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First time ever: speaker cable not working!!

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)

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