakers bac where I got them and had the pro audip guy check them
out. We tried them on another Triton with electric piano's and he agreed they
sounded awful.

So I returned them, and had a to special order a new pair from the factory.

Two weeks later, my new pair of Event 20/20 bas arrived. I took them home, and
turned them on. The left speaker green LED would not come on. The subwoofer
cone on the right speaker was not sealed all the way around, and a small ,
finger-nail sized piece of paper was stuck between the woofer cone and the
woofer where it should be sealed.

They still sounded fine to me.

I also noticed a humming noise coming from the tweeter and woofer if I put my
ear near the cone. Is this normal for a powered monitor? I tried this with the
Triton off and unplugged from the speakers, and they still did it. They also
made a popping noise 4 seconds after shutting them down.

More:

Once again, something came up. That rattling, tearing noise on certain notes
of the Triton Electric pianos came up again. It is especially prominent when
playing a chord.
It's definately not something shaking or rattling on my desk. It's definately
the speaker.


I also noticed that things got pretty muddy when playing more than one key on
piano sounds and strings.

These problems are all at low to high volume levels, the entire range. Also the
speakers seem to clip fairly easily at around half volume.

Yet another thing:

I noticed a "smear" mark on one of the tweeters(it didnt look glossy like the
other one), and one of the woofers has a scuff mark.

I am playing these monitors by hooking them up directly with Triton.
I am using two short guitar center cables( their midrange cables).

What am I doing wrong?

This is driving me crazy. I thought when I shelled out 700 for new monitors
that they would be able to handle things like this.

Im tired of taking them back ect ect.

Is it the style of monitors, or am I doing something wrong here?

Thanks for any help, I really appreciate it.