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rookie drunk move

drinking beers and screwing around with wiring... prob lots of horror stories from that combo that would be an interesting topic for another thread. For me, i was re-wiring my speakers when i realized afterward that the amps were still on (Nuforce Ref 8). Luckily, everything appears to be working. However, i THINK i notice a slight degradation in sound. So my, i guess, somewhat newb question is this..if everything appears to be working and no definitive loss, am i just psyching myself out in hearing 'lesser' sound because I know what I did? Guess what i'm asking is -- do amps either work or not, and not capable of 'slight' degradation in sound due to something like what i did.
tholt
tholt OP
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Lrsky, love it. "My name is Tholt, and I'm a Wireaholic". I'm sure everyone's got a story or 10.
blindjim
3,092 posts
 

Personally, I don't need a drink to put me in harms way when rearranging cables.

Try it with your eyes closed next time... Works for me!

Well, mostly. Painters tape helps too.

I can't tell you though, how many times I've put one ch into one set of in or outputs, and the other into an entirely different set. Yikes! Simple enough to fix, but initially startling nonetheless.

of course, with my rig, I've no access behind it so it'll all get wired from the front by feel alone anyway.

I've thankfully gotten into the habit of doing any change with things unplugged and turned off as well, as sometimes them switches turn themselves on without my permission.
petewhitley
163 posts
 
Destroyed three amps touch wiring while drunk. You have my sympathy.
stereo
147 posts
 
Alright I'll pipe in. I was building a custom speaker using Dynaudio drivers. I had a few beers, went back to change a resistor out. Sat down to have a listen to the change and within a minute my mono amp throws sparks and dies. I still remember that smell. Anyway, I found I shorted the positive and negative wires and turned my amp into an arc welder. It wasn't so bad of a repair for the amp. I had extra output transistors.
slikric3000
638 posts
 
So, have you been thinking about that real amp yet ???
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