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77 StingRayBass 12-13-2012 06:46 AM

Amp to cabinet cable, what are you using?
 
I need a new speaker cable for my amp, and I'm looking at this Gold series MOGAMI 3082 SPEAKER CABLE 3'. Need some suggestion's on a cable.

MrDOS 12-13-2012 06:50 AM

3' #12 Speakon cable bought from eBay -- I've never been able to hear the difference in speaker cable, as long as the gauge is thick enough.

wcriley 12-13-2012 06:53 AM

I make my own with cable from Home Depot and connectors from Parts Express.
Costs less than $10 and few few minutes of my time.

bassgod0dmw 12-13-2012 06:55 AM

I'm running 3' ProCo FatMax, but I don't think you can get it any more. Being 8 gauge it's pretty much overkill for anything.

Mr. Foxen 12-13-2012 06:55 AM

Cable made by the guy in the local shop, good enough for Killing Joke.

superdick2112 12-13-2012 07:03 AM

Phil Jones Speakon cables - built like a tank!

http://www.philjonespuresound.com/products/?id=27

77 StingRayBass 12-13-2012 07:04 AM

Thanks Cat's!

bassmeknik 12-13-2012 07:12 AM

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Originally Posted by wcriley (Post 13571684)
I make my own with cable from Home Depot and connectors from Parts Express.
Costs less than $10 and few few minutes of my time.


+1 I made all new 14ga cables with Home Depot SO wire and Parts Express connectors. Excellent.

wango55 12-13-2012 07:14 AM

Currently, a Pyle Pro Speakon to 1/4 cable I got on Amazon for like 11 bucks. So far, so good - no problems yet!

HeavyDuty 12-13-2012 07:17 AM

I grabbed some heavy gauge speaker cable cutoffs from the local boom car shop for a buck or two and added Speakon connectors. Almost fifteen years later, they're still going strong...

I doubt the pair of them cost me $25 to build.

jphovercraft 12-13-2012 07:21 AM

Had to come up w/one in a hurry last time ... bought a heavy AC extension cable at a corner store, cannibalized 1/4" connectors from a bad guitar cable in the car, soldered it all togeather, still using it 3 years later.

bassmeknik 12-13-2012 07:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jphovercraft (Post 13571772)
Had to come up w/one in a hurry last time ... bought a heavy AC extension cable at a corner store, cannibalized 1/4" connectors from a bad guitar cable in the car, soldered it all togeather, still using it 3 years later.

been there done that... excellent.

wcriley 12-13-2012 07:29 AM

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Almost fifteen years later, they're still going strong...
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still using it 3 years later
Got you all beat. I have a PA speaker cable that I put together over 30 years ago! :D

The outer jacket is dried out and cracked, but it still sees frequent use. All I've done to it is change the connectors from 1/4" to Speakon a few years ago.

bassmeknik 12-13-2012 07:34 AM

You guys with high dollar cables are spending needlessly.

DiabolusInMusic 12-13-2012 07:36 AM

I use homemade speakon cables, $10 in ends and I can usually get a small length of comm cable for free.

trevcda 12-13-2012 07:58 AM

Your choices become a lot easier when you realize how small the wire gauge is inside your amp from the output rail to the speaker jack and the jack to the speaker is inside your cab. Not to mention the minutely small amount of loss and added resistance in the three feet run between the two. Not that knowing that ever stopped me from using jumper cables and Speakon connectors on my rig! ;)

WCHIII 12-13-2012 08:03 AM

Deathvalleycables.com

Bassmann1968 12-13-2012 08:08 AM

Most important for me is that they used Neutrik connectors!

Russell L 12-13-2012 08:16 AM

Some off-brand 1/4" from the local music store. I might've paid ten bucks for it. Works like a charm.

CL400Peavey 12-13-2012 08:19 AM

All my speaker cables have been made by me. Bought a length of bulk and attach my own ends...


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