C, thanks again for the tips...I think I did it. I removed the broken front RCA pair and soldered wires to the circuit board, ran them out thru the RCA hole, then attached RCA males external to the case. Hooked it all up and nothing blew up. Woo hoo!

Phank you both for the "welcome" to the Phoenix Phorums :) C, great input - thanks! I'll give Phil and my local stereo shop a call tomorrow to explore options. I'm just East of Sacramento. Are you near by and interested in doing some repair work? You can email me at phoenixgold at devetter...

Hi all, I've got an XS6600 with loose RCA front inputs. (The female connectors wiggle too much...it's not that the female to male connection is loose.) I've isolated this as the cause of my intermittent whine from my front speakers. The whine comes and goes as I go over bumps, or sometimes even as I...