What cables do you use in your systems?

[Katji]

Really?
Maybe we should have a proper survey, including location and so on so we can analyse it.

 

[watchnerd]

Speaker cable: Sommer Cable Magellan SPK240

Why is this better than a star quad?

 

[Julf]

Why is this better than a star quad?

And what is the point of even star quad on a speaker wire (that is not susceptible to induced noise)?

 

[watchnerd]

And what is the point of even star quad on a speaker wire (that is not susceptible to induced noise)?

In a home environment over normal lengths?

Probably no point.

I happen to use a Canare star quad speaker cable, it's cheap, but not needed, really.

 

[win]

Speaker cable is where the jewelry comes out.

https://imgur.com/a/wv16J6e

 

[infinitesymphony]

And what is the point of even star quad on a speaker wire (that is not susceptible to induced noise)?

It's a convenient way to bi-amp if your setup allows for it.

 

[Speedskater]

And what is the point of even star quad on a speaker wire (that is not susceptible to induced noise)?

Speaker cables can act as interference antennas (it just doesn't happen very often).
Audio Engineering Society Fellow Jim Brown wrote:
The most fundamental cause of radio interference to other systems is the fact that the wiring for those systems, both inside and outside the box, are antennas. We may call them"patch cables" or "speaker cables" or "video cables" or "Ethernet cables," or printed circuit traces,but Mother Nature knows that they are antennas! And Mother Nature always wins the argument.
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and a StarQuad speaker cable will have less total inductance which may help high frequency response. (again, it doesn't happen very often)

 

[watchnerd]

Speaker cable is where the jewelry comes out.

https://imgur.com/a/wv16J6e

Woof....matching purple to home interior colors is tough.

Unless you're Prince.

 

[Chrispy]

Where's the cable sommelier when you need him?

 

[win]

Unless you're Prince.

I am

 

[watchnerd]

I am

I never would have guessed that you would be reincarnated as an audio geek.

But welcome back!

 

[Angsty]

 

[Sal1950]

Starquad does offer the added dedundancy of the dual leads for each line. A good factor when used in "under the rug" type runs. (maybe, maybe not)?
I still prefer just plain ole zip cord, nice and heavy with long term reliable insulation.

 

[Julf]

Where's the cable sommelier when you need him?

Penn and Teller: Water sommelier

 

[Julf]

Speaker cables can act as interference antennas (it just doesn't happen very often).
Audio Engineering Society Fellow Jim Brown wrote:
The most fundamental cause of radio interference to other systems is the fact that the wiring for those systems, both inside and outside the box, are antennas. We may call them"patch cables" or "speaker cables" or "video cables" or "Ethernet cables," or printed circuit traces,but Mother Nature knows that they are antennas! And Mother Nature always wins the argument.
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and a StarQuad speaker cable will have less total inductance which may help high frequency response. (again, it doesn't happen very often)

Neither are really an issue at the impedance and signal levels of a speaker connection (OK, there are special exceptions like the MIT cables that actually contain filter components that modify frequency response).

 

[mansr]

Neither are really an issue at the impedance and signal levels of a speaker connection (OK, there are special exceptions like the MIT cables that actually contain filter components that modify frequency response).

It's not a filter, it's an "articulation console."

 

[pagan84]

Answer to the OP question:
QED in my old home cinema system.
AmazonBasic in my stereo setup

 

[Speedskater]

Neither are really an issue at the impedance and signal levels of a speaker connection (OK, there are special exceptions like the MIT cables that actually contain filter components that modify frequency response).

I think that we have covered this topic before.
That is incorrect. The interference can travel thru the feedback loop to the input stage. In the distant past, hi-fi's often picked up taxi cab and police radio transmissions. While the sources of interference are different now they have not disappeared.

 

[watchnerd]

I think that we have covered this topic before.
That is incorrect. The interference can travel thru the feedback loop to the input stage. In the distant past, hi-fi's often picked up taxi cab and police radio transmissions. While the sources of interference are different now they have not disappeared.

4-5 GHz radio signals common in digital not in audio band, though.

 

[Speedskater]

4-5 GHz radio signals common in digital not in audio band, though.

Yet there were many reports of 2 GHz cell phone signals getting into hi-fi equipment.