Oh, no. My bad luck has resurfaced. I didn't even have any sound going through my amp, and there was a loud pop and a flash of light to go with it at the back of the unit. I looked down fast enough to see it. I didn't necessarily want to leave it on after that. I turned it off, but then I turned it back on to see if a channel had indeed given up its ghost. I only checked the sound in the front three speakers because I didn't want to have it on longer than necessary. The left speaker was no longer producing sound, but the center and right speaker seemed to be normal. So I know that it did affect at least one channel. It's never good timing, but I have a new friend I was going to show my system off to. Here's hoping I can get a working unit quickly.

More bad luck. I was going to use my Dayton T-amp as a temporary measure for stereo, but in trying to pull my Blue Jeans interconnect off, it pulled out the RCA jack on the T-amp. Oops. Is someone playing with voodoo doll versions of my gear?