Bohemian_Rhapsody Posted August 14, 2003 Share Posted August 14, 2003 I just opened up one of my 4.1 satellites out of curiosity and found out that even though the drivers seemed to be of good quality ( 5W ) but the wire that connects the headphone jack to the wiring inside the satellite carried a very poor quality wire, maybe even worse than the stock cable. So even if i use the Monster Cable upgrade it won't make much of a difference as the cable inside the satt would reduce the quality of the signal anyway... is it true? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justin_tx_16 Posted August 14, 2003 Share Posted August 14, 2003 You will not improve anything by putting lower guage, larger, wires inside the promedia's. The gauge they use is just fine, better than what is required. The distance is so short that you could use wire twice as high in size (higher gauge = smaller wire) and not notice a huge difference. here is a picture of the inside Your promedia might vary slightly from this one depending on what model you have. This is the 120V ProMedia 2.1 satellite Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bohemian_Rhapsody Posted August 14, 2003 Author Share Posted August 14, 2003 Well thats exactly what i saw in the satt ( 120V PM4.1 ). So you're saying that i shouldn't worry about anything inside the satt, the quality MIGHT improve if i use better cables to connect the satts to the sub? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justin_tx_16 Posted August 14, 2003 Share Posted August 14, 2003 Still, the distance and power going through the cables is too little to give a noticable improvement. YOu would experience deminishing returns, aka audiophilia. People will pay $150 for a 3 foot section of a power cable. I have that power cable and it is not worth $150, it was packaged with my new headphone amp. People will spend $2000 for a 3 foot cable to connect a cd player to an amplifier. This is a similar situation where you won't get an improvement worth noticing. On the otherhand. If you were to tell me that you were getting cross talk or picking up radio stations or other electromagnetic interference, I would suggest you upgrade the cables OUTSIDE the promedia system either spaker wire or the cables from the sub to the computer. Nothing else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bohemian_Rhapsody Posted August 14, 2003 Author Share Posted August 14, 2003 thanx for the help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justin_tx_16 Posted August 14, 2003 Share Posted August 14, 2003 No problem, any time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MD1032 Posted August 14, 2003 Share Posted August 14, 2003 I stopped using my PM4.1's headphone jack as soon as I got my SC and the cool "Versajack" largely due to the horrible quality of the headphone jack and the easily audible static hiss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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