shouldn't those horns not be next to the ceiling and wall?
Location of compoments.
Hello,
I'm reading Jim Smith's book "Get Better Sound". He notes that, if possible, do not locate your audio rack between the speakers, better off to one side. I would guess over 50% of audiophiles have their equipment exactly where he says it should not be placed. Needless to say, I would need 20' long speaker cables to reach the farthest speaker. Not very cost-effective or practical.
Any thoughts? Do most have their electronics between the speakers?
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I have always read it sounds better with short speaker cabels running higher resistance and more wattage over shorter distance.my xlr in millivolts running longer does not lose signal much if any.you get a 6 dB gain with xlr opposed to rca.monoprice higher grade is very reasonable for the price on xlr and we'll built 18 gauge 4 wire shielded.so mine are monoblocks next to the speaker with short speaker wire on low very expensive harbor freight carpet dolly.you can't see the dolly cuz the amp is much bigger and covers it up.out of sight out of mind.the speaker wires are 8 gauge to minimize resistance..the pre amp on stands low to ground between speakers.this requires separates of course that increases the higher cost as now you need monoblocks to be close to the speakers.then you get into power conditioners one for each side as my power has spikes several times a wk..enjoy the music and experimenting cuz it stimulates the mind. |
I've done both ways - most of the time I've used 5m XLR (preamp to amp) with normal ~ 6ft SC's, but recently reconfigured it to shorter XLR's with 16ft long SC's. And that works great too! Ideally I like to have silver in my SC's, and that becomes cost prohibitive at longer runs, so overall I'd pick longer XLR's. |
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