Do speaker wires get old? details..?

[iLoveLifeツ]

I just hooked up brand new Alpine SPS-600 6.5 inch speakers in my front doors and one of them the vocals sound alright but everything else is stat-icky and the other one hardly any sound comes out. I have a 1994 Lexus ES300, I made sure and connected the wires together perfectly. So could it be because the wires are just old?

 

[Crazy Larry]

Crimped or soldered connections. Crimped connections aren't worth the powder to blow them to Hades. I solder all my connections and shield them from vibration. I've never has a stereo failure attributed to wiring.
Burnt a dashboard out once but the stereo still worked. ROTFL.

 

[A.L.V.]

yes over time they do or corrode too

although for a 94 this seems a lil to soon but maybe

 

[Brian O]

No they'll last prob forever but you may have the polarity backwards or a loose connection somewhere.