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MarkBass CMD 121p speakon issue

#101
I realised this is an old thread now, but found it because I am experiencing a similar problem, and I havent seen many people talking about it. I have a set of 8 speakon cables I take to my bass gigs, hald of them speakon - speakong, and half speakon - 1/4 in jack, and they all function fine with all my other cab combinations, yet NONE of them work on my Markbass STD 102 HF I have so far just udes jacks every time Ive used it, but I’d like to get to the bottom of it
 
#102
AlBass said:
I realised this is an old thread now, but found it because I am experiencing a similar problem, and I havent seen many people talking about it. I have a set of 8 speakon cables I take to my bass gigs, hald of them speakon - speakong, and half speakon - 1/4 in jack, and they all function fine with all my other cab combinations, yet NONE of them work on my Markbass STD 102 HF I have so far just udes jacks every time Ive used it, but I’d like to get to the bottom of it
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What connection are you using on the cabinet, Speakon or 1/4 inch?

Post a picture of your cables.
 
#109
Mike Caldwell said:
Your Speakons wired for pin set 2?
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Combo jacks don’t have a pin 2 set, and wouldn’t work anywhere else I wouldn’t expect.

This is going to take some troubleshooting I think, along with some knowledge of what is correct for MB.
 
#110
agedhorse said:
Combo jacks don’t have a pin 2 set, and wouldn’t work anywhere else I wouldn’t expect.

This is going to take some troubleshooting I think, along with some knowledge of what is correct for MB.
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I know those don't have pin set 2, don't know if they still would mate with an NL4 connector.....now that I think about it probably not.
Don't have anything that has a combo Speakon on it to try!
 
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#118
When I sold my MB121 a couple years ago, it's SpeakOn connection became intermittent right before the sale. It hadn't been used in a while and somehow developed something on either one or both terminals... oxydation? schmutz? Hard to say, exactly.

It seems to be a bit picky about the origin of the SpeakOn plug. Are you using Neutrik or REAN-ended cables? Check with a light in there and see if there's anything like hair or dust bunnies blocking one of the "strips" that make contact. I got mine to clear up by inserting and removing my cable about a dozen times.

The jack plate itself is a fairly sturdy design.
 
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#120
frankie5string said:
When I sold my MB121 a couple years ago, it's SpeakOn connection became intermittent right before the sale. It hadn't been used in a while and somehow developed something on either one or both terminals... oxydation? schmutz? Hard to say, exactly.

It seems to be a bit picky about the origin of the SpeakOn plug. Are you using Neurtrik or REAN-ended cables? Check with a light in there and see if there's anything like hair or dust bunnies blocking one of the "strips" that make contact. I got mine to clear up by inserting and removing my cable about a dozen times.

The jack plate itself is a fairly sturdy design.
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I only have Neutriks
 

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