My powered subwoofer is currently hooked up with that cheap ass thin stuff that came with it. I've wanted to get a subwoofer cable, but I never find any locally, and the one I saw at Circuit City was like $20. Can I just use a standard RCA audio cable? Or do I need some kind of specific cable for the subwoofer?
cowanrg
04-29-03, 01:49 AM
anything will work, the thicker and higher quality the cable, the beter. get one thats around 10% of the price of the sub. that should give you something decent, but not overkill.
Boot
04-29-03, 09:01 AM
Cool. That's what I'll do. Thanks!
Frank S
04-29-03, 10:22 PM
I have always used RG-6 coaxial cable with F-connector to RCA adapters. These will give a you as good a quality signal as the most expensive "sub" cables you can buy!
lordzeppelin
04-30-03, 01:34 AM
I'm a big fan of the Dayton Audio Sub cables on www.partsexpress.com
Great build quality, good sheilding, nice friggin price!
pcdoctor
04-30-03, 05:25 AM
I'm using Acoustic Research subwoofer cables.
I agree with Parts Express too!
I purchased my 12 guage speaker wire from them.
Bru
04-30-03, 08:44 AM
I also use Acoustic Research Sub Cacles
Also have the 12 guage speaker wire. good stuff and can be had cheap at online auctions.
OldDude
04-30-03, 09:09 AM
What's the input impedance of your powered sub? It should be some fairly high number, a few kilohms. If so, use any standard audio cable with RCA connectors. You probably don't even need great shielding (due to low pass filters in sub), but it won't hurt anything if you have very well shielded cable. I don't agree that "marketing hype" construction or percentage of speaker cost is a good way to choose, especially in this, the least demanding audio application.
Some subs have relatively low impedance (a few ohms, or tens of ohms) to work better when wired to speaker terminals of amps that don't have "sub out" connector. Those may be better wired with speaker cable.
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