Speaker Cables

How much did you spend on your jbls, or what model are they? If they are mid to high end ones then just spend a few extra bobs and get a single long piece, otherwise get some other wires from wherever and some sticky tape.

Seriously, a 5.1 set under a few hundred pounds/dollers wouldn't get that much degredation from wires of different resistance/resistivity.

I know this guy that spent £75/m on speaker cables. I just use a set of headphones. My living room has a Sony DVD/5.1 combo. The whole thing cost under a grand, and the wires look like they're some sort of silver material. I ain't spending any money getting gold cable.

Sorry I'm just waffling. The short answer is it shouldn't if your system isn't creating the top quality fantastically high signal to noise ratio, clean, seamless, consistent signal in the first place and you do it right.

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The system is only as good as your weakest link. Always remember that. Cables make a huge difference. I only use monster cable and a nice gauge of speaker wire.

I would try splicing them if your system isn't top of the line and if you aren't happy with the sound go out and get a single peice.

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Inverse of what I told the last guy, I was at a party sitting on the floor and started to feel kind of warm...the guy was using low-grade 20-gauge wire for 200W per channel!

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That's what I would do. If you can't hear a difference after hooking them together, then you've saved yourself a bit of money and a trip to the store.

When I worked at Best Buy years ago I got all my cabling directly from Monster for over 70% off. Speaker wire I got as cheap as dirt.

I used to drive one of the managers there crazy since I spent about 3 times my yearly salary there in less than a year.

So yeah, I went overkill on the 10-12 gauge cabling. Honestly the gauge isn't what bothers me, but the fact that I have 100' per speaker, except my mid which is only about 25'. It's a rats nest.

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Nothing's as good as a single cable, but truely you will likely not notice the difference. It's a very small difference. As long asit's not 18 guage + you should be able to get away with well spliced cable. Just be sure to secure it and isulate it well.

If you were listening to just dolby surround I'd say the signal is so bad it wouldn't matter, but even for DTS you probably wouldn't notice it even right up against it. Just check for hissing and crackles, if that happens then you may want to switch cables.

I would think you'll be fine.


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