Dear Stereophilers,
In my ignorance, I recently bought some unbalanced, twisted pair speaker cables for a set of powered speakers.
As far as I understand it now, in a system with a separate amp and speakers the high current in your speaker cables preclude the effect of interference (in all but the most extremely rare cases).
Since my speakers are powered however, the situation is different. I'd be better off using standard, balanced (shielded) cables, even though the ones I already bought could be used safely.
Is this correct? Is it worth my changing the cables, or is the potential difference not worth the hassle?
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A couple of points to note:
a) my system is located of out necessity next to a bunch of electronics that are potential (to my mind) sources of interference,
b) I bought the cheapest cables I could find with the appropriate (Neutrik XLR) connectors, and if I decide to get the proper cables I'll do likewise.
Dear Stereophilers,
In my ignorance, I recently bought some unbalanced, twisted pair speaker cables for a set of powered speakers.
As far as I understand it now, in a system with a separate amp and speakers the high current in your speaker cables preclude the effect of interference (in all but the most extremely rare cases).
Since my speakers are powered however, the situation is different. I'd be better off using standard, balanced (shielded) cables, even though the ones I already bought could be used safely.
Is this correct? Is it worth my changing the cables, or is the potential difference not worth the hassle?
---
A couple of points to note:
a) my system is located of out necessity next to a bunch of electronics that are potential (to my mind) sources of interference,
b) I bought the cheapest cables I could find with the appropriate (Neutrik XLR) connectors, and if I decide to get the proper cables I'll do likewise.