speaker wiring

[richy3333]

We use BS7671 not NFPA NEC over here.

Just to add. For my home I used 6mm tri-rated singles as they were free from where I worked.

Free, or f-r-e-e - As in they just followed you home?!

 

[Engineer54]

I'll let you all in to a little trade secret from the entertainment industry, but promise you don't tell anyone!

In nearly all theatres, cinemas, studios etc the super special speaker cable is either singles in trunking or T&E

And it sounds just as good as any of those class 5000 oxygen free cables!

And what's more, from around 25 years old, hearing starts dropping off at both the high and low ends of the spectrom. So from around 30 or a little later, the human ear can't hear any miniscule improvements that high end oxygen free speaker cables may or may not provide. Most of the improvements these high end cable give, are for the most part only seen on sensitive measuring equipment....


Always used to make me chuckle reading HiFi magazines where the authors of articles sending up the praises of certain speaker cables and the like were in there 50's!! By that age their 20Hz to 20KHz hearing is just a distant memory!! lol!!

 

[Gazzdid]

If your really worried about it, use two core flex. It really is as good (probably better!) than any speaker cable with bells on. And it will have met all the relevant standards for your country

 

[Guest77]

Were talking about speaker cable here, not 11000 volt cabling lol, whack some speaker cable in and forget all about it, it is for some speakers in someones house not the Royal Albert hall.

 

[Geordie Spark]

And what's more, from around 25 years old, hearing starts dropping off at both the high and low ends of the spectrom. So from around 30 or a little later, the human ear can't hear any miniscule improvements that high end oxygen free speaker cables may or may not provide. Most of the improvements these high end cable give, are for the most part only seen on sensitive measuring equipment....

Always used to make me chuckle reading HiFi magazines where the authors of articles sending up the praises of certain speaker cables and the like were in there 50's!! By that age their 20Hz to 20KHz hearing is just a distant memory!! lol!!

PARDON??!! :wheelchair:

 

[Octopus]

I believe our OP is from over the pond.

Not the old "pond" wiring again!

 

[Rockingit]

6mm single / tri-rate is all I use in an install situation. Just remember that it's two cables to each location!

 

[shanky887614]

6mm single / tri-rate is all I use in an install situation. Just remember that it's two cables to each location!

yy would be better

 

[robbieliddle]

2core or (4 core, bi-amped system) 2.5mm. done many many a/v installs!

 

[davesparks]

Why? Singles are more than adequate.

 

[shanky887614]

because you can get yy in any size and we use a lot of it so its to hand.

its finer stranded than 6491b as well

 

[davesparks]

Just because you use a lot of it it doesn't mean the OP has it to hand!

I for one prefer singles for soldering onto the terminals

 

[Rockingit]

yy would be better

I really don't think there's anything in it and the last time I did the maths it was cheaper in tri rate.

 

[telectrix]

bloody good job marconi didn't have these problems or we'd still be using smoke signals.

 

[steve50]

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