monitors help?

[teaser360]

we got ourselves a set of stage monitors and after trying them out for the first time yesterday we where getting alot of buzzing coming from them, after having a look at them when i got home i decided the problem lied with the cables, i plugged in a heavy duty guitar cable to the output of the mixer and into the input to the monitors, and hey presto buzzing 90% illiminated, should i use a a screened cable like those we use for our basses or should i use standard speaker cable from mixer desk to monitor?

[Stewart]

Where's the amplifier?

You need screened (like a guitar cable) before the amp, you need speaker cable from the amp to the speakers...

[KennysFord]

You should always use line level leads for equipment like this,ie xlr or instrument leads.Speaker leads are just for speakers.

[Dubs]

Using a balanced connection such as an XLR will cancel out all the noise and interference that’s not being caused by the source. If the amp or monitors are causing the hum/buzzing then I’m not sure what you can do, but try using XLR cables rather than instrument cables.

[teaser360]

many thanks, that is what I thought, the monitor is active so is built into the monitor, i will make a new cable up tomorrow, as i said the humming stops when i connected my guitar cable to the input