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Post by dabs on Oct 2, 2022 17:13:12 GMT
Hello
What is the maximum length of 6 mm speaker cable you can run before loosing music/sound quality please?
many thanks
David
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Post by karma67 on Oct 2, 2022 17:29:03 GMT
well over 10 meters i should think,what length do you need to go to?
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Post by dabs on Oct 2, 2022 17:31:40 GMT
well over 10 meters i should think,what length do you need to go to? 10.5 meters unfortunately. That’s if I go with the room around that way.. |
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Post by nonuffin on Oct 2, 2022 17:49:10 GMT
Which brand of cable are you using?
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Post by pete on Oct 2, 2022 18:22:43 GMT
Can you go under the floor, that is what I do
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Post by rexton on Oct 2, 2022 18:51:33 GMT
Your not going to loose any sound quality.
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Post by macca on Oct 2, 2022 18:59:00 GMT
6 mill is very thick cable you could run hundreds of feet with no loss. Don't count the thickness of the jacket it's just the actual diameter of the wire inside that matters.
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Post by macca on Oct 2, 2022 19:00:05 GMT
As long as it isn't bellwire you will be fine at thirty or forty foot lengths.
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Post by dabs on Oct 3, 2022 4:17:16 GMT
Which brand of cable are you using? Hi there, sorry for the delay - I went to bed.. I’m going to use van damme 6mm cable. |
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Post by dabs on Oct 3, 2022 4:33:31 GMT
As long as it isn't bellwire you will be fine at thirty or forty foot lengths. Good morning mate, Sorry for the delay - I’ve been sleeping. So could you please recommend cable I could run at 36 feet the longest and I’m assuming I should make both cables the same length? - Irrespective of there being 10 feet of difference in speaker placement. I’m not a tight ass but don’t want to spend thousands on speaker cable if possible. But obviously want to keep a decent quality of sound. Much appreciated 😊 |
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Post by dabs on Oct 3, 2022 4:35:33 GMT
Can you go under the floor, that is what I do Hi there I’m actually fortunate enough to be able to run the cable behind the skirting boards - as I’m renovating my living room. Thank you for your help. |
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Post by firebottle on Oct 3, 2022 6:57:34 GMT
I use some 1877Phono Zavfino speaker cable, can't recall the cross sectional area, I have a 3.5 and a 7.5m run with no problem.
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Post by pete on Oct 3, 2022 7:08:29 GMT
As long as it isn't bellwire you will be fine at thirty or forty foot lengths. Good morning mate, Sorry for the delay - I’ve been sleeping. So could you please recommend cable I could run at 36 feet the longest and I’m assuming I should make both cables the same length? - Irrespective of there being 10 feet of difference in speaker placement. I’m not a tight ass but don’t want to spend thousands on speaker cable if possible. But obviously want to keep a decent quality of sound. Much appreciated 😊 Should be no problem running different length cables |
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Post by Bigman80 on Oct 3, 2022 7:11:33 GMT
Which brand of cable are you using? Hi there, sorry for the delay - I went to bed.. I’m going to use van damme 6mm cable. 🥺 |
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Post by dabs on Oct 3, 2022 7:51:27 GMT
Hi there, sorry for the delay - I went to bed.. I’m going to use van damme 6mm cable. 🥺 Do you not recommend this cable? |
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Post by Bigman80 on Oct 3, 2022 8:07:04 GMT
Do you not recommend this cable? I don't recommend anything made by VD as it's just not very good stuff. I do understand you have long lengths of cable to run though. Makes it an expensive choice |
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Post by dabs on Oct 3, 2022 8:13:00 GMT
Do you not recommend this cable? I don't recommend anything made by VD as it's just not very good stuff. I do understand you have long lengths of cable to run though. Makes it an expensive choice Can you recommend a cable that isn’t going to kill my bank account please. |
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Post by antonio on Oct 3, 2022 8:13:49 GMT
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Post by nonuffin on Oct 3, 2022 9:23:29 GMT
Good call, I would avoid the "studio" series of VD cables and buy the "hi-fi" variant.
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Post by karma67 on Oct 3, 2022 12:11:28 GMT
There’s nowt wrong with the van dame Hifi type cable at that price point.
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Post by dabs on Oct 3, 2022 12:32:06 GMT
There’s nowt wrong with the van dame Hifi type cable at that price point. Thank you mate. |
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Post by hifinutt on Oct 3, 2022 13:32:20 GMT
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Post by Bigman80 on Oct 3, 2022 15:11:26 GMT
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Post by dabs on Oct 3, 2022 18:05:01 GMT
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Post by macca on Oct 3, 2022 18:50:41 GMT
That Mogami covers all the bases. I would never advise spending a lot of money on speaker cable.
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Post by Bigman80 on Oct 3, 2022 20:31:29 GMT
That Mogami covers all the bases. I would never advise spending a lot of money on speaker cable. That PC-Triple C stuff is £25 for a 1m length, + postage +VAT. I absolutely love that stuff and it's beaten anything i have thrown at it, but you only need to do the sums to see that it gets expensive quickly. Mogami have this knack of making wire that is almost as good as the good stuff for a lot less money. |
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Post by macca on Oct 3, 2022 21:00:03 GMT
That Mogami covers all the bases. I would never advise spending a lot of money on speaker cable. That PC-Triple C stuff is £25 for a 1m length, + postage +VAT. I absolutely love that stuff and it's beaten anything i have thrown at it, but you only need to do the sums to see that it gets expensive quickly. Mogami have this knack of making wire that is almost as good as the good stuff for a lot less money. That's £30 a meter which isn't stupid money unless you want to do very long runs. I was talking about the stuff that costs hundreds, thousands and even tens of thousands per metre. |
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Post by macca on Oct 3, 2022 21:04:44 GMT
personally I absolutely cannot tell a difference between my fanciest and most expensive speaker cables and some unbranded 79 strand with its crappy ten pence banana plugs that I bought for a tenner second hand. Really, I have tried. So no FOMO for me.
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Post by Bigman80 on Oct 3, 2022 21:32:48 GMT
That PC-Triple C stuff is £25 for a 1m length, + postage +VAT. I absolutely love that stuff and it's beaten anything i have thrown at it, but you only need to do the sums to see that it gets expensive quickly. Mogami have this knack of making wire that is almost as good as the good stuff for a lot less money. That's £30 a meter which isn't stupid money unless you want to do very long runs. I was talking about the stuff that costs hundreds, thousands and even tens of thousands per metre. Oh, no I absolutely agree. Cables for people with no idea what they are doing. |
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Post by rexton on Oct 4, 2022 6:31:37 GMT
personally I absolutely cannot tell a difference between my fanciest and most expensive speaker cables and some unbranded 79 strand with its crappy ten pence banana plugs that I bought for a tenner second hand. Really, I have tried. So no FOMO for me. I can always hear a difference so I get a small amount of FOMO but I then do a reality check and transpose percieved improved SQ for pound notes. A large or marked improvement in SQ will see me part with the pound notes else they stay in the bank. I've changed speaker cables three times in over 20 years in one system, never in another, and I'll only be keeping one type of speaker cable in the third system as an experiment. I've never, ever, bought anything stupidly expensive i.e. > £30 per M. |
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