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06-19-2010, 04:52 PM
| | | | Just got some interesting Planet Waves Speaker Cables
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I just bought some speakon to speakon 5' Planet Waves 12ga speaker cables from a dealer on ebay. They arrived today and I was surprised that they are two cables side by side like this: http://www.guitarcenter.com/item/exp...ves/246948.jpg http://www.guitarcenter.com/Planet-W...08-i1129089.gc
But 5 feet.
I'm sure they're fine at 12 gauge, but any thoughts on the side by side dual cable vs. traditional round cable?
Last edited by DavidE : 06-19-2010 at 04:57 PM.
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06-19-2010, 05:00 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Oregon | | | I think it's just fine. I've used side-by-side cables many times for ever. Co-axial will avoid unequal EM distortions, but c'mon, this is for music, not sensitive instruments. |
06-19-2010, 05:06 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Columbine Valley, Colorado | | | I've usesd Planet Waves side-by-side Speakon-type speaker cables for a few years and they work fine. I can't tell any difference from the single-strand, round-style and I don't know why there would be any difference.
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06-19-2010, 05:19 PM
| | | | I've been using 2 of those cables for about 4yrs. Never had a problem. |
06-19-2010, 05:26 PM
| | | | Sounds like they'll last a while too! |
06-19-2010, 07:33 PM
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Originally Posted by mulchor  I think it's just fine. I've used side-by-side cables many times for ever. Co-axial will avoid unequal EM distortions, but c'mon, this is for music, not sensitive instruments. | If you look inside a round speaker cable you'll find that the round outer cover hides a side by side cable. As for shielding, that's only a necessity with instrument cables. It can be used on speaker cables, but serves no useful purpose, and can cause increased capacitance and inductance, reducing high frequency bandwidth. |
06-20-2010, 02:49 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2006 Location: austin,tx | | | There's no real advantage to that. Maybe save a little rubber in production by not making it into one fat round cable. 12AWG wire is 12AWG wire, no matter now much or how little rubber you dip it in. |
06-20-2010, 09:34 AM
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Applications Engineer, QSC Audio | | Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Costa Mesa, Calif. | | Quote:
Originally Posted by mulchor I think it's just fine. I've used side-by-side cables many times for ever. Co-axial will avoid unequal EM distortions, but c'mon, this is for music, not sensitive instruments. | Coaxial--i.e., shielded--cables protect against electrostatic interference, not EM (unless the shield is a high-permittivity metal like steel, iron, or nickel, instead of copper). |
06-20-2010, 11:45 AM
|  | (No Longer) Tradin' My Hours for a Handfulla Dimes | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Boston | | | Also a very low impedance circuit....would take pretty substantial interference to fuel an 8 or 4 ohm load.
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