What is the best speaker wire to use for connecting the amp to the seperates... I know for home audio, monster is veru good, but i am very unfamiliar with car audio. Also, where can i purchase quality wires without buying 500ft worth. thanks, james
Monster cable is also a good name overhere for car-audio purposes.
In Germany, Oelbach is for standard and higher-class use , not sure if this is sold in USA.
AIV "Colorado" is also very common here, as well is MOGAMI cables.
Maybe you wanna take a look at DLS (www.dls.se) , they have some specs on their homepage, too.
In Germany, Oelbach is for standard and higher-class use , not sure if this is sold in USA.
AIV "Colorado" is also very common here, as well is MOGAMI cables.
Maybe you wanna take a look at DLS (www.dls.se) , they have some specs on their homepage, too.
All of us who know of the shoddy business practices that Monster engages in are boycotting the companies products. Please do the same.
Any sufficiently thick cable will be ok. Pay attention to the cable size, especially if the cable has to pass through tight spaces. Thick cable insulation is preferred in automotive environment. For short runs of less than 10 feet for speaker wire, I have used ordinary 14 strand automotive cables without any detriment. Cables for tweeters can be even smaller due to the smaller currents involved. Normally, in my car, 18AWG is sufficient for me.
Wire is wire. Dont get hooked up on brands like MONSTER. Radioshack wire is MUch cheaper does the same thing!When running wire for mids/tweets 16/18 awg is fine.
audioquest type4 for speaker cable is good choice,monstercable interlink401xln is enough,801xln is better depht,monster reference2 if your system need good midrange,but cable is tuning for perfectly your system.so please match the cable with your system equipment.
if you just try once,maybe change the cable into cheaper cable is not too much different,but if you try again change to expensive cable,you will hear the different,this need several time trial ..expensive cable have sound very natural and still linearity at every volume level,cheap cable is harsh at high volume.that is one example the different
if you just try once,maybe change the cable into cheaper cable is not too much different,but if you try again change to expensive cable,you will hear the different,this need several time trial ..expensive cable have sound very natural and still linearity at every volume level,cheap cable is harsh at high volume.that is one example the different
Where to buy it
Your local srereo shops has a big roll of it. Buy it by the foot. Or Ebay has great deals. I wish I bought a 500 ft roll when I 1st started fooling around with car audio. I bet I would be on my 3rd roll!
Your local srereo shops has a big roll of it. Buy it by the foot. Or Ebay has great deals. I wish I bought a 500 ft roll when I 1st started fooling around with car audio. I bet I would be on my 3rd roll!
Never believe that properly designed cables ALONE can make such a difference, UNLESS the cable has been INTENTIONALLY designed to suppress part of the sound spectrum for matching into certain loads (speakers) or drivers (amplifiers). THAT is certainly NOT a neutral (within normal engineering limits) cable! Monster Cable = Monster bucks!!!! I guess that I'll always be a miser........ But, the final judge will always be the one who pays, if the person who pays is happy, so be it...... Certainly not me.
Personally, I'd use standard 79 strand speaker cable - cheap, fairly flexible, well insulated, good current capacity, 'designed' for the job, and sold everywhere.
Lots of controversy...
For the most part, wire is wire. There is "good" wire, however.
The thing that separate good wire from bad wire:
Strand thickness. Wire with finer strands has more copper surface area. This is supposed to carry high frequencies better, although I personally think that the effect is not audible, as it's well above the range of hearing, even for most bats! What it DOES do, though is make the cable more flexible, and less prone to damage when running into doors, or in tight spots.
The rest of the crap (so-called "time alignment", pop-science quantum bs, teflon coatings, etc) is all just a way to fish more money from your wallet. I'll grudgingly give the O2 free recognition, because it makes the copper stronger, however, as long as the wire isn't green, I just can't see there being enough O2 in it to make for a problem.
Now, that being said, the speaker wire in my car at the moment is the crap with all the extra "features" that I actually despise. It was an experiment to see if there really was a sound improvement. There was not. To it's credit, however, the basic wire in the cable was reasonably good, and as such the sound at least did not suffer (Unlike some other "premium" brands, where it does.) Rest assured, next time I rebuild the system (When I have the time!) I'll be replacing the overpriced wire in my car with something more sensible.
For the most part, wire is wire. There is "good" wire, however.
The thing that separate good wire from bad wire:
Strand thickness. Wire with finer strands has more copper surface area. This is supposed to carry high frequencies better, although I personally think that the effect is not audible, as it's well above the range of hearing, even for most bats! What it DOES do, though is make the cable more flexible, and less prone to damage when running into doors, or in tight spots.
The rest of the crap (so-called "time alignment", pop-science quantum bs, teflon coatings, etc) is all just a way to fish more money from your wallet. I'll grudgingly give the O2 free recognition, because it makes the copper stronger, however, as long as the wire isn't green, I just can't see there being enough O2 in it to make for a problem.
Now, that being said, the speaker wire in my car at the moment is the crap with all the extra "features" that I actually despise. It was an experiment to see if there really was a sound improvement. There was not. To it's credit, however, the basic wire in the cable was reasonably good, and as such the sound at least did not suffer (Unlike some other "premium" brands, where it does.) Rest assured, next time I rebuild the system (When I have the time!) I'll be replacing the overpriced wire in my car with something more sensible.
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