Can This Amp Power A 50 Foot Speaker Cable Run?
I ’m with zavato, the cable should be ok, most important thing to consider is the amp has enough power for such a big theater room without clipping and destroy the speakers! http://myhometheater.homestead.com/splcalculator.html |
Alternatively, if your inputs are truly balanced, run a balanced line instead, and put the amps near the speakers. +1 @mitch4t The amp won't have a problem driving the distance, but I think you will find that really long cables will rob the signal of detail and impact. In the case of cables that long, the difference between running a balanced line to the amps and then running really short speaker cables will be instantly obvious. |
Speaker cable if they have capacitance get get higher in capacitance the longer you go, an amp "if bordering" on becoming unstable, "can" go into oscillation with the higher capacitance of long cable runs. To cite an amp that was bordering on being unstable, the original Naim 250 in fact went into heavy oscillation and blew up as soon as it was turned on, when it saw the capacitance of Quad ESL 57's presented. Cheers George |
