Gonk,

Thanks for your reply. I have the instruction sent along with the cable, and it says to turn the silver portion of the cable counter-clockwise to losen it up. However, it does not say how the cable held: facing towards you or the natural position that I assume when connecting facing back of the equipment. However, I am trying to losen it up by holding the golden part with one set of pliers and trying to rotate the silver part with another and it still would not budge. It is really frustating to try to simply diconnet a simple pair of audio cable and messing up the rca jacks on the components. Also, the way the cables are made and the rca jacks are situated at the back of the equipment, it does not give you much room to work with. It's funny that I already got blisters on my fingers and the damn cables still would not come out. Am I the only one having this problem? Should I demote myself to technically (or mechanically) challanged??