Speaker Cable

[SYKRAPS]

I came across a job today where the speakers are connected using 1mm twin and earth, not being very well versed in this area can you guys list the pros and cons of this "if any".

Should I change this or not? It should bo ok right? I have not seen it working so I don't want any comeback because if the quality is poor when the electric is restored the customer is bound to complain that it used to be better.

Thanks..............

 

[vjsmarwick]

I went to a house once and it was a retired sound tech from the BBC he had a stereo rigged up on spikes for feet on the stereo and speakers 4mm gold plated speaker wire and he claimed he could tell the difference if it wasn't it was all in a room with sound proofing on the walls and no windows. All very professionally done must have cost loads he said the stereo system was like £15000 and he had been adding to it ever since he had started with the BBC. My only problem with the whole set up was the fact i was there to install a fan for ventilation i could even hear it running so pointless having such an expensive set up.

 

[Engineer54]

For anyone over 50 and in many cases a lot younger, your hearing frequencies especially at the extremities, are diminishing fast, more so at the lower end and above 20K at the top end. So it's highly unlikely that you can hear the full range of any Hi Fi system. Never did see the point of paying those totally silly prices for speaker cables. I've always been into Hi Fi, and later Home Cinema, and have noticed myself that records or disks just don't seem to sound as good as i remember they once did!! lol!!

 

[SYKRAPS]

SKYRAPS, how come you put a 'like' on dim_bulbs comment, but not on my original answer to your question ?? Extra-white Daz

It made me giggle cos of the adverts but I have thanked you now fella.............

 

[SYKRAPS]

Are you sure its not a 100v music/pa system your looking at....??????

It is playing background mellow eastern tunes in an indian restaurant running from a 2nd hand cd player

 

[Silly Sausage]

Oxygen free copper is the only way to go...

Some folk acually beleive this twaddle
So Can someone please explain in VERY technical language why this is so ???
Dont hold back. we are all agog, just waiting for the explanation...

I've absolutely no idea mate!
It's what some HiFi pseudo told me once.
Hence the grin.
I wouldn't be able to tell the difference between a cheap & expensive cable with my hearing.

 

[Engineer54]

Originally Posted by Golden_Boy
Some folk acually beleive this twaddle
So Can someone please explain in VERY technical language why this is so ???
Dont hold back. we are all agog, just waiting for the explanation...



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You'll get all the technical jargon you could ever wish for, from the cable manufacturers, as to why oxygen free copper speakers cable has better frequency response. Whether you will be able to actually hear the difference in that heightened response is another matter... lol!!

I still believe it's the nuances within a good recording and play back, that make the difference, but again it all comes down to the individuals ability to hear/distinguish those frequencies.

 

[SYKRAPS]

You'll get all the technical jargon you could ever wish for, from the cable manufacturers, as to why oxygen free copper speakers cable has better frequency response. Whether you will be able to actually hear the difference in that heightened response is another matter... lol!!

I still believe it's the nuances within a good recording and play back, that make the difference, but again it all comes down to the individuals ability to hear/distinguish those frequencies.

And when you go to an Indian restaurant it is for the food not the diabolical music.............

 

[tazz]

Brings me back to my oridginal comment on 100v system.......have installed 3kw VA/PA systems in shopping centres and on London underground...and some of the systems from the likes of Baldwin Booxhall are like HD for the music guros on here...and guess what there wired in 2.5mm FP200 cable

 

[Engineer54]

I don't eat Indian, so never go to Indian restaurants!! lol!! Even if i did, i wouldn't be able to put up with music or the cat's singing for very long!! lol!!

 

[SYKRAPS]

I don't eat Indian, so never go to Indian restaurants!! lol!! Even if i did, i wouldn't be able to put up with music or the cat's singing for very long!! lol!!

You should be used to a bit of cat living in China lol..........or is it dog they eat?

 

[tazz]

You should be used to a bit of cat living in China lol..........or is it dog they eat?

Good old dog Kebabs remember them well....best Kebabs ive every had.....miss working in Maylaisia
Good old Tigar beer aswell...lol

 

[SYKRAPS]

Read up on "skin effect" of HF cables. Come back and tell me what you find :wink5:

I use 10mm TriRated.

Very interesting Tony, so basically because tri rated has an increased outer surface of each core thus a larger surface area the losses are much less than a solid core cable of the same csa

 

[Engineer54]

You should be used to a bit of cat living in China lol..........or is it dog they eat?

I wouldn't be too sure that your not eating cat in the Indian restaurants you use in the UK!! LOL!! It's dog they eat in Asia, not cat!!

Let's face it, all your really tasting is the hot spices they use, not the actual meat and/or veggies in the dish!! lol!!

 

[Deleted member 26818]

The chinese are the ones that eat cat.
They use the same word for cat as they do for rabbit, means small furry animal apparently.
All those of you who think you are born in the year of the cat are actually born in the year of the small furry animal.

 

[Engineer54]

Never seen cat on the menu anywhere i've been to over here, dog and other unmentionables, yes!! lol!!