If low inductance is maintained, is almost any cable OK for powered subs? It seems that capacitance and the dielectric properties may not be too important - providing proper shielding is maintained in noisy environments.
The most important parameter is to absolutely ensure the cable is long enough to reach the speaker.
Inductance losses, as you seem to already see, are insignificant for woofers... and for tweeters.
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This is a low voltage unbalanced connection so any RCA patch that is long enough and doesn't induce noise will work.
That deserves emphasis. All too often people finish their speakers and THEN they find the darn cables are just too short.
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Thanks for the replies; they confirm my suspicion that pedigreed, high-end, subwoof ICs are a sub par value and are no superior substitutes for our common, inexpensive, cables.
Would high inductance have an audible effect, especially with high power in speaker cables?
Would high inductance have an audible effect, especially with high power in speaker cables?
High resistance can cause fires on high power cables. But inductance influence on FR is the same for a given terminal load impedance regardless of power transmitted.
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