Coaxial Speaker Wire Questions
Hey all,
First time Post here though I’ve been reading for some time. I’m a pro mixing and mastering engineer, currently running the super fine Strauss Elektroakustik MF-4 loudspeakers with their PA-100 amp. Incredible company worth checking out, but I digress.
So, first I’ll say that I’m highly aware of all of the controversy regarding high end cabling. I don’t subscribe, nor bash anyone’s findings. Much of life is highly subjective, and in speaker land (unlike other pro audio where you can record and A/B your results), you can’t very acutely A/B.
With that said, I’m looking in to the concept of a very low-resistance, and potentially high-end cable. This led me (via some recommendations), to the Stockfish TTC-Pro, which led me to their description of it, saying it’s a parallel coaxial design (with other elements - I’m paraphrasing).
My question, if I try to make a set of parallel coaxial speaker wires, how do I hook up shields? Are they floating/detached on both sides? Or connected only on one side? And if connected, clearly not to a ground post, so where? I’ve read about cross-connection, but I don’t think I want to go that route - I more want to understand the theory of what one does with a shielded cable when applying it to a loudspeaker wire which is usually unshielded.
Currently, my setup sound incredible, and I’m not of the mindset that a cable will add anything (nor would I want that). What I do want is to consider how I can approach a more straight-wire concept between the amp and speakers. The designer of my speakers is a proponent of low-resistance designs, so that’s where my head is at.
Here’s the TTC-Pro and description:
https://www.stockfisch-records.de/pages_art/sf12_ttc4_e.html
Looking forward to hearing what you all think about my question, and these cables.
Best,
Mark Galup
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