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Thread: Help! Speaker wire turning dark copper color? |
    
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| Posted on Wednesday, July 07, 2004 - 10:52 am: |
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I just started using a screw on type bananas plug and meshed speaker wire that comes in contact with the plug is turning dark copper. Should I stop using them? Will this harm my speaker and receiver?
Help! Thanks.
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Bronze Member Username: Decker
Post Number: 11
Registered: Jun-04
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| Posted on Wednesday, July 07, 2004 - 01:46 pm: |
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Well, first of all, is it the actual copper wires that are turning color, or is it a 'surface change' on them?
The speakers are just standard speakers with little to no voltoge, right? That's what I thought.
Well, I wouldn't worry about them, afterall, the copper is just a passive medium. Even if it turns light pink, it's still going to transmit signal the same. That is, unless of course it's an actual chemical reaction, which is next to impossible. |
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| Posted on Thursday, July 08, 2004 - 12:40 pm: |
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Hey Dr.
They are just normal Monster XP cables. I'm not sure what is "surface change" means. As for the speakers, they are bookshelf (NHT-SB2) with no voltage.
As long as this doesn't harm my speakers/receiver, they can turn purple for all I care. Thank you for the reassurance.
Cheers,
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Bronze Member Username: Decker
Post Number: 13
Registered: Jun-04
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| Posted on Thursday, July 08, 2004 - 03:11 pm: |
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Well, if there is some other dark residue on them, it could be from other outside factors. But if it's the actual wire inside that's changing color, then some sort of chemical reaction has happened and that's very weird. |
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| Posted on Saturday, July 17, 2004 - 10:26 pm: |
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Hi,
What's the difference between 14 gauge speaker wire w/ silver and copper versus copper only. And is flat better? |
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