why when i turn my receiver up pass a certain point it shuts off on me?

And your receiver is sensing some sort of overload, either distortion or too much power for your speakers. Either way it is causing your receiver to shut down.

Do you know what the power rating is for your speakers?

How about your receiver, what is it's power rating?

If the receiver has a higher power rating than your speakers, under the right circumstances it will fry your speakers. Would not go pass a certain point on your receivers volume until you can get a pair of speakers that can handle the power rating of your receiver. Say your receiver is rated for 100 watts, then your speakers should be rated also at 100 or more watts, then it should be able to handle the volume without shutting down. What model receiver do you have?

What model speaker system are you using?

Knowing the specs of these items can help troubleshoot as to whether it's a compatibility issue or a malfunction with the receiver or the connections.

For example, the impedance of the speakers may be too much for the receiver to handle, so when you turn up the volume to a certain point, the receiver's protection circuitry shuts it off.

RULE OF THUMB: Never turn your receiver up past the half way point. If it's not loud enough, then you either need more efficient speakers (i.e. 92 dB @ 1m/2.83v) or a much more powerful receiver (i.e. at least twice the power of your current one).

Why? Because if you go past that point, not only will you run the risk damaging your receiver and speakers, but the sound will thin out (the highs and lows get flat).

H a p p y

L i s t e n i n g ! You are leaving out some important information, If your receiver shuts down at loud volume levels (loud sound coming from the speakers) it is being overloaded, and you need a more powerful amplifier or more sensitive speakers. If the receiver shuts down at a particular volume control setting regardless of how loud the sound is, then you have a defective volume control.

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