On 11/10/03 12:01, Mark W said...
If I look inside any of my audio and video gear,
the wires in side are all 18-20 gauge max. Inside
the speakers, the wire diameter is also small.
So, can the interconnect cables do that much
better? Only so much information can go into
them from the source and the speaker wires can
only accept so much as well.
There's one big difference, which even the hardiest of no-brand-name-wires afficionados will agree matters: the length of these wires. Inside the amp/receiver and speakers, the wires are, on average, maybe a foot or so long.
Often, high-end users place their amps near their spekers, even at the expense of long line-level interconnect cables. Why? V = E x R. Higher current causes greater voltage drop over a given resistance. Decrease the resistance, and higher current is required to cause a given voltage drop.
Could it be compared to a water line. Supose
you hade an interior house water pipe of 1" that
fed to an outside house with a diameter of 12"
and this was hooked up to a sprinkler head whose
inlet piping was only 1". Would more water come
out of the sprinkler head using a 12" hose verses
a 1-2" hose?
Absolutely. And the longer the hose, the more the extra diameter helps to reduce flow loss.
Larry
www.fineelectricco.com
