Speaker cable question?

Question

If I cut the end off the white and red parts of a jack cable, is it safe to use this as speaker wire? As in screw it in to the red and black connectors of an amp. Its just I need to connect a speaker with a SpeakOn connection to the amp and the only cable I can find is the jack to speakon.

Thanks

Answer 1

If you want to preserve the high quality sound applied to the speaker, then it is recommended to use an appropriate wire.

Hi-quality sound contains frequencies in a range from 20 Hz to 20 kHz.

High frequencies tend to travel only on the periphery of the wire. For this reason high quality speaker wires are made using many strands, because they have more peripheral area. Also the total cross-section is larger than most wires used for other electrical applications.

The wire you mention will work, but may not give you good quality sound.

If you are happy with the quality you get, then you don't need to get anything else.

Answer 2

Speaker wire is used to make the electrical connection between loudspeakers and audio amplifiers. Modern speaker wire consists of two or more electrical conductors individually insulated by plastic such as PVC, PE or Teflon. The two wires are electrically identical, but are marked (e.g. by a ridge on the insulation of one wire, the color of one wire, a thread in one wire, etc) to help easily identify the correct polarity. For more informations about Speaker cables you should go through

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Answer 3

(It can be used - but its probably not thick enough.