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24-05-2004, 08:38 PM
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Phono extension cables?
Got my set of z640's today and the rear speaker cables are just too short to be practical.
 Does anyone have any idea where i can get a set of extenders from? They seem to just use normal phono connectors. I don't want to have to cut the cable to solder some more on. Any help very much appreciated...
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24-05-2004, 08:40 PM
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Just buy a normal phono cable and a couple of 'female to female' splicer things. They're about an inch long and just have a female connector on each end. Easy
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24-05-2004, 08:46 PM
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The 640's have molded phono plugs on each speaker and are soldering inside the speaker on the other end. Unlike the 680's where you can use whatever cable you want.
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24-05-2004, 10:11 PM
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Erm, you know normal phono cables are for LINE level sound, not speaker level sound. The speakers on cube systems are amped inside the sub box. You will probably lose quality, although the wire on the speakers probably looks quite weedy it'll have the right impediance for the speakers, you should really use speaker cable as it'll be able to cope with that level of voltage.
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24-05-2004, 10:31 PM
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What kind of guage wiring am i looking at? And where would i be able to get the connectors i need cheaply? As i really dont want to open the speakers or cut the original cable... Last edited by Shogun; 24-05-2004 at 10:34 PM. |
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25-05-2004, 05:19 PM
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I wish I had seen this post earlier... *cough* *cough* (damn cold)
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25-05-2004, 08:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Shogun
If you don't want to cut open the current cable, you can easily make up some cables suitable for the job ...
As none of you belive Mains cable is upto the job, http://www.audiovisualonline.co.uk/d...e/display.html would do you fine, and some phono plugs/sockets from maplin or wherever, solder them together (make sure you get the right polarity or your speakers'll work backwards) and you'll be fine. G4 PowerMac - Tiger 10.4 - 512MB RAM MacBook - 2Ghz - 1GB RAM - 120GB HDD Rotel RC970BX | DBX DriveRack |2x Rotel RB850 B&W DM640i | Velodyne 1512 |
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