What Gauge Speaker Cable Do YOu Use?

2x6mm core.

i prefer thick cables..

 

4 mm²

 

10 gauge Pro Co's

I just received them and did some research on them before buying. Several times I saw the advice to get;

- heaviest gauge you can afford
- shortest runs you can operate with
- make sure they don't have some crummy "Made in China" jacks/connectors

...among other things

 

Rickbass: where did you get those 10 gauge ProCos? I'm also in the market for some good speaker cables.

 

I think they are 14-gauge, but I am not really sure. I'd also like to go with a heavier gauge.

What are the reasons for using speaker cable to wire your cabs as opposed to using instrument cable?

 

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I don't know if they're running a sale or if these are being discontinued, but for some reason the 6 ft. 10 gauge Pro Co Lifelines was originally $28 and they are selling it at $20, same sort of lower pricing with the 3 footers. The packages had price stickers with the higher price on them and the backside of the packages had the lower prices I paid.

So, what that tells me is that they actually did sell for the higher prices before.

Mario - Ruling out expectancy theory, ("I bought it so it must be better, right??? ), I plugged in this morning and the lows were "bigger sounding" and just everything in general sounded better, more "lively" than the Carvin 1/4" cables I had before.

 

I do believe it is because instrument cable is shielded and you don't want shielded cable for speakers.

I also believe that it is the distance of cable used where the gauge really has an effect on sound quality.

I could be wrong, but unless you are going over 50 feet in length, there is no need to go larger than 14 gauge as with lighter gauge over longer lengths there is a loss in signal quality. Someone correct me if you know different.

 

I'll bet that if you bought a Stewart in Europe it would have Speakons. Euro safety regulations have outlawed high voltages at exposed terminals (i.e. bananas) so all high powered amps sold there now use Speakons instead.

Some companies like Crest still use bananas for US models while export versions have Speakons

I doubt you'll hear a difference between banana and speakon. Both have large contact surfaces.

 

Well right now I'm using two studio 1000 monster cable speaker cables. Not sure what gauge they are so if anyone knows, please tell me!!!!

 

I've been using a Fat 12 gauge speaker wire lately, that's been measured just right so there's no excess cord.

 

12 Gauge with Neutrik Speakons

 

I use 1.5 gauge speaker cable. The stuff is wider than my wrist.

 

I saw some high end home theatre setup at Tweeter that had speaker cable the thickness of a you-know-what

can you use 10 gauge speaker cable with speakons? what about even lower than that?


[EDIT]I just reallized what I creep I must sound like. anyway, Im not gonna edit this because I cant think of a better example of how thick the speaker cable was. Sorry.[/EDIT]

 

I use 14s...couldn't get my hands on a 12 or 10 at the time, and I NEEDED some cables, so I had o settle for less, and I'm going ok with them now. I can't for the life of me remember the brand. It wasn't well known, but the name seemed to ring a bell when I bought it...

 

I'm using 3', 12 gauge cables, sold by Venemans back in the day (2000)

 

How about trimming some jumper cables?
Isn't that 8 gauge?

 

14 gauge zip cord