mactimbo64 Posted May 10, 2010 Share Posted May 10, 2010 Hi all, Well, I won my bid for a Sub-12 and it arrives tomorrow so I need to run my cabling for it in-wall. I bought a Monster SW-600 sub cable (26') with RCA connectors on both ends that I was planning to terminate at a wall plate near the receiver and then use a shorter cable from wall plate to receiver. On the sub end I was planning to just let the wire come through the wall all the way to the sub...no wall plate. However....after I ran the cable through the walls, I noticed the in-wall side of the sub connection on the wall plate was a COAX connection like cable TV rather than RCA. I could get adapters at Radio Shack to go from RCA to Coax or switch out the connector to RCA on both sides of the wall plate but I'm just not sure which is best or if all those connections will introduce interference or signal loss. I have read on some other threads that people have used standard RG6 cable TV COAX for subs but could not tell if folks thought that was better than using a sub cable like the SW-600. At this point, I have not drywalled so I can easily run whatever cabling is best. What would you suggest as the best method of going from receiver to sub via in-wall cabling? Use wall plates (extra connection points) or just run one cable all the way from receiver to sub? I like the idea of a nice clean installation of the wall plates...especially if we sell the house down the road, it would be nice to not have cables dangling out of the wall....but my priority is getting the best possible sound. Thanks for your help! HT rookie.... ~Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Youthman Posted May 10, 2010 Moderators Share Posted May 10, 2010 Congrats on the new purchase Tim. Not sure what you paid for the Monster cable but for future cable purchases, be sure to check out www.monoprice.com. They have a 25' sub cable for $6.24 or a 35' for $8.12. They also sell wallplates also if you need to replace the plate. I'm not a fan of adapters and connectors but I doubt you will hear any sonic difference if you choose to use a wallplate vs going straight from receiver to sub. If you already have the sub cable, you could simply replace the connectors on the wall plate to RCA. Not sure if Monoprice sells the connectors separately or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mactimbo64 Posted May 10, 2010 Author Share Posted May 10, 2010 Oh my God. (insert long healthy string of profanity here....) I spent over $60 for that cable and I could've gotten one for the price of a good burger!?!?! I have so much to learn. I think I'll just replace the connections at the wall plate and go RCA....or order the 35' Monoprice cable for a whopping $8.12 and avoid all connections. Then chalk up the Monster cable ripoff as a lesson learned. Wow. Thanks for your help!! ~Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mactimbo64 Posted May 10, 2010 Author Share Posted May 10, 2010 ....also....any preference to using RG6 coax (single wire) versus these braided sub cables like the Monster cable? Is one preferred over the other for any reason? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CECAA850 Posted May 10, 2010 Share Posted May 10, 2010 Oh my God. (insert long healthy string of profanity here....) I spent over $60 for that cable and I could've gotten one for the price of a good burger!?!?! I have so much to learn. I think I'll just replace the connections at the wall plate and go RCA....or order the 35' Monoprice cable for a whopping $8.12 and avoid all connections. Then chalk up the Monster cable ripoff as a lesson learned. Wow. Thanks for your help!! ~Tim I love it when the light goes on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CECAA850 Posted May 10, 2010 Share Posted May 10, 2010 Either should work. Make sure whatever you use is rated for in-wall use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Youthman Posted May 10, 2010 Moderators Share Posted May 10, 2010 I love it when the light goes on. I do too but I hate it when they learn it the hard way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InVeNtOr Posted May 10, 2010 Share Posted May 10, 2010 well everyone has to learn sometime! lol if your a normal person, with normal gear, in a normal room, it doesn't matter what you connect to the sub. you won't be able to hear a difference. don't forget to buy yourself a Hard Y adapter at monoprice too. the reason is, klipsch sets their subs up like most. you have a red and white (lfe) input. when the sub sees that only 1 input is being used, it reads it as such: 2 inputs, 1 signal, = 1/2 signal. if you put a Y adapter on it, it reads it 2 by 2 = 1. try it out, it gets louder with the adapter. my elemental designs A2-300 sub worked the same way. i now have a sunfire 12" true sub and it doesn't work like that. i think a good rule of thumb is, if you can connect the hard Y adapter, then you need it. i did speaker to klipsch about this, so i am sure the info is correct. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CECAA850 Posted May 10, 2010 Share Posted May 10, 2010 i did speaker to klipsch about this, so i am sure the info is correct. Freud would be proud. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InVeNtOr Posted May 10, 2010 Share Posted May 10, 2010 lmao! sorry...... i did call klipsch, so i am sure the information is correct. my bad.....lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lo123 Posted May 10, 2010 Share Posted May 10, 2010 I run Blue Jeans sub cable from amp to wall outlet. Then RG-6 approx 35-50 feet in wall and under floor to other side of family room. Then pop back out and back to Blue Jeans cable again to SVC PC-Ultra. Adapters as required to make everything play. RG-6 left over from running cable to all the bedrooms. Sounds good to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mactimbo64 Posted May 11, 2010 Author Share Posted May 11, 2010 Exactly the information I needed. These forums are great...I can't thank you all enough! Still stewing over spending that much for a cable...especially when I too, have more then enough left over RG-6 from running cable to the bedrooms. Aaaargh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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