what is this part?

melekalikimaka

cant get a photo, but basically, its the back of my speaker, floor standing, the speaker cables get screwed in as such, and across the two cables there is a metal plate, i have misplaced one of these plates and looking to replace it or find something to take its place as i seem to be having issues with my souns, cutting out the amp and mid level volume suddenly, although it has only been used again recently after a year or so in storage. any one have a clue what i'm on about?

ZENER

Could it be Bi-wiring posts ? Do they look similare to this ?

Ken

Slaphead07

Yeah, Zener is right. If one is missing then there's no signal going to either the woofer or tweeter. You can happily use a few inches of decent cable to connect the two terminals.

melekalikimaka

would that be causing the amp to cut out at higher volumes too? So a piece of wire is all i need to connect the two, the plate isnt really needed, the speakers arent exactly great quality so I doubt i'd notice any slight sound degradation

Slaphead07

melekalikimaka wrote: »

would that be causing the amp to cut out at higher volumes too?

Well no to be honest. Check the speaker connects at both ends for any stray strands as if there's a + hitting off a - it can cause the amp to cut out. That's the usual 'simple' cause.

ZENER

If you're not bi-wiring then the back of the speakers should look like this. If one of the gold straps is missing then as Slaphead said just use some of the speaker cable to form the link.

Ken