IC Failure

Yep you need to open and see the termination. These expensive pieces are often home made and the termination may suffer either lack of skill or equipment quality limitation for home use.

Open/Unscrew the RCA plugs of the malfunctioning interconnect and you'll see where the problem is. The issue itself is in short number of connecting and disconnecting the wires that get eventually stressed and than disconnected.

On my home-made interconnects I used Neutrik lockable RCA plugs. I can abuse these interconnects(pull them by the wire) and be worry free.

Thanks, all. I try to be gentle with IC's but my bet is there is a short. I do have have a multimeter. What am I looking for? Thx.

Neal

WOW DMM MUST read short if there's no damage to IC. If IC isn't operation it should be OPEN circuit i.e. infinite resistance.

Touch one lead probe of the meter on the outer shell of one RCA plug, the other meter lead probe on the outer shell of the other RCA plug. You should read continuity.

Do the same test on the center hot pin of the RCA plugs. You should read continuity. Be careful not to come in contact with the outer shell of the RCA plugs so as not to get a false reading. Use a little tape on the lead probes if necessary.

If no reading on one of the tests you have an open connection. Wire is broke or broken off the RCA plug.

To see if there is a short in the cable....

Touch one lead probe to the center pin of an RCA plug and the other test lead to the outer shell of the plug. Make sure the probe you are touching to the center pin does not come in contact with the outer shell of the plug or you will get a false reading.

Continuity indicates a short.....

Repeat the process for the other RCA plug as well.

If the test reveals a short the short may very well be in the wire to RCA plug connection of one of ends.

OMG, don't tell me this is another Synergistic Rersearch workmanship failure. One of my S.R. got intermittent, I opened it up and found S.R's assembler missed soldered the wire to the RCA connector both + and -. The soldering cup has no residue or any indication of the wires were ever being soldered. Geez, they already over priced the cables, now get the job done right. I will never buy S.R again.