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Newbie with some speaker questions

I recently purchased an inexpensive little set up to practice and do some recording in a small room in my home. I have a Pyle Pro PTA1000 dual channel stereo amp. Each channel runs to one Pyle Pro padh1269 600WATT speaker in a standard single left and right configuration. The speakers are hooked up to the amp via a big gauge Speakon cable.

Are TRS cables and "Speaker Cables" the same?

Hello all,

I just wanted to ask if TRS cables are the exactly the same as "Speaker Cables?" Speaker cables that you would normally use to hook your studio monitors to your audio interface.

Also, are these the same cables that should be used between a guitar amp head and the cabinet?

Thanks for the advice!

Tips on new speaker setup.

Okay, let me start this off by saying I'm broke. That being said, I just bought a pair of Samson Media One 3a speakers for my home studio. I also have the Logitech X-220. So the thing about the Samsons is they lack a bunch in the low end as expected. But the problem with the Logitechs was they were lacking in the mids, which is definitely the Samsons strong suit.

Tascam DR-100: Built-in speaker not functioning?

Hi colleagues:

I just purchased a Tascam DR-100. Seems like a good unit as I'm going over the manual and doing some first tests. But my manual didn't come with a troubleshooting guide to answer this potential issue: The built-in speaker doesn't seem to work. Headphones work fine, though.

I double-checked the following: