If you read the published specs on some cables the resistance (acceptance?/capacitance)is very low. Fraction of an ohm. You would have to have great lengths of the stuff on one side to make an appreciable difference. Part of it too is how everything in the circuit (amp to speakers) reacts. Might be ok with some comboinations but not with others. As to cable diameter, most of who use this site are going to use larger diameter cable in any case so worrying about too thin a cable is not a problem in most cases. Most of us could use our speaker cable to boost our cars with.
equal cable length?
Need some advice from all you cable gurus out there..
I'm upgrading my 2 channel system, going with ACI Sapphires and Force Sub, powered by a Rotel RB 980. One cable run will be 12'-15' to one speaker and the other speaker will be approx 4'- 6' ft from the amp. I have heard it's better to have cables of equal length and I have also heard that you should not coil extra cable. Will cables of unequal length be a no-no? I can't imagine the difference will be audible. I'm in a catch 22, either cables of different lengths or having to coil one cable.
Advice is appreciated.......also any suggestions on cable choices under $350 for this set-up?
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