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Dear Forum members,
Please can you help me. I have a lovely pair of DSP6000's from circa 1990. They have worked perfectly for years and then last night I turned them on and only one speaker makes sound (the master on the right with the red light). My heart sank!
All the lights are on both speakers and the volume goes up and down as expected with the remote
I moved the Digital audio input (Coax) over to the slave and the speaker works as expected.
I can only conclude it is perhaps the Meridan digital cable the runs from the Master to the slave that is at fault however, I cannot find any damage to the cable so I find it hard to believe it could be the culprit.
Any ideas welcome?
Thanks in advance.
Tim (UK)

Hi Tim,

It definitely sounds like the cable could be faulty.

You can use any co-axial cable to link between the Master speaker's output and the Slave speaker's input to prove this.

It is quite easy for the connections to break inside the phono plugs, or it could be oxidisation on the plug contacts...

Good luck in resolving the issue.

Cheers,

Steve

Thanks Steve, much appreciated, will try now.

hi Steve,
by way of an update I unscrewed the coax phono that goes into the slave and found that the central wire had come adrift !
I got the soldering iron out and made a new connection and its all working fine now.
I cannot begin to explain the relief !
In addition to the DSP6000's I have a MC200 and a Digital Sound Processor. I am 66 years young and it's the best system I have ever been so lucky to own.
Best
Tim

Hi Tim,

I'm really pleased to hear that it was a simple fix.

If your speakers have not been recapped, you may want to consider having them done. It is probably the most cost-effective sound upgrade for any Meridian DSP speaker.

Please drop me a PM if that is of interest.

Cheers,

Steve