I've heard a rumour that if you use a much shorter length (or different quality) cable to connect the speaker that is closer to the stereo, you have a higher chance of blowing your speakers because there is a difference in total resistence. Is this true? I am currently hooking up a stereo where one speaker is 4 feet from the receiver and the other is 12. The rear speakers will require a cable run of 16 feet for the rear left and 30 feet for the rear right. Do I have to make sure that I use 12 foot lengths for both front speakers and 30 foot lengths for both rear speakers and just leave the excess hang? Or can I cheat and just cut the cable to length?
2007-03-28 16:33:59 · 5 answers · asked by binfordaepi 2 in Consumer Electronics ➔ Home Theater
u should be fine with ur idea.
2007-03-28 16:41:31 · answer #1 · answered by Living the Life 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Generally it's a good idea but lets put it this way.
If you paid less than $1000 for each front speaker than it really won't matter. You pretty much get what you pay for and most speakers under that price won't be clear enough for you to potentially hear the difference.
notice i said potentially, even over that price you may not be able to tell the difference. Resistance difference over the lengths you mention probably wouldn't even be measurable with equipment available to the common person, so you are not going to blow your speaker(s).
For rear channel and movie watching it doesn't really matter cut them to length. (unless is like 5' on one side and 500' on the other)
2007-03-28 17:12:24 · answer #2 · answered by hogie0101 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most audiophiles agree that the two front stereo speakers should have equal lengths of cable so that the cable impedance/inductance is the same to drive the two speakers properly,You wont hear a difference if the wires are not equal.
2007-03-29 00:17:25 · answer #3 · answered by ROBERT P 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Audiophiles will tell you to run $200 Monster gold wire of equal lenth.
However: If you are pushing less than 150 watts per speaker, you should be safe with unequal wires of that length. You amp should not be damaged. Just don't unplug them during playback.
If you are picky, you may notice a very minimal difference in audio volume - But this can be corrected with most amp's settings.
2007-03-30 08:48:00 · answer #4 · answered by C J 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the difference isn't noticable to a human ear. the only way you can tell the difference is to look at the sound waves on a computer from a microphone.
2007-03-29 05:41:06 · answer #5 · answered by brad 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋