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I don't remember how high-end your gear is but I reckon there's better places to spend that money to hear a perceivable difference.
TheButchersDog-
I don't remember how high-end your gear is but I reckon there's better places to spend that money to hear a perceivable difference.
Not sure what I have counts as high-end.
- Gato DIA-400S https://www.gato-audio.com/eu/dia-400s-integrated-amplifier-dac.html
- Tannoy Eaton Legacy https://www.tannoy.com/product.html?modelCode=P0DEL
The cables that came with it are AudioQuest Rocket 11 which were thrown in to complete the kit.
The speakers are currently getting new grilles made by a carpenter so that they're cat safe, and I need to move the amp as it can get quite hot so cats shouldn't sit on it - and that necessitates longer cables. The room is just a small living room about 5m x 6m, so having the amp move to an off-centre location results in needing 5m runs even though the speakers are well within the room.
- Gato DIA-400S https://www.gato-audio.com/eu/dia-400s-integrated-amplifier-dac.html
Velocio
I have made the mistake of looking at speaker cables.
And ended up here https://products.electrovoice.com/na/en/cableloss/
The problem I have: I've got 3m cable, but I need 5m cable for where the speakers will be placed. Additionally I'd like the cable to be somewhat discreet which means being able to flex 90' in a couple of places (it's OK if it doesn't do that, but needing a significant curve means it's less discreet and the cable would also need to be a bit longer still. The amp is powerful (800w), the speakers high impedence (8ohm).
To get a flexible cable implies a core of smaller wires woven together, i.e. 12-24 strands of 0.2mm wire per cable.
To get less power loss in the cable implies a higher gauge, i.e. 2mm solid core to a cable - which is a bit like an electrical cable for a cooker, it isn't flexible.
I now know why I can't find a flexible cable, all the people who have big speakers and powerful amps obsess about not losing power due to the cables and all purchase what is essentially the cable for an oven.
Yet I would like a more flexible cable even if it were ultimately larger to achieve it (more strands, slightly larger strands).
The question then: Does anyone know a speaker cable that is flexible and will carry a high amount of power?