Well nothing would surprise me with builders. I've found that many cannot cope with anything outside their own direct experience. First thing I'd check is that the wires are actually connected to whatever you are connecting the speakers to (i.e. wall plate or whatever). If that looks right then check that the wires are intact by sending some voltage through them to check. I use an old car battery and an auto light globe with wires soldered onto it. Just connect the auto battery + & - terminals to one end of the + & - speaker wires and then attach the light globe to the other end of the speaker wires. Don't attach the + & - terminals to the same wire! If the globe lights up then the wires are OK. You can also buy multimeter testing kits of course. I've had mice chew through in ceiling speaker wire but unlikely all would be damaged.
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Speaker Wire Trouble - HELP!
When my house was built they wired for surround sound, 7:1. I am now getting around to installing receiver and speakers but cannot get any of the speakers to work. If I use cheap speaker wire and connect directly from receiver to speaker it works - but none of the pre installed wiring is working. As inept as most builders are, I find it hard to believe that they put screws through ALL the wiring. Anybody have any suggestions??????
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wiring probably goes to some other part of the house. Maybe a central sound intercom system.
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