Subwoofer Cable Recommendations

[PatriotsFan]

I am going to need to purchase a 25 foot subwoofer cable Any recommendations???

[JimmyTango]

http://www.bluejeanscable.com/store/single/subwooferprices.htm

I'd go for the 25 foot Canare LV-77S. Blue Jeans makes the best 'bang for the buck' cables, IMO.

[BradJudy]

That a good recommendation, it's what I use (only homemade, not bought). If you want to save a few bucks, you could get their Belden 1505 version instead. They claim it's nearly as good unless you have a lot of EMI (http://www.bluejeanscable.com/store/single/subwoofer.htm).

[cschang]

I just bought a lot of cable from bluejeanscable.com, one of them being a Canare LV-77S sub cable...15ft.

Outside of DIY, I do not think you can get better pricing.

The next time I need cables, I may go the DIY route.

[Retread]

I bought 50' of twisted-shielded pair from Radio Shack for about $12 and soldered on a pair of RCA connectors. Works just fine.

[theoilweapon]

The hsu part has great features (shielding, plated tips) at a great price. Otherwise check out www.bettercables.com.

[Retread]

I find that commercial cables are frequently either too short or too long. I needed a 50' subwoofer cable, so made one out of twisted-shielded pair "audio cable." Gold-plated Radio Shack RCA plugs soldered on both ends.

Actually, the gold plating was "gilding the lily." At subwoofer frequencies, and with a 10K input resistance at the subwoofer, almost nothing in the RCA plug could affect performance (a cold solder joint could be bad).

Also, shielded-twisted pair is probably a better cable at subwoofer frequencies than coax. The primary concern is to avoid picking up 60Hz from the power lines. Twisted wire does a better job of that than coax, since the twist effectively cancels out any low-frequency coupling. A shield that's not mu-metal doesn't do much to for magnetic coupling. The coax shield is more for high frequencies than for low, and the coax structure is more to reduce high frequency losses than anything else, none of which is of concern at subwoofer frequencies.

One would hope the Hsu subwoofer is not very susceptible to high frequency EMI at the input.