Wet speaker cables

If water has seeped into them they will corrode which will effect their performance. Especially if the ends got wet. You should be able to see the corrosion setting in at the bare ends. In the mean time you can use them as the very high resistance of the water is no where near the much lower impedance of your speakers.

BTW, Bose use to hook up there outdoor waterproof speakers and immerse them into a bucket of water while playing to prove there waterproof status.

Just checked your system. an I hope those Utopias weren't damaged.
Not sure about the insurance covering the cables but I had a water damage in my house after a pipe burst a few months ago. I was amazed at how generous my insurance adjuster was. It might've helped that I was home and reacted quickly to shut the water off before damage was too extensive.

Thanks for the replies. BTW, this is my 6th basement flood in 4 years. Noboby has a solution. The utopias and the equipment are elevated and should be fine. However, the PADs are soaked along with my Tara Labs PCs I should emphasize that the ends are fine. Its the thick part of the cable that got soaked and I'm not sure if that will penetrate into the metal core. I am so miserable without my system.

As an alternative to having the dealer test them consider buying a multimeter, and testing them yourself for shorts and opens. If you do that, while holding the test leads in place for each test have someone else manipulate the cables, to make sure that there are no marginal shorts or opens that may show up momentarily as the cable is being manipulated.

After they have dried out thoroughly, and if there are no shorts or opens, give them a try. My guess is that they will perform as well as ever. Keep in mind, of course, that after all of the downtime other parts of the system may need a substantial amount of time and use for warmup and/or re-breakin.

Regards,
-- Al

I'd send PAD an e-mail (or call them) and ask their thoughts they should be the experts.
BTW it's the same speaker cable I use and love them!

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