Mike Lindsey Posted August 21, 2001 Share Posted August 21, 2001 I am out of audio interconnects and need to run an rca cable from my receiver subwoofer out to my sub amp. All I have is MonsterVideo 2 video interconnect cable and was wondering if that will work. Can anyone give me an answer on this? Thanks in advance... Mike ------------------ Family Room ----------- Hitachi 43UWX10B HDTV (16:9) Denon AVR-4800 Panasonic DVD-RP91K Dual CS-5000 Turntable w/Shure V15V-MR DBX 3bx Series III Range Expander Klipsch Epic CF-2's (mains) Klipsch KLF-C7 (center) Klipsch RS-3's (surrounds) SVS 20-39CS Sub w/Samson S700 Amp Monster HTS-3500 Line Conditioner Scientific Atlanta Explorer 2100 Digital Cable box Bedroom ------- Yamaha M-4 Amp Yamaha C-4 Preamp Yamaha T-7 Tuner Teac DVD Player Dual CS-721 Turntable w/B&O MMC2 Looking for a pair of Heresy's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boa12 Posted August 21, 2001 Share Posted August 21, 2001 mike, yea in fact that's recommended as a 75 ohm video cable is more likely to be shielded than some lower quality audio cables. shielding is a good thing to help prevent noise like rf or emi getting to the inner wires. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Lindsey Posted August 21, 2001 Author Share Posted August 21, 2001 Thanks, Boa! Plus, it's 2 meters which is the perfect length. The old radio shack interconnect was 4 meters long. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boa12 Posted August 21, 2001 Share Posted August 21, 2001 yea the shorter the better. see your cable IS double shielded. for my sub i went for the monsterbass 400. dif is it has 2 solid core conductors instead of stranded wire for whatever that's worth. figured i'd pay up to about 1% of the system cost. whoops hope this doesn't start another wire debate ------------------ Klipsch KLF 30 (front), KLF C7, Cornwall I (rear) Velodyne HGS-18 sub woofer Monsterbass 400 sub interconnect/Monster MCX-2 biwire & Z1 cable Marantz SR-8000 receiver Sony DVP-C650D 5-disk cd/dvd player Sony Trinitron 27" stereo tv Toshiba hi-fi stereo vcr Technics dual cassette deck Scientific Atlanta Explorer 2100 digital cable box Monster HTS1000 PowerCenter Boa's Listenin Lounge: Klipsch RF-3, RC-3 Monster MCX-1 Biwire Sony STR-DE935 a/v receiver Kenwood KR-9600 AM/FM stereo receiver (vintage 1975) Russound AB-2 receiver switch to RF-3 Teac PD-D1200 5-disk cd changer Technics SL-1950 turntable/AT LS500 cartridge rock on! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Lindsey Posted August 21, 2001 Author Share Posted August 21, 2001 Boa, Do they have 2 meter Monster bass wire? I thought that cable was used if you were plugging directly into the subwoofer. I'm running the cable into an amp and then running speaker wire from the amp to the sub... Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boa12 Posted August 21, 2001 Share Posted August 21, 2001 mike, sorry missed that w/ your svs set-up. looks like the shortest is 12ft for my 400 & i was being a lil sarcastic anyway. you're fine. sure tv would agree. does your samson also have line/rca outputs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Lindsey Posted August 21, 2001 Author Share Posted August 21, 2001 Boa, You can connect the speakers via banana plugs (what I use) or something called Speakon output connectors (never heard of it and very strange looking). For input, I have to plug my subwoofer rca cable into a two-conductor 1/4" plug...also very strange. I think this thing is made in Korea. : Thanks again, Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WMcD Posted August 21, 2001 Share Posted August 21, 2001 I've never had a problem using a short run of audio cable for video. The other way around is less demanding. People have their favorite cables and sometimes report improvement. However, I think there are substantial technical reasons to believe all sheilded RCA to RCA cables are equivalent in short runs. Gil This message has been edited by William F. Gil McDermott on 08-21-2001 at 09:56 PM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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