I just got a George L's Speaker cable off ebay the other day, and I'm still waiting for it to show up, but I was wondering why there is such a debate over how a large speaker cable is better, I understand the electrical reasoning behind it, but why doesn't anybody think about the leads going from the 1/4 jack on a cabinet to the speakers themselves, If I'm not mistaken, they're usually much smaller than the Speaker cables? wouldn't this just create a shunting effect anyways? and does anybody wire up their own cabs with larger wires for the leads for this reason?
Question for those who use larger Speaker Cables
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Re: Question for those who use larger Speaker Cables
I wouldn't mind knowing either. I've had a number of decent cabs through the years that had fairly thin wiring internally.
I wouldn't mind knowing either. I've had a number of decent cabs through the years that had fairly thin wiring internally.
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Re: Question for those who use larger Speaker Cables
It's a matter of length. Short cables have much less of an effect than long ones. I really don't see any point in getting your panties in a bunch over a 3 foot cable between your amp head and cabinet. #18, #16, #14, #12 makes no difference - you simply won't be able to tell the difference among short cables, and anyone who tells you different is selling snake oil.
Now, there are a few ways to make a case for big cables. One is reliablilty - "bigger" and "better made" tend to go together, and you don't want a cheap cable that's going to fall apart. A broken connection in a speaker cable means "open output" and that's a good way to fry an output tranmsformer.
Also, long runs are a good place to use big cables - the sound reinforcement guys use big cables for long runs from amp racks to speaker stacks.
But for short runs inside cabs or between head and cab, #18 lampcord is plenty; go to #16 if you're really worried about it.
It's a matter of length. Short cables have much less of an effect than long ones. I really don't see any point in getting your panties in a bunch over a 3 foot cable between your amp head and cabinet. #18, #16, #14, #12 makes no difference - you simply won't be able to tell the difference among short cables, and anyone who tells you different is selling snake oil.
Now, there are a few ways to make a case for big cables. One is reliablilty - "bigger" and "better made" tend to go together, and you don't want a cheap cable that's going to fall apart. A broken connection in a speaker cable means "open output" and that's a good way to fry an output tranmsformer.
Also, long runs are a good place to use big cables - the sound reinforcement guys use big cables for long runs from amp racks to speaker stacks.
But for short runs inside cabs or between head and cab, #18 lampcord is plenty; go to #16 if you're really worried about it.
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