RANT:
Decided to tinker in the basement where I have 2 systems: the "main rig" in my small office and the "family system" in the basement den where the kids hangout and where the family watches movies.
Bought a 8' pair of Anti Cables to use in a simple system:
Old Rotel RX-1050 receiver
Oppo 83 SE
Arcam rDac
Dynaudio Excite x-12s
Speakers arrived last night so I went down to do small install. Connected everything....nothing from left channel. Right channel fine.
- changed speakers. left side still out
- changed to "speaker B"...same thing
- unplugged all ICs and started over...smae thing
- cursed that I cant believe that my left channel is out on my 10 y.o. receiver
- as a lark, i swapped out the Ant- Cables with a pait of DH Labs Q-10s that I had in storage
BOOM - all channels working.
Took left side speaker wire (Anti-Cable) and put it in my main rig (harbeth 30.1s LFD amp, Bel Canto DAC)...same thing.
First time ever I had a speaker cable go bad.
F**king things look like coat hangers anyway.
Wound them in a tight ball and pitched them in the trash....
Good riddance.
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Topic - First time ever: speaker cable not working!! - Ian Mackenzie 14:50:37 12/11/14 (21)
- RE: First time ever: speaker cable not working!! - fantja 18:36:53 12/19/14 (0)
- RE: First time ever: speaker cable not working!! - neolith 14:45:06 12/12/14 (5)
- RE: First time ever: speaker cable not working!! - jsm71 13:32:59 12/17/14 (1)
- I did the same thing but used Audioquest spades (nt) - neolith 16:19:24 12/17/14 (0)
- RE: First time ever: speaker cable not working!! - Crazy Dave 11:49:46 12/17/14 (2)
- RE: First time ever: speaker cable not working!! - neolith 16:21:45 12/17/14 (1)
- RE: First time ever: speaker cable not working!! - Crazy Dave 08:49:49 12/18/14 (0)
- RE: First time ever: speaker cable not working!! - Chris K. 06:55:05 12/12/14 (0)
- Donate the cables to the Asylum - Charlie8521 17:47:14 12/11/14 (6)
- RE: Donate the cables to the Asylum - Ian Mackenzie 07:25:33 12/12/14 (5)
- RE: Donate the cables to the Asylum - Charlie8521 10:05:04 12/12/14 (4)
- RE: Donate the cables to the Asylum - Ian Mackenzie 10:09:56 12/12/14 (3)
- RE: Donate the cables to the Asylum - beautox 12:01:14 12/12/14 (2)
- Ouch - Awe-d-o-file 06:28:35 12/14/14 (0)
- Just for the laugh - don't get upset - Charlie8521 12:51:04 12/12/14 (0)
- Couldn't you just fix it..... - ABliss 17:26:49 12/11/14 (2)
- RE: Couldn't you just fix it..... - Palustris 14:29:48 12/12/14 (0)
- RE: Couldn't you just fix it..... - Ian Mackenzie 07:27:11 12/12/14 (0)
- RE: First time ever: speaker cable not working!! - Duster 16:19:11 12/11/14 (1)
- RE: First time ever: speaker cable not working!! - Crazy Dave 09:29:09 12/18/14 (0)
- RE: First time ever: speaker cable not working!! - fantja 15:13:02 12/11/14 (0)