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Speaker cable trouble!

  • 21-01-2013 01:45PM
    #1
    baldshin
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    Hi folks, I recently bought a new hifi and like an idiot managed to snip on of the speaker cables while opening the plastic wrapping. I stripped back the plastic insulation and twisted the copper wires together and secured with insulation tape. However, the speaker, to my ears anyway, is poor in quality compared to the undamaged one. There's a slightly audible hiss and the highs sound uncompressed compared to the good speaker. Can anyone recommend a fix for this? I've looked at opening the speaker and putting in a new cable but can't see any other way to open it than by removing the actual speakers from it, which I'm afraid to do!


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  • #2
    ZENER
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    Can you post a photo of the damage ? Or perhaps give the make/model of the system ?

    Ken


  • #3
    baldshin
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    ZENER wrote: »
    Can you post a photo of the damage ? Or perhaps give the make/model of the system ?

    Ken

    Ill try get a photo up later, basically there's two insulated copper cables going to each speaker and I managed to snip one of them! It's this hifi-

    http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/sandstrom-sdabtip12-micro-hi-fi-system-black-12231234-pdt.html


  • #4
    ZENER
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    Was there enough spare cable to tell whether you ere connecting the wires correctly ? That is + to + and - to - ? Try swapping over one of the + and - of one of the speakers where it connects to the back of the amp if that's possible.

    Ken


  • #5
    b318isp
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    Swap the speaker around and see if there is a difference. I'd be sceptical that your repair would cause hiss, etc.


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