Members Guitin Better Posted July 23, 2007 Members Share Posted July 23, 2007 Okay, I'm trying to figure out how to put together a poor man's PA system. This weekend a fabbed up some cables to take the 1/4" jacks on my guitar amp to the screw terminals on a pair of stereo speakers that I had laying around. I used standard speaker wire (i.e. no shielding) for the cables. The sound was okay at low volume but when I turned it up at all there was a lot of "crackling" (for lack of a better way to describe it). Am I overdriving the speakers? Are the cables I cobbled together to blame? Is it a problem with the amp? Looking for any idea what the problem might be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members kinggeoff Posted July 23, 2007 Members Share Posted July 23, 2007 It could even be a combination of all of those things. Guitar amps are feedback machines..unshielded cable is noisy as hell, and cheap home speakers are easily overdriven (in a horrible sounding way) Honestly, just scour craigslist and save some money. You can get a decent setup for 500-600 incl speakers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Guitin Better Posted July 23, 2007 Author Members Share Posted July 23, 2007 The crackling or fuzziness was most prominent when I would strum harder. This seems to support the 'overdrive' concept, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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