I just got a pair of 10 years old QED XT-400 speaker cables from my friend. I wonder if it's still good? What is the lifetime for speaker cables? Any maintenance for speaker cables?
jjbomber said:Snips the ends off if they start to oxidize. Otherwise nothing else to go wrong.
Excellent. A real man should always be able to make his own acid. How many readers are tempted to stop what they are doing and go and make some straight away?Benedict_Arnold said:jjbomber said:Snips the ends off if they start to oxidize. Otherwise nothing else to go wrong.
A quick dip in a bath of warm water, salt and vinegar (as in table salt and Sarsons, not crisps) (yes, honestly - it creates hydrochloric acid - NaCl + CH3COOH --> NaCH3COO + HCl ) will remove any tarnish. Rinse thoroughly in fresh (tap) water afterwards and remember to run the tap when disposing of the water/salt/vinegar mix, especially if you have a stainless steel or aluminium sink....
hammill said:Excellent. A real man should always be able to make his own acid. How many readers are tempted to stop what they are doing and go and make some straight away?Benedict_Arnold said:jjbomber said:Snips the ends off if they start to oxidize. Otherwise nothing else to go wrong.
A quick dip in a bath of warm water, salt and vinegar (as in table salt and Sarsons, not crisps) (yes, honestly - it creates hydrochloric acid - NaCl + CH3COOH --> NaCH3COO + HCl ) will remove any tarnish. Rinse thoroughly in fresh (tap) water afterwards and remember to run the tap when disposing of the water/salt/vinegar mix, especially if you have a stainless steel or aluminium sink....
Benedict_Arnold said:Just don't ask what a university classmate from Belfast told me he could do with a bag of fertiliser, and [the rest of this post has been redacted on the grounds that some stupid idiot might actually try it]....
Covenanter said:I don't think I can bear the tension much longer! Surely somebody is going to post that they wear out (because the electrons in them get tired or some similar hocus pocus).
Chris
Covenanter said:I don't think I can bear the tension much longer! Surely somebody is going to post that they wear out (because the electrons in them get tired or some similar hocus pocus).
Chris