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Post by swampfire on Jan 20, 2014 10:55:51 GMT -5
My A/V rack is about 12 feet from the center of my HT, in the next room. I was thinking of moving my XPA-5 to the large space behind the screen. This would require 15' XLR cables, but would reduce the run for most of my speakers. I'd use high-quality 16-gauge XLR cables, and my speaker cables are 14 gauge.
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Post by Topend on Jan 20, 2014 11:29:53 GMT -5
Because you are using XLR cables and not RCA cables I would say it doesn't matter either way. If you were using RCA cables then I would favour keeping them short.
Dave.
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Post by swampfire on Jan 20, 2014 11:57:15 GMT -5
Thanks, I ordered the cables from Monoprice just now. The XPA-5 will get a lot more room to breathe, and its own 15A circuit. Plus I can cram more analog gear into my rack. :-)
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Post by repeetavx on Jan 20, 2014 12:02:59 GMT -5
My experience is that the shortest you can make the speaker cables, the better. Interconnects feed a high impedance and can tolerate a longer length. Speaker cables feed a varying low to even lower impedance and are integral to the Damping Factor.
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Post by swampfire on Jan 20, 2014 16:56:41 GMT -5
I hacked off a pile of speaker cable going to this setup; I think this will be an improvement. Now I just need to stretch my trigger cable. :-)
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Post by Boomzilla on Jan 20, 2014 23:26:08 GMT -5
My experience is that long interconnects with short speaker wires sound better.
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Post by lsdeep on Jan 21, 2014 0:02:41 GMT -5
as said before longer interconnects and shorter speakercables are the way to go. usually...
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Post by Gary Cook on Jan 21, 2014 1:02:42 GMT -5
If the choice is between say 5 metre RCA's or 5 metre speakers cables, I'd pick the 5 metre speaker cables if there is noise present in either cable.
If the choice is between say 5 metre XLR's or 5 metre speakers cables, I'd pick the 5 metre XLR's as that would (most likely) eliminate any noise present in the RCA cables. The shorter speaker cables would (most likely) lessen any noise present in then as well.
The common denominator here is noise, that's the real win (possibly), the effect of the shorter speaker cables (other than on noise) is difficult to detect. Especially with an amp with real grunt like an XPA-5. That's what my ears tell me, in my room, with my speakers and my XPA-5.
Cheers
Gary
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Post by deltadube on Jan 21, 2014 1:11:17 GMT -5
My A/V rack is about 12 feet from the center of my HT, in the next room. I was thinking of moving my XPA-5 to the large space behind the screen. This would require 15' XLR cables, but would reduce the run for most of my speakers. I'd use high-quality 16-gauge XLR cables, and my speaker cables are 14 gauge.
Which is better: short pre-out cables or short speaker cables? yeah use the long xlrs and short speaker cables when possible.. I would increase the gauge of you cable to 12 awg if your going more that 10 ft with 14.. or double up your current 14awg to make it 11awg... cheers |
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Post by swampfire on Jan 21, 2014 15:43:09 GMT -5
Good feedback, thanks all!
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