Interference on speaker wire - Cause?

[caddmannq]

Hmmm...perhaps you tripped some overload protection on the amp. That would usually reset by itself within a couple minutes.

I never liked those dang spring clips. I'll usually thicken the ends of the wire with solder when I have to use them, or at least double back the ends & twist them. This increases the spring pressure a little, and the contact area also.

But I get the feeling that with the wire you have, the impedance of the system is allowing the wires to act as an antenna. Antennas made from wires are often quite directional, and just moving their lay to align 45 to 90 degrees from their current position may point this out.

Of course that will also probably screw up the speaker positioning for you.

Wires for lamps, fans, etc, are usually run over the ceiling, and if they run close to the speakers/wires, this can be big trouble. The closer your speakers are to the ceiling, the worse, but these wires also run through the walls, so ?????

[Tomteriffic]

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Wires for lamps, fans, etc, are usually run over the ceiling, and if they run close to the speakers/wires, this can be big trouble. The closer your speakers are to the ceiling, the worse, but these wires also run through the walls, so ?????
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Cadd, that's why, in the studio, I try to keep power and audio lines as far apart as practicable and, if they must intersect, the do so at right angles as there's less chance of a hum pickup that way, due to the radiation patterns being 90 degrees off from each other.