Beolab 8000 – constantly turning on and off

[Henry Warkehr]

Hello,

I saw there has been a similar question a while ago but unfortunately no answer. So I hope some of you experienced something similar and have been able to find a solution.

Both of my Beolab 8000 speakers have been displaying a weird behavior for a while now. They are connected to a streamer (node 2i) over the optical outlet. This set-up has worked quite well until a few weeks ago, since that point, once I pause whatever is playing on the TV they neither stay on nor off but always change between modes (see attached video). They are no pattern in them turning on/off, sometimes they change after a few seconds and sometimes after a couple of minutes.

Did anyone have similar experiences and know how to repair it?

Many thanks in advance!

Henry

[Capt’nGerard, formerly known as Gaea]

Has the black foam been replaced?

 

Location: Netherlands

[Henry Warkehr]

Hey Gaea, thanks for your answer. As far as I know, the foam hasn’t been replaced yet. However, I wonder how the foam could have this effect. Isn’t the foam just the insulation?

[francoisvl]

The Foam starts to disintegrate and becomes a sticky goo that damages the PC boards causing a lot of issue and ultimately causing the speaker to stop working. Corrodes everything.

[Henry Warkehr]

Then I will check for the insulation material first and see if that will fix the problem. Thank you so much.

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