Quiet Speaker Cables??

[surferdeac]

Hello everyone in Mesa land. I have a Stilleto Ace head on order and should be acquiring it soon. I know this subject has been touched on somewhat but would really appreciate others opinions on it. On My carvin Legacy Combo Amp I have a carvin factory speaker cable it seems to be fine (as far as floor noise is concerned) but i had never tried to swap it out with other brand speaker cables. I am always searching for ways to enhance my own tone with regards to minimizing the amount of floor noise my rig set up is putting out. I know there are so many other variable that affect this, but i really want to treat my new head with a good speaker cable if i knew that cable would minimize some unwanted floor noise from my overall rig. to my understanding i know that the gague of the cable will affect floor noise especially long runs. To my understanding the lower the gague the more the insulative property with regards to the amount of wounded copper in it. Please correct me if i am wrong. If anybody has any experience with playing with different brands or gagues of speaker cables your input would be greatly appreciated. 8) :mrgreen:

 

[jaquetapus]

For the most part, speaker cables aren't gonna make a noticeable tone difference. [as long as they're not super crappy and broken] You obviously want a thicker cable for longer runs, but being a signal that's not going through any more amplification stages, you're not gonna get much noise from it. The cables you want to focus on are the ones anywhere before the power amp. It is nice to have good quality cables with good quality connectors though.

-dave

 

[mikey383]

I try not to use anything smaller than 14 AWG for speaker cable...usually 12 AWG. Smaller conductors have higher impedance which can cause signal degradation.

But going to something like 4 AWG won't help though.