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Conference tekvax::audio

Title:The Emperor's New Audio
Notice:for sale: 1456 wanted: 1467
Moderator:BUSY::SLABD
Created:Tue Feb 04 1986
Last Modified:Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:4122
Total number of notes:38634

498.0. "Help , what type of cable should I use" by NEXUS::GULDEN () Sat Jun 28 1986 14:20

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498.1Fiber optics, anyone?REMEDY::KOPECStand tall, don't think small..Mon Jun 30 1986 10:2515
498.2Coax is for RF, not AFYOUNG::YOUNGTue Jul 08 1986 17:046
498.3What is video cable?TLE::CLARKWard ClarkTue Jul 08 1986 21:077
498.5Audio is not VideoYOUNG::YOUNGWed Jul 09 1986 16:4916
498.6Some technical explanationCADSYS::BURDICKEd Burdick HLO2-2/G13, dtn 225-5051Wed Jul 09 1986 18:3913
498.7APOLLO::DEHAHNThu Jul 10 1986 08:229
498.8HYDRA::FEINBERGDon FeinbergFri Jul 11 1986 14:1049
498.9Golden ears not necessary, use numbersYOUNG::YOUNGFri Jul 11 1986 18:1429
498.10Audio cable modelingCOGITO::WHITEBob WhiteSun Jul 13 1986 12:1253
498.11just turn down the treble!REMEDY::KOPECStand tall, don't think small..Mon Jul 14 1986 11:0518
498.12twin-lead sounds better to these earsGRAMPS::WCLARKWalt ClarkMon Jul 14 1986 11:5317
498.13In heaven they use balanced lines...REMEDY::KOPECStand tall, don't think small..Mon Jul 14 1986 12:325
498.14Balanced inputs --> unbalanced mindsWHICH::YERAZUNISMon Jul 14 1986 17:0710
498.15prox.CYBORG::LAMBERTMax Headroom....Catch the wave...Mon Jul 14 1986 18:371
498.16More analysisCOGITO::WHITEBob WhiteMon Jul 14 1986 21:1847
498.17Why do I do this to myself?CONEJO::SANDERSBob Sanders; Parker St.Tue Jul 15 1986 14:5816
498.18BISTRO::HEINHein van den Heuvel, Valbonne.Thu Aug 28 1986 09:5217
498.19Surround speaker cables?SMURF::SWARDCommon sense is not that commonWed Mar 19 1997 10:3510
    
    Does anyone have any suggestions for speaker cables for rear speakers
    in an AV system? I have to run them under a carpet and have looked at
    the Super Flat minis from Monster BUT they seem awfully expensive for
    75� a foot. They are somewhat thinner than their normal white speaker
    cables that retails for $30/50 feet = 60�/foot. Anything else out there
    in white? Crutchfield sells the Super flat Minis from Monster but they 
    are also charging 75�/foot.
    
    /Peter
498.20RS Has somethingMPGS::WENTWORTHThu Mar 20 1997 07:174
    I know this sounds weird but Radio Shack sells a heavy gauge flat cable
    (it's a flat braid) that work's pretty good for me. Considering the
    distance to most rear speakers, and the fact they they are for
    effects mostly, I wouldn't go overboard. 
498.21SMURF::PBECKPaul BeckFri Mar 21 1997 09:2221
>      <<< Note 498.19 by SMURF::SWARD "Common sense is not that common" >>>
>                         -< Surround speaker cables? >-
>
>    
>    Does anyone have any suggestions for speaker cables for rear speakers
>    in an AV system? 
    
    Metal would be good.
    
    For under-the-carpet, I found the flats from Radio Schlock rather thick,
    and created a ridge you could feel under a relatively thin carpet. (A
    thick or shag might be different.) I switched to a much flatter cable I
    bought at Cambridge Soundworks, with double-stick tape on the back. It
    works out to 18 gauge, which should be fine for surround sound signals
    (given all the processing that goes into that signal, any putative
    degradation due to gauge would be completely irrelevant). However it isn't
    cheap (if memory serves it works out to about $.50/foot).
    
    Monster cable grade wire for surround sound speakers strikes me as
    throwing perfectly good money away.
    
498.22Put something respectable in the rear...ASDG::SBILLFri Mar 21 1997 10:3011
    
    Re -.1 
    
    It may not be a waste if someday you upgrade to AC-3 or Dolby Digital
    or whatever it's called now. The surround channel(s!) will carry
    much more than just wind, traffic, crowd, etc sounds.
    
    So don't put wimpy speakers/wires in the rear anymore if you ever plan
    to upgrade. THAT would be a waste.
    
    Steve B.