Bill H. Posted April 21, 2002 Share Posted April 21, 2002 I just became a Klipsch member, with the SB3's, which are wonderful. I bought Kimber Kable,(I know don't beat me up), but the lengths I bought I find are about three feet to short on each side. Should I just admit I made a mistake and buy new, longer cable, OR is there a way to use connecters and make the wire longer? Kimber Kable 4VS is the make of wire. Bill ------------------ Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@silverfox@ Posted April 21, 2002 Share Posted April 21, 2002 bill welcome to the best form you will ever be a part of. there are others who might give you good advice ,personally i would move the speakers three feet closer.that should work: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill H. Posted April 21, 2002 Author Share Posted April 21, 2002 Silver, My problem is I have the speakers right next to my wall unit on each side, with no room to move them. What other recommendations do you suggest? ------------------ Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@silverfox@ Posted April 21, 2002 Share Posted April 21, 2002 i surmise that one of the reason you are concern about the splicing of the cable is the affect it could have on sound quality.cost might also be a factor.iwould go to my local radio shock or home depot and get enough zip cord from the electrical section,replace the wire if this dosnt satisfy cut 3 feet for each of the origonal wire try that if not get the required lenght of the origonal cable.this is how i would approach this problem. bill hope this helps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDBRbuilder Posted April 21, 2002 Share Posted April 21, 2002 Like Silverfox said...no splices...just one continuous cable for each speaker, no matter what the length has to be, but is best if each cable is of equal length to the other, no matter what the distance to the amplication source for each speaker...IMHO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndyKlipschFan Posted April 23, 2002 Share Posted April 23, 2002 OK, I know the professional esoteric Cable guys will bash me like normal, but here I go with MY opinion since you are new to all this. Go to Home Depot...Menards... Lowes... whatever is a good Hardware store in your neighborhood. Go to the Electrical section where you can buy wire off of the spools. (This is not the audio section.) I know here in Indy they carry Woods Wire and Monster Cable. (Yes the same you buy at your stereo store). My point is, you can get the same professional quality 12 Guage, good quality speaker cable, for pennies on the dollar campared to buying this from your local audio store. (There is a considerable, almost unbelievable markup for Speaker Wire at any Upper level Stereo store.) Always buy a few feet longer, so you do not run into your same problem again. (I agree, a single connection at each end is better than a spliced one, no matter what the speaker cable is.) Go home, hook it up, and enjoy!!! And as a buy product, save yourself several hundreds of dollars you can buy music with, or other equipment. Enjoy the music, or your home theatre, and forget what anyone else tells you about some esoteric 3 thousand dollar speaker wire that vastly improves your sound system invented by some university lab in the backroom, that defies all physics laws and gives incredible focus, clearity, real beyond realism.....LOL. (Look for the article in Stereo Review, and then see the full page ad elsewhere in the magazine.) I am sure it makes all other wires sound terrible and "obsolete." Afterall, "lab tests confirm it." You get the idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill H. Posted April 26, 2002 Author Share Posted April 26, 2002 Indy and everyone who made a comment Thanks. I went back to the Klipsch Dealer, who kindly refunded the major portion of my price. I then purchased the Correct length of speaker wire I needed. I have my Klipsch SB3's humming now, and love them. Again Thanks for your responses. ------------------ Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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