Re: speaker wire deteriorates?

["wkearney99" <wkearney99@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> I doubt it's a short, Bill.  That would usually cause dead silence
> and/or a dead amp -- not low volume.  I'd first look for a problem with
> the volume control.  They can and do fail.

I don't doubt it.  As I suggested, it's best to test the wire without
anything attached at either end.  This would confirm that the wire is
certainly not the problem.  Leading to checks of the volume controls next.
Thanks for pointing them out as a possible culprit.

> Connections might also be poor (high resistance) if the installer
> didn't know his job well but when that happens it usually affects one
> speaker or the other rather than a left and right pair.  For the same
> reason, I doubt it's the speakers themselves.  If they fail, it's not
> usually two at a time.

Like anything else, it's important to break it down into known-good parcels.
Make sure the wire's good, then the speakers, volume controls and any other
elements involved.  Something will eventually show up, and as you point out
it may well be the result of someone else's "handy work".