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Receiver overloading, speakers not working

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So last night around 3:33 in the morning my receiver started overloading continually now only the tweeters are working in the speakers. To drunk to fuck with it last night I just shut it off and passed out, and only discovered this just now. I'm using the front speakers from the Klipsch ProMedia 2.1 through my Pioneer vsxd307 receiver. I've been using this setup for a while now and have never had any problems with overheating/overloading before.
Strange that it would do this all at once like this. Subwoofer is working perfectly fine.

I don't have any other speakers around to even test to see if it's just the speakers or the receiver itself. Which is pretty stupid, but...

Anyone have any ideas in the meantime while I figure out a way to borrow some speakers to check it out? Can't do shit right now, and am really bummed out about this:(
 
the receiver display will flash 'OVERLOAD' for several seconds and cut the power to the speakers. I always assumed it did this because it was getting to hot, but not entirely sure. Usually just turning the volume down a little will make it work again.
 
Most likely you've overpowered the speakers and burnt out the voice coil in the woofers or the crossover (if it has one).Those satelites are only rated at 35w peak, and your receiver is rated at 100w peak, far more than the speakers were designed to handle. Another possibility is you've damaged the output stage of the receiver, less likely but not unheard of. To figure out whether its the speakers or receiver unhook the speakers and turn the receiver on and turn the volume up, if the problem is in the receiver it'll give you the overload message, if not its the speakers.
 
Pc speakers are not made to handle power. That is why the have small amps. I will bet on the speakers being dead. Check craigslist for some used stereo speakers. Old ones work just fine and are cheap.
 
Without speakers connected and at full volume the receiver will not cut out, so I guess that is a good sign. I know those speakers were never intended to be used that way, but for the time being they fit the bill. This setup lasted almost two years exactly, maybe even slightly abused volume wise at times :p, I suppose it was inevitable that this would happen eventually.
Thanks for the suggestions, now to figure out what I'm gonna do.
 
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