On Mon, 28 Jan 2008 10:55:31 -0800, Sonnova <sonnova@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
wrote:
>On Mon, 28 Jan 2008 04:31:12 -0800, Arny Krueger wrote
>(in article <HqCdnaRa-buBVgDanZ2dnUVZ_j2dnZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>):
>
>> "Lunaray" <lunarayERASE@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>> news:3aednfCceqbnBu7anZ2dnUVZ_sSlnZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>
>>> I'm using Audioquest speaker cables (can't remember the
>>> model, but they're the red ones),
>>
>> No, your speaker cables are using you. This is fantastically overpriced
>> stuff.
>>
>> It appears that you paid about $10 a foot for this wire. It is
electrically
>> identical to commodity wire that costs less than $0.50 a foot. And $
0.50 a
>> foot doesn't get you some stiff ugly house wire - it gets you something
that
>> is finely stranded, flexible, and has a nice jacket.
>>
>>> and in the house I used
>>> to live in, my right speaker was farther away from my amp
>>> than the left speaker, so I bought two different lengths.
>>> Well, now I've moved to a different house and my
>>> equipment placement is such that I don't need nearly as
>>> long of a run; consequently, I have a bunch of cable
>>> coiled up with about five more feet on the left side,
>>> than the right.
>>
>> If this is all you have to worry about, you really need a life. Got any
kids
>> of your own, neighbor kids, nephews? Fot a wife, a sister, a brother, a
>> friend? Go out and get a cup of coffee with them!
>>
>>> Am I being anal retentive by thinking that I should match
>>> up the lengths of the left & right? Also, I could shorten
>>> both sides if it would improve my speaker performance.
>>
>> Move on, and never get suckered like this again.
>>
>>
>
>Yeah, Arny's right here. The most expensive speaker cables on earth are
no
>better than the cheapest multistranded wire. 14 Ga zip cord is good
enough
>for even the most powerful amplifiers and the most inefficient speakers
that
>one is likely to encounter. And if not, go to 12 Ga wire (like the stuff
one
>makes shop-type extension cables from). A case can be made for buying
decent
>(but not expensive) cables from a speaker cable vendor like Monster or
>AudioQuest to get cables that are pre-made with quality terminations on
them.
>I realize that some folks don't have the soldering skills or the
equipment,
>and possibly not the interest to make-up their own cables, and buying the
>cheap models of these cables with good, color-coded connectors on each
end is
>probably not a bad buy for those loathe to try rolling their own.
You don't need color coded connectors for Polarity purposes. Zip cord sold
in
the USA is required to have a conductor marker to allow proper Neutral
connection on lamps. The most common is a Rib on one edge of the cable.
I use a felt marker to put rings near the wire ends to indicate Speakers.
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