Speaker buzz

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Had something I've never seen before. I installed my K10s and Alto subs into the venue and noticed one side had a mild buzzing sound. Changed out speakers, put on a ground lift, and disconnected the outputs to other speakers. Still buzzing. Finally, I had an 8 ft jumper cable, used to reach the long XLR cable. When I pulled it out of the speaker, I noticed one of the pins was pushed further back into the plug housing. I replaced the cable, problem solved. Usually, if a cable's bad there's no audio. Anybody else ever seen this before?
 
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Pin 1 on an XLR is ground that's probably the one that was not making contact causing the loop. You would still get signal if that was the only one damaged
 
Pin 1 on an XLR is ground that's probably the one that was not making contact causing the loop. You would still get signal if that was the only one damaged
I believe you'd get signal if any ONE pin was out on an XLR. Issue might be if a pin is pushed in, it might be making contact (partially) with another and could cause issues depending on what it touched.
 
Are you flying the speakers?
If so, perhaps some interference from florescent lights, electrical wires, or something computer-ish?