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Hello everyone, well it's the weekend again and that means time to tinker with my system . I am going to do the "subwoofer crawl" today and I am in need of a cable that is around 5m. Is there any difference in cables? or is the cheaper RCA cable ok to use? I can get a cable for $30 or a Monster cable for $99. I thought that being analog and not digital it didn't matter.
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Save your money and buy the $30 one. The price difference is in the marketing.
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I'll second that. Go for the less expensive cable. You will not notice a difference, and why fork your money over to someone just for advertising....
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The subwoofer signal is one of the least demanding audio/video signals to carry and doesn't demand much at all other than a decently shielded wire. Go cheap, be happy. Jason
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$6.16 at MonopriceBut then you'd have to wait. Which would be a total bummer.
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Get some cheap coax with rca ends like sold on monoprice or bluejeans cable, don't waste your money unless your loaded.
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Well that takes care of that then Thanks a lot for the quick replies.
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Well I bought a cable and I did the crawl, but did not really notice all that much difference? The bass seems to sound better when I am in the next room?? I ended up moving the sub to the opposite corner. I will have to give it some time and a coupl of decent movies to see how it sounds I think. I had to format my pc and reinstall everything today and I have been listening to Pink Floyd which makes it more the process seem a little better
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Oh my - the PC format and subsequent program reinstallation has to be one of the most annoying tasks ever... On the crawl - if you didn't notice much difference as you moved it around, it could just mean your room has good acoustics and aren't producing vast peaks and nulls. That's good news. Jason
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Well I watched a movie last night Big Fish and it sounded quite good with a decent amount of base that was not distorted or over the top. I have a couple of rattles though we have Glass cabinets and they tend to rattle a bit, I have no idea how to fix that. Also one window rattles its the non opening side. Apart from that things are improving
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we have Glass cabinets and they tend to rattle a bit, I have no idea how to fix that. Easy, break the glass - no more rattle If they're fixed glass (in cabinet doors, for instance), glazing them in with putty may help... if they're sliding panes of safety glass in tracks, I wouldn't suggest doing that. Bren R.
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with fixed glass, you can also use a toothpick (or more than one) wedged into the space between the glass and frame. Score and snap off the excess.
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It's fixed glass. Thanks for the tips, I will try them. It is driving me crazy.
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