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Cable questions

Hi,

First, I've read back quite a few discussions of long speaker cables vs. long interconnects. My question is a bit different, in that I don't have monoblocks, which is the focus of most of those discussions.

My problem is that for family-acceptability reasons, my stereo preamp must be some distance from my speakers. I could position the stereo power amp either with the preamp (using a 3-6' interconnect) or close to the speakers (under the floor, actually). With short interconnects, my speaker runs would be about 25-30'. With long (about 20')interconnects, my speaker runs would be about 10'.

My preamp is a Classe CP-35, and the amp is a CA-200. These units do have balanced output and input if that helps.

Second, what sort of cables would you recommend? Cost is an issue, I would like to spend a few hundred dollars on cabling (I realize that's low, but I've made some jumps to step up to this gear and need to slow down for now). I currently use a 3' Radio Shack Gold interconnect and 10 foot of 12guage homemade RS speaker cable. Speakers are Celestion S-300 floorstanders.

Finally, any information out there on homemade interconnects? Is this hard to do, and are the results reasonable?

Thanks for any advice!

- Eric
ehart
ehart OP
215 posts
 
Great advice, thanks. I will definitely go with the longer balanced interconnect. As a bonus, it sounds as though a decent long interconnect is cheaper than decent long speaker cables. I like the suggestion to spend the money on just interconnect now, and go with better speaker wires later when budget allows.

For future reference, I would love to hear what other Classe owners are using for Interconnects and speaker wire.

Thanks again

- Eric

p.s. How do you go about demoing this stuff (wire)? Local stores have a very limited selection. Do you just buy a bunch of different stuff here for comparison, then sell the losers?
jsawhitlock
302 posts
 
Ehart,
Go to psaudio.com as they have a 30 day trial, also usedcable.com has many great cables that you can try for 30 days and if not happy just send back! I think if you tried the PS Audio statements in your system you will want to keep them! Check there power products out as they have been one of the best upgrades that I have done to my system. Happy Listening!
clbeanzfb43
28 posts
 
I'm having good results with Phoenix Zeropoint Pro inter-
connects and Zeropoint Pro Speaker cable.
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