RE: House Rewiring (Data and Power)

["Andy Laurence" <andy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Phil Harris <mailto:phil@xxxxxxx>
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.

Cunning!  I'll bear that in mind.

Cheers,
Andy