Speaker Cable VS Stereo TRS Cable

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so my silly question is.. are they the same thing? Can one be used instead of other? Please enlighten me.

What are the constructional differences?
 
Re: Speaker Cable VS Stereo TRS Cable

Not at all the same.

Speaker cable is two strands of heavy wire (18-12 gauge) designed to carry a low impedance high current signal.

The TRS cable is two strands of thin wire surround by braided thin wires called the shield. It designed to carry two separate signals that are of high impedance and very low current.
 
Re: Speaker Cable VS Stereo TRS Cable

I've read that you dont want to use a shielded cable (instrument/patch) for a speaker cable. Whatever the reason for that I'm not totally sure. Slyfoxx has the other info.
 
Re: Speaker Cable VS Stereo TRS Cable

SlyFoxx said:
Not at all the same.

Speaker cable is two strands of heavy wire (18-12 gauge) designed to carry a low impedance high current signal.

The TRS cable is two strands of thin wire surround by braided thin wires called the shield. It designed to carry two separate signals that are of high impedance and very low current.
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Are they both stereo?
 
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Here is what confuses me;

I just got an ENGL E 530 preamp (arriving thursday). Manual indiactes that Headphone out can be connected to a guitar cab via stereo TRS cable. If it is like you said there should be impedance issues right?

It says "STEREO HEAD PHONES
1/4" stereo output designed for stereo
headphones. you can also connect
hi-fi speakers or guitar cabinets. When you
connect a conventional guitar cabinet set the
selector switch (24) to ,,Routed to Guitar
Cabinet."
CAUTION! Ensure You Heed The Following:
Always use a 1/4 stereo plug. If you use a
mono plug, it may short-circuit and destroy
the poweramp!"
 
Re: Speaker Cable VS Stereo TRS Cable

I just had a look at the pdf file for your unit. I imagine that the tiny power amp in your unit is designed to work with either a 4,8 or 16 ohm standard guitar cab and that the extra capacitance introduced by the TRS cord has been accounted for and dealt with. You don't want to use a standard guitar cord (Tip/Sleeve) because that would short the left and right at the preamp. At the cab end the Ring section of the cable won't come into the equation because it only connects to the Tip and the Sleeve.

So use the right cord and rock on brother! Just make sure you put that rear switch in the correct position.
 
Re: Speaker Cable VS Stereo TRS Cable

Do what the manual says, it is set up to work that way and it doesn't put out enough power to hurt a TRS cable.
 
Re: Speaker Cable VS Stereo TRS Cable

SlyFoxx said:
I just had a look at the pdf file for your unit. I imagine that the tiny power amp in your unit is designed to work with either a 4,8 or 16 ohm standard guitar cab and that the extra capacitance introduced by the TRS cord has been accounted for and dealt with. You don't want to use a standard guitar cord (Tip/Sleeve) because that would short the left and right at the preamp. At the cab end the Ring section of the cable won't come into the equation because it only connects to the Tip and the Sleeve.

So use the right cord and rock on brother! Just make sure you put that rear switch in the correct position.
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The problem is that Cab that I have has no input jacks (females). It has 2 mono male jacks one from each speaker.

Is there Y cable with 1 Stereo TRS male jack to go in to ENGL and 2 female TS input that I can plug the mono speaker jacks coming from the 2x12?

Or an adapter with 1 Stereo TRS male jack to go in to ENGL and 1 female TS input that I can plug the mono speaker jack coming from one side of the 2x12?

Would this cause any problems?
 
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You'll probably need to make something custom, and make sure you don't connect the ring and sleeve together or you'll blow the power amp in the Engl.

I would rewire the cabinet with a jack and use a correct cable.
 
Re: Speaker Cable VS Stereo TRS Cable

devastone said:
You'll probably need to make something custom, and make sure you don't connect the ring and sleeve together or you'll blow the power amp in the Engl.

I would rewire the cabinet with a jack and use a correct cable.
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Rewiring can be an option. I wanted to do that before but I could not find jack plates..etc

How about this cable? Do you think that I can use this?

http://www.fullcompass.com/product/307615.html

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