i needed a speaker cable and i was giving a 100 ft speaker cable from a friend. is it a problem that the cable is so long?
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speaker cables
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Is it 100ft of 18 gauge or 12 gauge?
Thicker cable is generally better sounding. Shorter cable a well.
It might be a good idea to break that 100 footer up into a 50, 25, 2 10's and a 5 footer.
I like to have some long speaker cables around so I can do silly stuff like set my head up 20 feet from my amp. That way I can play with the knobs while hearing what they do!
Is it 100ft of 18 gauge or 12 gauge?
Thicker cable is generally better sounding. Shorter cable a well.
It might be a good idea to break that 100 footer up into a 50, 25, 2 10's and a 5 footer.
I like to have some long speaker cables around so I can do silly stuff like set my head up 20 feet from my amp. That way I can play with the knobs while hearing what they do!
That's still really long. Since your head is usually on your cab, 4 or 5 feet should be more than enough.
you really want to go as short as you can, thats the best answer anyone can give you. if you need 20 feet then 20 feet is enough if you really only need 5 feet then its vastly too long.
My main issue with a 100 ft or a 20 ft cable would begin with having to wrap that bad boy up and take it with you if you bring your gear to gigs. My church is currently renting space and we need to set up and tear down every week. Hauling around the 100ft snake week after week is a huge hassle I would direly want to avoid with my speaker cables. (Unfortunately, the snake is a begrudging necessity) Secondarily of course would be the potential for sound degradation through such a long cable.
if you can use speakon connectors even easier. Hell I made two 3 foot speaker cables out of my old six foot GK bi-amp cable and I suck at any type of electrical work. I've never soldered anything. I even made a couple banana ends by removing the speakon ends for my Eden cabs. Bought a couple banana end connectors online, so you got options.
Back then, I just bought 2 speakon ends, using the -1+1 contacts and screwed the wires in place. Good idea to tear/cut off any tinned ends so screws can bite into the loose wires for best contact. 100 ft will make alot of 3 ft cables. With that much room for error, I'd even take a whack at a solder gun for 1/4" ends.
Back then, I just bought 2 speakon ends, using the -1+1 contacts and screwed the wires in place. Good idea to tear/cut off any tinned ends so screws can bite into the loose wires for best contact. 100 ft will make alot of 3 ft cables. With that much room for error, I'd even take a whack at a solder gun for 1/4" ends.
i was asking cause i bought 2 20ft cables, but ill buy some shorter ones later....that 100ft was way too long lol
those are still speaker cables but prolly more for use with your PA mains or floor monitors. If you can shop online, you'll find 3ft-5ft speaker cables that would better serve you for use with your bass rig.
I hate all that extra cable back there behind my rig getting hungup,tripped on n stuff, so I try to use the shortest run possible. Works for my stacked 2 cab setup.
I hate all that extra cable back there behind my rig getting hungup,tripped on n stuff, so I try to use the shortest run possible. Works for my stacked 2 cab setup.
As a rule, the longer your cable is, the more the signal will be attenuated. You won't be getting nearly the performance out of the amp that you could be with a hundred foot cord versus, say, a three-footer.
That said, because such a high-powered source is driving it, the impact of cable length is less critical on your tone than at other places in the signal chain.
For more information on this, I suggest you read [Invalid or Expired Link Removed]
That said, because such a high-powered source is driving it, the impact of cable length is less critical on your tone than at other places in the signal chain.
For more information on this, I suggest you read [Invalid or Expired Link Removed]
"The difference between Zaolla Silverline and other cable brands is manifest by virtue of our utilization of pure-silver conductors. In general, silver affords Zaolla Silverline superior high-frequency conductivity and the perception of superior low-frequency conductivity by virtue of the extra headroom for overtones. Players will also feel it in their fingers as extra touch sensitivity."
Get some good speakon connectors or some good 1/4 inch jacks and make yerself a couple of 6 footers and a couple of 3 footers. That's all I've needed for years. Just make sure sure you don't solder the jacks out of phase. )-(
"The difference between Zaolla Silverline and other cable brands is manifest by virtue of our utilization of pure-silver conductors. In general, silver affords Zaolla Silverline superior high-frequency conductivity and the perception of superior low-frequency conductivity by virtue of the extra headroom for overtones. Players will also feel it in their fingers as extra touch sensitivity."
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A/B them behind a curtain and there's not a one of any of us could tell the difference between gold wire and a coat hanger.
OP, whatever that crap is, don't buy it. Take your 100ft., chop it up in whatever lengths you need and put connectors on the ends. Then look around and figure how much it would have cost to buy all those different speaker cables, then pat yourself on the back.
"The difference between Zaolla Silverline and other cable brands is manifest by virtue of our utilization of pure-silver conductors. In general, silver affords Zaolla Silverline superior high-frequency conductivity and the perception of superior low-frequency conductivity by virtue of the extra headroom for overtones. Players will also feel it in their fingers as extra touch sensitivity."
Not what I was going for. I was going for the bit on attenuation and the signal level (though I'm sure there are better links than that, that's what I had on hand at the time.)
Oh, and by the way, the silver vs. copper issue isn't snake oil. Silver has been proven to be a better conductor than copper. Are the marketing words subjective at best? Perhaps, but this brand does at least have physics backing it up.
Enough on that, however. I don't want to get this thread closed down prematurely.
To sum up, either chop it up and re-terminate the ends, or get a 3-footer speakon-speakon. You shouldn't need more than 3 feet if you have a head-on-cab configuration.
Years ago when I applied for a job at a sound reinforcement company they asked me to diagram a pa setup incl cables. I got the gig because I showed the amps next to the cabs connected by short cables. It does make an audible difference.
About zaolla; silver is a better electrical conductor than copper. But I doubt even the golden ears around here could hear the difference.
About zaolla; silver is a better electrical conductor than copper. But I doubt even the golden ears around here could hear the difference.
