Give Up?

Bombaywalla, I didn't see any signs of damage on it, but I think it was a solder joint covered by the shrink wrap leading up to the spade. One cannot always tell just by looking.

Maybe it happened while I was handling them while eating fried chicken. ;)

A loose solder joint will indeed cause the symptoms you described.

you probably tapped/moved/bumped the cable while working on the unit. Or, maybe someone took an opportunity to clean back behind while you were tinkering.

Cable was already going....it just got nudged along.

Joeylawn36111,

I give you credit for getting it. I just read this and that was my thought initial thought as well.

Tell tale sign of a short- you just went too far and guessed how it happened which is 1000 more impossible. My favorite response was that the bit rate on the dac was not selected properly. LOL. I guess anything is possible...

-Rob

Thanks, Rob. My guess came from looking at the pic of his Amplifier - speaker cables look like they are rather close to each other....