chazmolloy

Thanks folks, thinking back (since I swapped the original cable) I don't think they were genuine Neutrik connectors. Will follow the advice...

Has anyone else found trouble with connecting speakon cables to their Markbass amps? I've had an SA 450 since earlier this year, and noticed quite early on that the speakon connector had to be tweaked just so to make sure the signal was getting through. Unlike the cab I have, there's no firm 'click' to tell you that the connection is made. The amp was set up in the rehearsal studio for most of the time, so it hasn't been an issue, but now I'm taking it out for more gigs it's become a right pain to make sure it's properly connected - and last week it let me down disastrously (fine in soundcheck, not fine for the gig). I've taken the cable back to the shop and swapped it for a 1/4 inch jack plug, which seems like a step backwards, but hey ho it works. The guys at Bass Gallery were completely cool about it, but said that they'd never had anyone with the same problem. Did I just have a crap speakon cable? Or two iffy connectors on the back of the amp?