Hi my name is jimi and i am an Audioholic

[jimi]

I'm trying to set up surround sound is it best to run long speaker cable to the surrounds or have a amplifier near the surrounds using short speaker cable and long rca's to the amp coming from preamp ''Lexicon CP2'' ?

 

[Jeff R.]

I would run the long speaker cable. It is much less expensive than the RCA cable.....it should make no difference in performance either way.

 

[fuzz092888]

I would run the long speaker cable. It is much less expensive than the RCA cable.....it should make no difference in performance either way.

+1
Get some speaker cable from monoprice or a place like it and you'll be fine and it will pretty cheap, much cheaper than the other option you mentioned.

 

[AcuDefTechGuy]

Use speaker cables definitely.

 

[mtrycrafts]

I'm trying to set up surround sound is it best to run long speaker cable to the surrounds or have a amplifier near the surrounds using short speaker cable and long rca's to the amp coming from preamp ''Lexicon CP2'' ?

Welcome to the community

How long is long?

 

[jimi]

Welcome to the community

How long is long?

just 35 feet

 

[collegeaudio]

14awg minimum for that length, 12awg to be safe.

 

[jimi]

14awg minimum for that length, 12awg to be safe.

Safe from what ?

 

[GranteedEV]

Safe from what ?

Safe from 0.01db of resistive losses

 

[mtrycrafts]

Safe from what ?

Safe from more voltage drop across the wire length
As a good practice, you want the total resistance of the wire in both direction to be less than 5% of the speaker impedance and best to assume 4 Ohms as even 8 Ohm speakers can dip into the 4 Ohm range. 14 ga is just below that with .18 Ohms.

 

[jimi]

Thank you all , thanx