Badass Posted March 6, 2010 Share Posted March 6, 2010 (edited) I am looking for 6mm jack to jack speaker cable around 1 - 1.5m long. So far my searches have drawn a blank. I hate using normal 'guitar leads' for speaker connections. So guys where do you buy your speaker cables from? And yeah i know, I [i]could[/i] make them myself, but rather buy Edited March 6, 2010 by Badass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_b Posted March 6, 2010 Share Posted March 6, 2010 ....then buy them off OBBM, here on BC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badass Posted March 6, 2010 Author Share Posted March 6, 2010 Ah great stuff, and many thanks. PM sent to OBBM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misrule Posted March 6, 2010 Share Posted March 6, 2010 +1 -- OBBM does great speaker cables. I've got two. Cheers Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obbm Posted March 6, 2010 Share Posted March 6, 2010 [quote name='misrule' post='766335' date='Mar 6 2010, 06:49 PM']+1 -- OBBM does great speaker cables. I've got two. Cheers Mark[/quote] Thanks Mark Badass and I are in communication. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinman Posted March 6, 2010 Share Posted March 6, 2010 Another +1 for OBBM You shouldn't use instrument leads as speaker cables. I'm sure some technically minded member will come on and explain why. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbass4k Posted March 6, 2010 Share Posted March 6, 2010 Instrument leads aren't designed to carry anywhere near the current an amp head puts out, if it's a powerful head, it could melt the cable and completely bugger up the head. I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badass Posted March 6, 2010 Author Share Posted March 6, 2010 Yeah I know. The supplied cable is speaker cable but very thin, and not what I want for my 500watt amp ! All sorted now, thanks to OBBM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bankai Posted March 6, 2010 Share Posted March 6, 2010 Speaker cables have a different impedance to instrument/mic cables. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebassman Posted March 6, 2010 Share Posted March 6, 2010 [quote name='Badass' post='766350' date='Mar 6 2010, 07:03 PM']Yeah I know. The supplied cable is speaker cable but very thin, and not what I want for my 500watt amp ! All sorted now, thanks to OBBM [/quote] Most good music shops will make them up for you, you can choose your cables and plugs also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warwickhunt Posted March 6, 2010 Share Posted March 6, 2010 [quote name='thebassman' post='766359' date='Mar 6 2010, 07:06 PM']Most good music shops will make them up for you, you can choose your cables and plugs also.[/quote] Why bother when we have Dave (OOBM)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanbass1 Posted March 7, 2010 Share Posted March 7, 2010 [quote name='bobbass4k' post='766348' date='Mar 6 2010, 07:03 PM']Instrument leads aren't designed to carry anywhere near the current an amp head puts out, if it's a powerful head, it could melt the cable and completely bugger up the head. I think.[/quote] Worse, instrument cables (especially longer runs) will load the impedence and may well damage the amp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obbm Posted March 7, 2010 Share Posted March 7, 2010 My thoughts on the matter: [quote]In order to get the best performance from a solid-state bass amp/speaker set-up you need to have a high damping factor. A low damping factor will give a woolly sound whereas a high damping factor gives tighter control of the driver and will give much clearer low frequencies. This is especially important at frequencies around the driver’s resonant frequency, which for a bass is usually in the order of 40 – 45 Hz, well within the usable frequency range of a bass. The resistance of the speaker cable directly affects the damping factor and needs to be as low as possible. Heavier gauge cables have a much lower resistance and therefore help to achieve this. They are also more than capable of handling the high transients produced by a bass amplifier. The problem is not so prevalent with guitar amps as the resonant frequency of many speakers is below the guitar’s frequency range. That being said it is still important to use a good quality, low resistance cable and not an instrument cable as the there are still significant voltage and current transients.[/quote] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinman Posted March 7, 2010 Share Posted March 7, 2010 ^^^ What he said Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Foxen Posted March 7, 2010 Share Posted March 7, 2010 [quote name='obbm' post='766675' date='Mar 7 2010, 08:46 AM']My thoughts on the matter:[/quote] Shouldn't that be impedance then, since you are specifying frequencies? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obbm Posted March 7, 2010 Share Posted March 7, 2010 [quote name='Mr. Foxen' post='767060' date='Mar 7 2010, 05:15 PM']Shouldn't that be impedance then, since you are specifying frequencies?[/quote] Theoretically it should be but because the inductive and capacitive components are minimal, it is the resistive component that has the major influence.. There is an interesting paper on speaker cables [url="http://procosound.com/downloads/whitepapers/Understanding%20Speaker%20Cables.pdf"]here[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musicman20 Posted March 8, 2010 Share Posted March 8, 2010 OBBM cables are fantastic. I upgraded all of mine to these and they are very very good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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