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Difference between power and stereo cable?
Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2008 12:05 pm
by TheOtherLeft
What's the difference between power and stereo cable?
If it's the same size, eg 12AWG, I was told stereo cable is not suited for power applications due to higher resistance.
I was told amps etc need a certain resistance for it to not 'see' an open circuit???
Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2008 12:13 pm
by v6hilux
It all depends on what amp you want to run.
Re: Difference between power and stereo cable?
Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2008 6:44 pm
by DamTriton
TheOtherLeft wrote:What's the difference between power and stereo cable?
If it's the same size, eg 12AWG, I was told stereo cable is not suited for power applications due to higher resistance.
I was told amps etc need a certain resistance for it to not 'see' an open circuit???
If this information was given to you by a "doof-doof" guru, you have pretty much answered your own question.
Copper = Copper
12 AWG = 12AWG
OFC ccables make sweet FA difference in any significant terms (maybe fractions of a milliohm per hundred feet).
All "marketing" directed to ricers.
Take as read.
Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2008 10:07 pm
by cooki_monsta
the resistance your talking about is speaker load, as far as cables go tho, they are equal, just measured differently
Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2008 1:23 pm
by TheOtherLeft
Yeah I figured if the cable size is the same, and they're both made of copper then resistance should be the same.
Freakin' audiophiles wanting something different.