Hi All,

I currently have the floor up in my lounge and thought that this may be a
good time to put in some cabling ready for surround sound speakers (I'm
intending to buy a system soon).

The previous occupants of the house left behind a large amount of the coax
used to run to the Sky dish. My question is, would this cable be suitable to
use or am I best to go and buy something suitable?

Cheers,
Chris

In article , ChrisW
wrote:
Hi All,

I currently have the floor up in my lounge and thought that this may be
a good time to put in some cabling ready for surround sound speakers
(I'm intending to buy a system soon).

The previous occupants of the house left behind a large amount of the
coax used to run to the Sky dish. My question is, would this cable be
suitable to use or am I best to go and buy something suitable?

I would not recommend using UHF/Sat coax for speaker leads. The chances are
that the series resistance and shunt capacitance may be too high. (Although
I can't be sure of this as it depends to some extent upon the specific
cable.) With most amps the capacitance should not matter, but some amps
might go unstable which is bad news. High series resistance may affect the
sound.

I would recommend buying one of the 'fatter' sorts of loudspeaker cable
from someone like Maplin. These are the order of a pound or so per metre,
and in my experience they work nicely.

Slainte,

Jim

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Armstrong Audio http://www.st-and.demon.co.uk/Audio/armstrong.html
Barbirolli Soc. http://www.st-and.demon.co.uk/JBSoc/JBSoc.html

In article , ChrisW
wrote:
Hi All,

I currently have the floor up in my lounge and thought that this may be
a good time to put in some cabling ready for surround sound speakers
(I'm intending to buy a system soon).

The previous occupants of the house left behind a large amount of the
coax used to run to the Sky dish. My question is, would this cable be
suitable to use or am I best to go and buy something suitable?

I would not recommend using UHF/Sat coax for speaker leads. The chances are
that the series resistance and shunt capacitance may be too high. (Although
I can't be sure of this as it depends to some extent upon the specific
cable.) With most amps the capacitance should not matter, but some amps
might go unstable which is bad news. High series resistance may affect the
sound.

I would recommend buying one of the 'fatter' sorts of loudspeaker cable
from someone like Maplin. These are the order of a pound or so per metre,
and in my experience they work nicely.

Slainte,

Jim

--
Electronics http://www.st-and.ac.uk/~www_pa/Scot...o/electron.htm
Audio Misc http://www.st-and.demon.co.uk/AudioMisc/index.html
Armstrong Audio http://www.st-and.demon.co.uk/Audio/armstrong.html
Barbirolli Soc. http://www.st-and.demon.co.uk/JBSoc/JBSoc.html

Hi Jim,

Thanks for the response. I actually looked at the Maplin website this
morning as they have a store fairly locally to me. Following your reply,
I'll make a visit.

Cheers,
Chris

"Jim Lesurf" wrote in message
...
In article , ChrisW
wrote:
Hi All,

I currently have the floor up in my lounge and thought that this may be
a good time to put in some cabling ready for surround sound speakers
(I'm intending to buy a system soon).

The previous occupants of the house left behind a large amount of the
coax used to run to the Sky dish. My question is, would this cable be
suitable to use or am I best to go and buy something suitable?

I would not recommend using UHF/Sat coax for speaker leads. The chances
are
that the series resistance and shunt capacitance may be too high.
(Although
I can't be sure of this as it depends to some extent upon the specific
cable.) With most amps the capacitance should not matter, but some amps
might go unstable which is bad news. High series resistance may affect the
sound.

I would recommend buying one of the 'fatter' sorts of loudspeaker cable
from someone like Maplin. These are the order of a pound or so per metre,
and in my experience they work nicely.

Slainte,

Jim

--
Electronics
http://www.st-and.ac.uk/~www_pa/Scot...o/electron.htm
Audio Misc http://www.st-and.demon.co.uk/AudioMisc/index.html
Armstrong Audio http://www.st-and.demon.co.uk/Audio/armstrong.html
Barbirolli Soc. http://www.st-and.demon.co.uk/JBSoc/JBSoc.html

Hi Jim,

Thanks for the response. I actually looked at the Maplin website this
morning as they have a store fairly locally to me. Following your reply,
I'll make a visit.

Cheers,
Chris

"Jim Lesurf" wrote in message
...
In article , ChrisW
wrote:
Hi All,

I currently have the floor up in my lounge and thought that this may be
a good time to put in some cabling ready for surround sound speakers
(I'm intending to buy a system soon).

The previous occupants of the house left behind a large amount of the
coax used to run to the Sky dish. My question is, would this cable be
suitable to use or am I best to go and buy something suitable?

I would not recommend using UHF/Sat coax for speaker leads. The chances
are
that the series resistance and shunt capacitance may be too high.
(Although
I can't be sure of this as it depends to some extent upon the specific
cable.) With most amps the capacitance should not matter, but some amps
might go unstable which is bad news. High series resistance may affect the
sound.

I would recommend buying one of the 'fatter' sorts of loudspeaker cable
from someone like Maplin. These are the order of a pound or so per metre,
and in my experience they work nicely.

Slainte,

Jim

--
Electronics
http://www.st-and.ac.uk/~www_pa/Scot...o/electron.htm
Audio Misc http://www.st-and.demon.co.uk/AudioMisc/index.html
Armstrong Audio http://www.st-and.demon.co.uk/Audio/armstrong.html
Barbirolli Soc. http://www.st-and.demon.co.uk/JBSoc/JBSoc.html

In article ,
ChrisW wrote:
Thanks for the response. I actually looked at the Maplin website this
morning as they have a store fairly locally to me. Following your reply,
I'll make a visit.

The best value one IMHO is XR72 at 0.69 a metre, or PA09 at 39.99 for a
100 metre reel. But you may have to order it as not all shops stock it.

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Dave Plowman London SW 12
RIP Acorn

In article ,
ChrisW wrote:
Thanks for the response. I actually looked at the Maplin website this
morning as they have a store fairly locally to me. Following your reply,
I'll make a visit.

The best value one IMHO is XR72 at 0.69 a metre, or PA09 at 39.99 for a
100 metre reel. But you may have to order it as not all shops stock it.

--
*This message has been ROT-13 encrypted twice for extra security *

Dave Plowman London SW 12
RIP Acorn