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Speaker Cables...Opinions....

Will be setting up 2 Plinius SA-102 in bridged/mono to power B&W 802D's. Any suggestions for a good cable match? My preferences lean toward detail and dynamics to feed my rock addiction, both digital and analog but jazz manages some play time as well. Love a good piano player. I am planning to biwire, maybe 2 separate runs per channel. Significant improvement over internal biwire? Plinius has 2 sets of binding posts so I assume this is a plus..... Thanks in advance for any advice.....

Rest of System:
Basis 2001-RB-900-CJ EV1
Theta Jade transport-DCS Delius and Purcell (pre firewire vers.)
CJ 16LSII preamp
Synergistic Research cables...(may change these as well...not thrilled with the
mini-coupler situation)
epatrowicz
epatrowicz OP
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Avguy, I was wondering about possible improvements to my front end. I know these are dated. Glad to hear there is significantly more possible. I was onsidering a one box solution. Maybe esoteric? Although I beleive my transport is still viable so maybe a DAC is the way to go...Thanks
cathode
72 posts
 
Put the monoblocks behind the speakers, with the rear of the amps facing the speakers. The idea is to get the binding posts on the amps as close as possible to those on the speakers, allowing you to use as little speaker cable as possible. If the binding posts on the speakers are near the ground, you may be able to get away with only a few inches of cable.

I've taken this to the natural end and modified my tube monoblocks so that the output transformer is wired directly to the speaker binding posts. Hence my "speaker cable" is non-existent. The best cable is no cable.....
tvad
9,467 posts
 


02-14-08: Cathode
Put the monoblocks behind the speakers, with the rear of the amps facing the speakers. The idea is to get the binding posts on the amps as close as possible to those on the speakers, allowing you to use as little speaker cable as possible. If the binding posts on the speakers are near the ground, you may be able to get away with only a few inches of cable.
This is a commonly mentioned technique.

I was surprised when the manufacturer of my speakers, Silverline Audio, was insistent that his speaker cables be a minimum of 10 feet and a maximum of 15 feet in length for proper impedance matching to his speakers. I believe this is consistent with the characteristic impedance theory discussed by Atma_Sphere.

This is why it may be beneficial to discuss the issue with your speaker manufacturer if that option is available.
dcstep
1,518 posts
 
I don't see how a manufacturer can specify a minimum and maximum cable length with out knowing anything about the gauge and capacitance.

Dave
tvad
9,467 posts
 
02-14-08: Dcstep
I don't see how a manufacturer can specify a minimum and maximum cable length with out knowing anything about the gauge and capacitance.
Good point.

In the case of Silverline Audio, the manufacturer is specifically speaking about his Silverline Audio Conductor cable, so he does know the capacitance and gauge of the wire, as well as the impedance.

I should have specified this in my earlier post.
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