Re: House Rewiring (Data and Power)

[Chris Hunter <cjhunter@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Go for 4sqmm if you can ... that's what we've used anyway (not mains',
although it might have been, but flex' -  in Germany, where we were at
the time, things like this weren't expensive) ...

Chris


Phil Harris wrote:

>
> > 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
>
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