Where is the problem likely to be?

On 5/27/23 16:39, micky wrote:

[snip]

> If  you were a betting man, where would the most likely problem be, in
> the kitchen TV (which is 20 or so years old), the cable, or that second
> amp, which has been sitting on the basement floor and running
> constantly, needing no attention, for 39 years?

I find it useful to have a small TV I can move around to check things. 
That could quickly locate your problem.

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On Saturday, May 27, 2023 at 5:41:40 PM UTC-4, micky wrote:
> All my tv's run off a central location, which used to include cable but 
> now has a DVDR with an amplified antenna that brings in my city and the 
> next one. 
> 
> One tv is supplied a signal through a splitter/amp and a cable, and the 
> sound is fine. 
> 
> The kitchen tv has lately developed bad sound. Words are intelligible 
> but sort of staticy or distorted. Sometimes it's worse than others. 
...
> If you were a betting man, where would the most likely problem be, in 
> the kitchen TV (which is 20 or so years old), the cable, or that second 
> amp, which has been sitting on the basement floor and running 
> constantly, needing no attention, for 39 years?

If the kitchen TV is digital, it can't have distorted sound due to the RF,
unless there's bad video as well.   If the item is 39 years old, it is analog
and RF connection to 'central location' is certainly a suspect.   If you have a
second TV and a suitable F-connector attenuator box, you can swap in 
a known-good TV to see if that fixes the sound, AND flipping a few dB of
attenuation into the RF can determine if you're near the noise floor with
the wiring and splitters.

Could just be a warped speaker cone; cooking steam and paper structure...

On Sunday, May 28, 2023 at 11:11:09 AM UTC-4, Mark Lloyd wrote:
> On 5/27/23 16:39, micky wrote: 
> 
> [snip]
> > If you were a betting man, where would the most likely problem be, in 
> > the kitchen TV (which is 20 or so years old), the cable, or that second 
> > amp, which has been sitting on the basement floor and running 
> > constantly, needing no attention, for 39 years?
> I find it useful to have a small TV I can move around to check things. 
> That could quickly locate your problem. 

Or it might not find it at all.  With the symptoms being described, one set may be more sensitive than another if it is a signal problem.  

How much does a small TV cost these days?  They have to be pretty cheap.  

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