RG6 in a car?
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New member Username: LottathoughtPost Number: 9 Registered: Apr-06 | I am starting a new thread because I think that my new question is an entirely different topic. Anyways...I had a sick thought today. Why you ask? Well, I spent this last weekend running wire in the car. I had a good part of the interior out so I could do it right. And now I am going to have to run a pre-amp signal from the HU to the amp...DOH!!! At first I was thinking about putting RCA plugs on the wire I put in but speaker wire is not sheilded and I think that RCA cables are supposed to be sheilded. That is correct...right? So..if I need to run sheilded cable for the pre-amp signal...I can go two ways and am curious what way is generally prefered and why. I can go out and buy RCA cables. I can also build RCA cables using RG6 coax. It is sheilded also and pretty durable to the elements. What is everybodys thoughts on this? |
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Silver Member Username: JohammbassCork, Cork Ireland Post Number: 201 Registered: May-06 | Go and get Monster RCA's that's it |
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New member Username: Saint18zPost Number: 10 Registered: May-06 | I dont know about RG6 but this is what I used http://www.gepco.com/products/proav_cable/analog_audio/multi_gf22.htm that is what we use in recording studios so I figure if it is good enough for a recording studio it is good enough for my jeep |
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Gold Member Username: IlluminatorUSA Post Number: 3037 Registered: Apr-05 | I'm with Maris on this one...just get some RCA cable. Why use coaxial in the first place? The coaxial could work, however. You might as well try it, noise shouldn't be a problem. |
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Silver Member Username: MixneffectOrangevale, Ca. USA Post Number: 943 Registered: Apr-05 | Chris, I wouldnt say that whatever a recording studio uses, and/or does should be used as a benchmark. I have quality CDs and crappy recorded CDs. Guess what. They were both recorded in recording studios. One just plainly sounds better than the other one. IMHO I would use audio speaker wire. |
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New member Username: LottathoughtPost Number: 10 Registered: Apr-06 | Thanks all... Here is why I was thinking RG6... RG6=16 guage wire (higher than most rca cables). RG6 is sheilded just as well as Monster cable, etc... RG6 is VERY durable and weather resistant. And I can install RG6 with the tips for less than half of what Monster Cable, etc. would cost me. Since it is every bit as good and so much less, I was wondering why I had not heard more about people doing this. |
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Bronze Member Username: LottathoughtPost Number: 11 Registered: Apr-06 | mixneffect ... I am very curious... Why would you choose audio speaker wire since it is not sheilded? Do you think that this is simply overkill? Thanks |
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Silver Member Username: MixneffectOrangevale, Ca. USA Post Number: 944 Registered: Apr-05 | I meant audio speaker cable as a general term. I did not mean speaker wire. RG6 is what I would consider cable tv cable. Sorry for the confusion. |
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