Sounds very frustrating Randy- I'm sorry. I know you'll get to the bottom of it. Look on the "bright" side (pun intended) - if we don't figure it out you can start selling the latest greatest snake oil product: "The audio purifying bulb" and make yourself rich
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Thanks for posting pictures of your panel (and the amp in the other thread- very nice
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) Not that I've seen tons of panel installations, but I'm confused by what I am seeing. Those two bars full of screws down each side look like the neutral bus, connected together with the strap at the bottom as one would expect. I wish I could enlarge the pic more, but it sure looks like the grounds are connected to the same bus?!? I've never seen this before myself. Although I can't make out a separate grounding strap where the grounds should go.
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Strange to me, but I'm no expert. Hopefully some of the others with more knowledge on this can make better sense of it.
One thing I know for sure, we need to resolve this quick so you can get back to more important things, namely enjoying the system instead of this headache. Oh, and I think I speak for all of us when I say... "bring on the pics of the new speakers!"
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