I didn't get to keep the new ones, as my friend's system needs their extra length, but I'm relatively confident that I can rule-out cables as a potential cause because the problem recurs with the same frequency regardless of which set of my own cables I use.
A member of another forum suggested I clean all of the IC sockets with Caig Deoxit, which is at least cheap. Others seem to think we're getting closer to concluding that one or more of the connections between the various IC sockets and their associated circuit boards have been compromised.
I was totally convinced that the problem involved some sort of charge build-up and dissipation, as you have speculated, until I took the whole rig over to my buddy's house and it performed poorly straight out of the back seat of the car. Shouldn't a cold re-connection of the entire rig have started any charge build-up issues over from a base of zero?
A member of another forum suggested I clean all of the IC sockets with Caig Deoxit, which is at least cheap. Others seem to think we're getting closer to concluding that one or more of the connections between the various IC sockets and their associated circuit boards have been compromised.
I was totally convinced that the problem involved some sort of charge build-up and dissipation, as you have speculated, until I took the whole rig over to my buddy's house and it performed poorly straight out of the back seat of the car. Shouldn't a cold re-connection of the entire rig have started any charge build-up issues over from a base of zero?