I would definitely go with a long balanced interconnect. Least likely to have any signal loss. I'll leave the recommendations for cable brand and model to those familiar with the Classe gear.
Cable questions
Hi,
First, I've read back quite a few discussions of long speaker cables vs. long interconnects. My question is a bit different, in that I don't have monoblocks, which is the focus of most of those discussions.
My problem is that for family-acceptability reasons, my stereo preamp must be some distance from my speakers. I could position the stereo power amp either with the preamp (using a 3-6' interconnect) or close to the speakers (under the floor, actually). With short interconnects, my speaker runs would be about 25-30'. With long (about 20')interconnects, my speaker runs would be about 10'.
My preamp is a Classe CP-35, and the amp is a CA-200. These units do have balanced output and input if that helps.
Second, what sort of cables would you recommend? Cost is an issue, I would like to spend a few hundred dollars on cabling (I realize that's low, but I've made some jumps to step up to this gear and need to slow down for now). I currently use a 3' Radio Shack Gold interconnect and 10 foot of 12guage homemade RS speaker cable. Speakers are Celestion S-300 floorstanders.
Finally, any information out there on homemade interconnects? Is this hard to do, and are the results reasonable?
Thanks for any advice!
- Eric
First, I've read back quite a few discussions of long speaker cables vs. long interconnects. My question is a bit different, in that I don't have monoblocks, which is the focus of most of those discussions.
My problem is that for family-acceptability reasons, my stereo preamp must be some distance from my speakers. I could position the stereo power amp either with the preamp (using a 3-6' interconnect) or close to the speakers (under the floor, actually). With short interconnects, my speaker runs would be about 25-30'. With long (about 20')interconnects, my speaker runs would be about 10'.
My preamp is a Classe CP-35, and the amp is a CA-200. These units do have balanced output and input if that helps.
Second, what sort of cables would you recommend? Cost is an issue, I would like to spend a few hundred dollars on cabling (I realize that's low, but I've made some jumps to step up to this gear and need to slow down for now). I currently use a 3' Radio Shack Gold interconnect and 10 foot of 12guage homemade RS speaker cable. Speakers are Celestion S-300 floorstanders.
Finally, any information out there on homemade interconnects? Is this hard to do, and are the results reasonable?
Thanks for any advice!
- Eric
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