I just ran a 30 foot long set of speaker cables and am very happy with the results. I used Canare 4S11 that I read about here and other places. It is a spiral 4 wire that is 14 gauge each but when the 2 reds and 2 whites are joined together to make 1 red and 1 white it is effectively 11 gauge. It is flexible and easy to fish through walls. I used monster gold plated spades, but you could leave them as bare wire or terminate with your choice of connectors. At 67 cents a foot I think it is a bargain. It runs along 120 V AC Romex (couldn't be helped) and there is no interference. The sound is clean and full. If you buy 100 feet it's only $67 plus shipping plus connectors. Good luck!
Very long cable run question
I have a very long cable run through my ceiling to get to my rear speakers which I use for Multichannel music and movies. I notice noise, like a crackling coming from the rears, especially when the level is turned up.
It has been suggested that since I am using a 40+ foot length heavy gauge "zip cord" (cobalt cable) that goes through insulation and who knows what, that my problem might be the speaker cable.
Is there a way of eliminating this like putting the cable in a conduit or something? What about a different cable with a different geometry?
Thanks for the input - and I have not ruled out that the problem could be elsewhere in my system. I am simply beginning a thought process here while I borrow component to try to isolate the problem.
Dave
It has been suggested that since I am using a 40+ foot length heavy gauge "zip cord" (cobalt cable) that goes through insulation and who knows what, that my problem might be the speaker cable.
Is there a way of eliminating this like putting the cable in a conduit or something? What about a different cable with a different geometry?
Thanks for the input - and I have not ruled out that the problem could be elsewhere in my system. I am simply beginning a thought process here while I borrow component to try to isolate the problem.
Dave
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