Hello all.
I'm building a 90 L cabinet, and i'm thinking what type of cable can i use.
Some says cat 5 cable is fine, others multi copper with bigger diameter...
Can someone enlight me on this subject please?
I'll use 20 W tube amp.
Thanks for your help.
Fabian
I'm building a 90 L cabinet, and i'm thinking what type of cable can i use.
Some says cat 5 cable is fine, others multi copper with bigger diameter...
Can someone enlight me on this subject please?
I'll use 20 W tube amp.
Thanks for your help.
Fabian
I just changed the wiring of my speakers and found that solid core copper wire had a noticeable impact on the sound.
I used 2mm solid copper wire, and it opened up the sounds from the previous cheap-bought-in-bulk "speaker" multi strand wire.
It's not easy to wrestle it in place, but it was worth it.
I used 2mm solid copper wire, and it opened up the sounds from the previous cheap-bought-in-bulk "speaker" multi strand wire.
It's not easy to wrestle it in place, but it was worth it.
Unless it's hair thin wire it Will Not matter/ make audible difference.
Resistance is all speaker/power wires care about.
Often it's the connectors/connections that are substandard inside speakers.... Not the wires used 😉
Resistance is all speaker/power wires care about.
Often it's the connectors/connections that are substandard inside speakers.... Not the wires used 😉
I am always leery of descriptions of wires when stated in audiophile terms. My experience is wire is wire. My current speakers are bi-wired with a single run of cat5 cable. Three pairs to the woofer, one pair to the full-range. And yes, the connectors are speakons.
Bob
Bob
I use Cat6 solid core. Solid core is very easy to work with and Cat6 is typically 23 gauge compared with 24 gauge Cat5 (so it is a mite thicker).
If the driver is 1 fullrange speaker you should solder the speaker cable direct at the driver terminals, avoid use connectors and a different cable from the speaker cable.
Changes in the wiring where the musical signal runs damage the final result, mainly the musical harmonics;
1.0mm2 or 1.5mm2 solid core (stripped from twin and earth) copper twisted pair, 2 twists per ft.
IF you can get it from a house re-wire, it'll be well run in...... 😀 😀 😀
IF you can get it from a house re-wire, it'll be well run in...... 😀 😀 😀
I used to buy canare star quad and double up the leads for my mains. Had another custom cable for my subs. Then I happened to win a pair of 3-way 10" Seas monitors on ebay that had been in a radio station in Boston. Turns out they didn't even have speaker connections on the back. But there was a 20 gauge 20 foot wire on each running thru a siliconed hole in the back of the cabinet, soldered directly to the crossover. This took me aback at first but then I realized I can pump 100 watts /channel from a Soundcraftsman amp thru these things in the studio and they are blasters and don't distort. Hmmm, Now I'm comfortable wiring all my foamcore creations with Cat5 direct.
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Dave, is it because of the ultra high frequency it is capable of transmitting (although digital switching info) through long distances?
It is because it sounds good, and costs next to nothing. A Frugel-Phile™ approach — we know cables make a difference, but these keep us out of the snake oil discussion.
dave
dave
Do you mean single strands of insulated Cat5/6 cable? or a single copper wire strand pulled out of the insulator jacket???
A pair of strands pulled from a CAT 5 cable.
Unless you do a really long run the resistance is negligable.
dave
Unless you do a really long run the resistance is negligable.
dave
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