Tpreaves, thanks for the info. I'm new to the cable discussion, so it's great to try to get to the bottom of this. If I understand you correctly, the quad configuration bundles the four 14awg conductors, amounting to essentially an 11awg cable. You do mention the drawback that in a single run of 14awg the sheathing would be stripped, but I would only be doing that at the speaker terminations, right? Where 2 conductors are peeled away to connect to the posts (and I would probably jacket those small lengths with Techflex or something).
Canare 14-4 in a single long run?
This is a conventionally wired (not-biwired) set-up, running cable through the ceiling.
I would like to run a single length of the Canare 4S11, which has 4 conductors, and peel off 2 conductors for each speaker. Any reasons to run 2 separate lengths instead?
What about for long distances---say 100 feet... I've read 14-4 has an effective AWG of 11 but don't quite understand that.
Many thanks.
I would like to run a single length of the Canare 4S11, which has 4 conductors, and peel off 2 conductors for each speaker. Any reasons to run 2 separate lengths instead?
What about for long distances---say 100 feet... I've read 14-4 has an effective AWG of 11 but don't quite understand that.
Many thanks.