RE: House Rewiring (Data and Power)

["Phil Harris" <phil@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Chris Hunter <mailto:cjhunter@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > For audio, I'd keep speaker cables as short as possible ...
> > if distances have to be covered, do it with balanced lines
> > between pre- amp & main-amp ... we've done that where we are
> > now & the difference is clear !  Speaker cables need to be
> > big in any case & tend to be expensive, too.
>
> That was my theory with the amp living in the same room as the
speakers.
> However, I'm no audiophile, so I shall probably use the cheap cable
from
> Maplin.
>
> Cheers,
> Andy

Unless you're a complete hifi snob, if you are wanting to run hefty cables
for speakers then try out good old mains cable. It does a damn fine job.
It's solid core so puts a goodly amount of nice and conductive copper in
the
mix. I've used both 1.5 and 2.5sqmm in the past on many occasions with good
results and it's generally a lot cheaper than using a "name
brand" stranded
cable when you don't need the flexibility of stranded.

Phil