<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfMessage"><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On 1 Feb 2026, at 10:40, Richie Burnett <rburnett@richieburnett.co.uk> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div><meta charset="UTF-8"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline !important;">I'm just cross that I didn't think of the *potential* for damage connecting/disconnecting Class-2 speakers to a piece of Class-1 earthed equipment. My multi-meter shows 102VAC between the shield on the audio cable coming from the Creative powered speakers and mains earth! Modern gear is probably more tolerant than 1980's technology, but definitely something for others to be aware of to reduce the risk of damage to other vintage gear.</span></div></blockquote></div><br><div><br></div><div>102 volts!!!???</div><div>I would never have thought of this....</div><div><br></div><div>A</div></body></html>