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Post by usc45cal on Feb 7, 2010 10:03:03 GMT -5
monster makes xp series but does not advertise what gauge the cable is ,, any help on this or any other choices for under carpet wires , im only running 15 -17 feet max . each speaker would prefer 14 ga but 16 will work
thanks for any input
jim
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jhoak
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Post by jhoak on Feb 7, 2010 14:56:30 GMT -5
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Post by usc45cal on Feb 7, 2010 14:59:35 GMT -5
thanks dude
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Post by slbenz on Feb 7, 2010 17:56:24 GMT -5
That Monster cable is 16 guage for your reference.
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Post by mintzar on Mar 1, 2010 11:43:49 GMT -5
Goertz Audio makes some EXCELLENT flatwire cables. You can't get em for $5, but they'll beat anything under $6k. They come in 7, 10, and 13awg in their MI flatwire single wire runs. They show up on audiogon from time to time.
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Post by solidstate on Mar 24, 2010 4:53:32 GMT -5
The capacitance of the Goertz flat stuff is out to lunch. That stuff could damage equipment! Power amp gain and phase margin are adversely affected and a stupid Zobel sucks imho! Quote from Gene at Audioholics... "The advantage to this design is extremely low inductance due to the close proximity of the conductors. However, there is a price - ultra high capacitance. So high, in fact, that as the cable length increases, stability problems can arise, especially for esoteric tube amp designs with higher output impedance and lower unity gain crossing. It is possible for high capacitive loads of a cable to cause two related effects due to loss of the power amp gain and phase margin. Firstly, in the frequency domain, very significant gain peaking can occur. Secondly, in the time domain, the step response may have a much higher overshoot, and exhibit excessive ringing (at about the unity gain frequency) due to loss of power amp phase margin. However Goertz attempts to mitigate this problem by terminating the cable at the speaker side with a Zobel network. Their Zobel uses two 5.1 ohm resistors in series with a 0.1uF capacitor." Personally I don't think a cable should colour sound due to it's electrical properties or affects an amp/crossover. I'd also sure hope they used decent quality parts in the cable's Zobel. Anytime a cable's design requires resistors or caps you got a problem... www.audioholics.com/reviews/cables/speaker-cable-reviews-faceoff-2/speaker-cable-reviews-faceoff-2-page-3Mintzar I've read other posts of yours and you seem very knowledgeable. Why would you suggest such a cable!?! PS the values in the Zobel aren't even right according to Gene |
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