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12-27-2003, 08:52 PM	#1
spoo HDTVoice Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 5	Question Are cables really going to make a big difference in PQ to a casual TV watcher like me, overheard a salesman at BB yesterday telling a customer he needed $800-1000 worth of cables to make HD work correctly. Opinions?

12-27-2003, 09:12 PM	#2
57U Runner/Cyclist/X-C Skier Join Date: May 2002 Location: Toronto Posts: 17,068	Check out the FAQ on "Cables & Connections". You don't need to spend that much on cables. $25-50 on component video cables (set) is fine and less for the others... For speakers use 12 gauge 2 conductor electrical wire that you can buy at Home Depot for $25 per 100'. __________________ 57U - Toronto, Rogers Cable, SA8300HD, 500GB HDD & Hitachi 61UWX10B HDTV, Yamaha RX-V1 A/V Receiver, Martin Logan Speakers. Photos --> 57U's HT SA8300HD, 250GB HDD & KDL40W3000 (Upstairs) Please don't PM me with questions that can (and should) be asked in the forum, thanks. Personal Question? Fire away.

12-27-2003, 09:40 PM	#3
spoo HDTVoice Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 5	Thanks I thought so, 500 dollar line conditioner for a 1500 dollar TV sounded ridiculous to me

05-09-2004, 04:52 PM

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Check out the FAQ on "Cables & Connections". You don't need to spend that much on cables. $25-50 on component video cables (set) is fine and less for the others...For speakers use 12 gauge 2 conductor electrical wire that you can buy at Home Depot for $25 per 100'.

So, by putting a heavier guage wire between the speaker and amp, what happens? I assume the resistance is lower so what does it do? Make the speaker not have to work as hard?

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05-09-2004, 05:07 PM	#5
57U Runner/Cyclist/X-C Skier Join Date: May 2002 Location: Toronto Posts: 17,068	More of the amp's power is going to drive the speaker rather than overcome the resistance of the wire. __________________ 57U - Toronto, Rogers Cable, SA8300HD, 500GB HDD & Hitachi 61UWX10B HDTV, Yamaha RX-V1 A/V Receiver, Martin Logan Speakers. Photos --> 57U's HT SA8300HD, 250GB HDD & KDL40W3000 (Upstairs) Please don't PM me with questions that can (and should) be asked in the forum, thanks. Personal Question? Fire away.

05-09-2004, 05:51 PM	#6
Hippie Donator Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Bergen Co. N.J. Posts: 600	Can you have too large of a guage wire? Other than the obvious, getting it to connect to the amp post or speaker. __________________ Tosh. 57HX81 (Blessed by Eliab) / SA4200HD Denon DVD-910 (DCDi by Faroudja) Yamaha HTR-5590 - AVR, Yamaha NS-555 - Mains, Yamaha NS-C444 - Front & Rear Centers, Yamaha NS-A637 - Surrounds, Yamaha YST-SW315 - Sub., Philips ProntoNG TSU-3000 - Remote, ReplayTV, Xbox (Live Gametag: Hippie)

05-09-2004, 07:25 PM

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Can you have too large of a guage wire? Other than the obvious, getting it to connect to the amp post or speaker.

Other than the obvious, nope. Kind of like too fast a car or too much money etc.....

Lee

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