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Originally posted by C_Sader:
Here's a quick electronics lesson. If the interconnects are attached to the CD player at one end and nothing at the other, then you have an open circuit and NO current flows, which means the electrons are not moving through the cable. One way to look at the situation is the open circuit (the ends of the cable that are dangling) appears to be an infinite amount of impedance, and electrons don't like infinite impedance, so they don't move. Anyway hook those cables up to an input on something and good luck.



Thanks for the info. To continue with this line of questioning - if I hook the cables up to my preamp but leave the preamp off, will there be impedance for which to break in the cables. Or do I need to have the preamp on. Thanks for your patience.