• Love at first bad cable

  
  As reviewed by Gregory More on 12/12/2012

  Friday evening I assisted another sound guy. Just as we were starting sound check with the feature performers we discovered we were getting sound from the monitors but not the mains. I plugged the CT-100 into the monitor channel input on the amp and got a tone. I plugged the CT-100 into the main channel input on the amp and got nothing. The problem had to be somewhere in the amp or beyond towards the speakers. We looked at the amp settings (configuration and gain) which seemed OK so using the CT-100 test tone again I swapped the working monitor cable to the main output channel and got signal. The problem must be in the main speaker cable. I installed a replacement cable for the mains which worked fine. To confirm the problem I checked the bad speaker cable. The CT-100 indicated a bad intermittent problem (intermittent lit almost immediately) on the tip. I labeled both ends of the cable "bad tip." The CT-100 helped me find the problem, confirm the problem and then identify exactly what needed to be fixed. It did all this after I've owned it less than one week. And the speaker cables are robust cables that are less than a year old. I suspect a poor quality solder in one of the 1/4" plugs. Needless to say I am happy with the CT-100. I think the cable gods wanted to show off the CT-100 right away. I don't know why your store doesn't stock them. The test tone and intermittent features are great additions to the basic cable test function. Cons: The CT-100 does not have Speakon connections for testing Speakon cables.

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• works great

  
  As reviewed by WILLIAM HOLLEY on 9/3/2012

  I bought this because I had some old cables that would shut down my mixer. It works very well.

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• easy to use, solidly built

  
  As reviewed by Kevin Holsinger on 12/29/2011

  Frankly, I wasn't expecting a lot for the price. I was pleasantly surprised by the sturdy metal box. Lightweight & rugged. (Have used only for one show so far, but I expect long life.) Works as easily as one could wish for -- lights clearly indicate which pins are (or aren't) connected. Simple diagonal line means good. Phantom power check is a simple go/no-go test; the purist in me could wish for more details, but definitely not in this price range.

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