Fellow “Star Trek” fans will no doubt recognize the Borg title of our column. But the resistance I’m going to talk about is the resistance in speaker cables. Resistance generally has the same effect ...
What is the Best Type of Speaker Cable to Use? Are you wondering what speaker cable gauge to use for the best performance? This article discusses the most important metric in loudspeaker cables and ...
The journey from a good audio setup to an amazing one often depends on a small but incredibly important detail: speaker wire. This isn’t just an extra part; it’s a key piece of any audio system that ...
What We Can Measure in Speaker Cable?Resistance (in ohms): This effect turns electrical flow into heat. It affects all frequencies equally. Changing the size (gage) of the conductor changes its ...
During our review of the THIEL Audio SCS3 system, we pinged designer Jim Thiel on some technical questions regarding the loudspeaker designs and the choice of internal wiring and crossover topologies ...
In the second part of this series on the highs and lows of resistance measurements, I illustrated the differences between two-wire and four-wire resistance measurements on an actual low ohmic sample ...