jacabo wrote:
. which is why i love coming to these boards!
geek on!
Dear forum, how thick should the line level cables be that go to my
active speakers?
Confused,
Peter
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Pat Farrell;185064 Wrote:
12 gauge is good for 20 amps.
What speakers need 20 amps? what speakers can even live with 20 amps of
current?
Pat,
The issue is resistance of the wire run, not current-carrying capacity.
Roger Russell states that the resistance of the wire run should be no
w4rren;184755 Wrote:
I was told many years ago to keep the cable length of each speaker
approximately the same. I wouldnt consider myself obsessive but I like
to get the best setup possible for the system I have. Unfortunately I
have to put one speaker next to the amp, and the other at the
I've just dug out one of my NAIM (www.naim-audio.com) manuals which
clearly states that the cables should be of the same length and under
3m long. They should also be made by NAIM. :-/
MC
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ModelCitizen;184930 Wrote:
I've just dug out one of my NAIM (www.naim-audio.com) manuals which
clearly states that the cables should be of the same length and under
3m long. They should also be made by NAIM. :-/
MC
Surely that should be *over* 3m long? Naim power amps rely on the
inductance
w4rren;184785 Wrote:
thanks all, i will start cutting
Likely you've already given your cables a vasectomy, but why not just
coil one up behind the amp? That's what I did.
-- Timothy
(who on repainting the living room is likely to put in that funky
baseboard that can hide the speaker wires)
TimothyB;184962 Wrote:
Likely you've already given your cables a vasectomy, but why not just
coil one up behind the amp? That's what I did.
-- Timothy
(who on repainting the living room is likely to put in that funky
baseboard that can hide the speaker wires)
just as long as you don't
cliveb;184933 Wrote:
Surely that should be *over* 3m long?
Yup, you're right... which is odd... as NAIM excel at selling you yet
more bits... so it's surprising to see them miss a trick with speaker
cable.
MC
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ModelCitizen
It is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to
The main issues with speaker wire:
1. Wire diameter. If your wire lengths are 5 feet or less, 16-gauge
wire is fine; for longer runs, 12 gauge is better.
2. Keep the wire lengths as short as possible.
AntiCables states that the distortion caused by the dielectric effect
of speaker wire gets
Ron Olsen wrote:
1. Wire diameter. If your wire lengths are 5 feet or less, 16-gauge
wire is fine; for longer runs, 12 gauge is better.
12 gauge is good for 20 amps.
What speakers need 20 amps? what speakers can even live with 20 amps of
current?
Unless my arithmetic is faulty, driving a 8
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-JAC
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I was told many years ago to keep the cable length of each speaker
approximately the same. I wouldn#8217;t consider myself obsessive but
I like to get the best setup possible for the system I have.
Unfortunately I have to put one speaker next to the amp, and the other
at the opposite end of patio
w4rren;184755 Wrote:
I was told many years ago to keep the cable length of each speaker
approximately the same. I wouldnt consider myself obsessive but I like
to get the best setup possible for the system I have. Unfortunately I
have to put one speaker next to the amp, and the other at the
It's nothing to do with delay - the sound travels a lot faster along the
cable than it does from the speakers to your ears.
Keeping the lengths similar is to do with matching levels between left
and right. Provided your cable is thick enough not to attenuate the
signal significantly, I'd be
w4rren;184755 Wrote:
I was told many years ago to keep the cable length of each speaker
approximately the same. I wouldnt consider myself obsessive but I like
to get the best setup possible for the system I have. Unfortunately I
have to put one speaker next to the amp, and the other at the
thanks all, i will start cutting
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