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Just curious as to how many of you run a coax cable as your sub cable to your receiver? The reason I am asking is that monoprice has a great cable on for a few dollars, is there a difference? Do I risk any harm to my subwoofer ? The sub in question will be either an HSU or SVS unit. Any advice would be great considering I am somewhat new to this and I value the advice of all members.
 
I run a good quality RCA cable to sub ..

denissawyer said:
Just curious as to how many of you run a coax cable as your sub cable to your receiver? The reason I am asking is that monoprice has a great cable on for a few dollars, is there a difference? Do I risk any harm to my subwoofer ? The sub in question will be either an HSU or SVS unit. Any advice would be great considering I am somewhat new to this and I value the advice of all members.
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I run a good quality RCA connector audio cable to sub. You could use co-ax cable to sub and it wouldn't hurt, but I don't think you would gain any sound quality. Most of the sound quality, if not all, in a subwoofer is the quality of the subwoofer itself. Both Hsu and SVS make excellent subs!
 
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Midcow2 said:
I run a good quality RCA connector audio cable to sub. You could use co-ax cable to sub and it wouldn't hurt, but I don't think you would gain any sound quality. Most of the sound quality, if not all, in a subwoofer is the quality of the subwoofer itself. Both Hsu and SVS make excellent subs!
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Understood, however from what I understand you only need one cable from your sub to your received I am just trying to gauge which cable to use that is all.
 
You can use either one ...

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Understood, however from what I understand you only need one cable from your sub to your received I am just trying to gauge which cable to use that is all.
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You can use either a co-ax or RCA cable, but both will sound the same. It is your preference.

Reason: when connecting cables/wires of copper wire, the only vairalbes is the gauge of the wire. This is minor differentiation in the quality of the connectors and the sturdiness and durabiltiy of the cable due to cable sheathing.

If you enclose one conductor ( i.e. co-ax) with another you reduce some EMF interference, but this is normally not significant or audible in a audio cable.

Bottom Line: both will sound the same, choose whicheve cable you like best!
 
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Just giving options. You could also put a sub cable together with RG-6 for about a $1.
 
What other options do you have?

Unless you're running the sub from the speaker level outputs, all subwoofer cables are "coaxial" cables. In fact, virtually any interconnect* with RCA plugs on the ends are coaxial cables, which means a wire surrounded by a shield.

*with very, very few exceptions
 
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FYI,
Any quality analog audio cable will be made from coax. My monoprice Stereo cables use RG-59 coax. As suggested, if you are prewiring the house and want to run RG-6 coax in the wall, you can terminate it with compression RCA connectors for the sub. If possible, get a longer sub cable so you can experiment with different locations in the room.
 
denissawyer said:
Just curious as to how many of you run a coax cable as your sub cable to your receiver? The reason I am asking is that monoprice has a great cable on for a few dollars, is there a difference? Do I risk any harm to my subwoofer ? .
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No risk whatsoever; go for it and enjoy:D
 
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