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ALSO, what is the ultimate capacitance disaster? I've heard of a number of audio blunders, but I have never heard of an amp blowing up because the "wrong" speaker cable got connected!
Hi Jens,Yes, good point, best to keep it below about 5000pF, or 5nF.Most speaker cable of the conjoined variety (cf. figure eight profile) is around 500pF per foot, so at 10', you are pushing the limits.Longer cable will be fine for the amp, but it won't sound as good. Low capacitance is the way to go. By keeping the leads separated by an inch or so, you can get capacitance down to perhaps 40-50pF per foot or less. While the inductance will increase in this configuration, it's still not an is ...
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Hm,I was thinking of speaker wires as being on the order of 6 ft, 2 meters to many, rather than 15 meters, or 50 ft to some.Interesting to hear tales of amp failures due to wrong cable hook up.Still, keep 'em short, don't worry, just listen.