Subwoofer cable

mbond24
mbond24 Posts: 17
edited December 2010 in Basic Hookup/Wiring Questions
A few weeks ago while shopping for a good sub cable, a rep at Best Buy told me that I can use regular coax cable with an F connector at (adaptor) each end as a very good sub cable. Has anyone used this kind of setup before?

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  • nguyendot
    nguyendot Posts: 3,594
    edited December 2010
    You can, and it'll probably work. Make sure one end has the ground disconnected (the end attached to the sub).

    It's cheaper just to buy a sub cable from monoprice, honestly.
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  • Beta
    Beta Posts: 267
    edited December 2010
    Audio Advisor sells a pretty good priced Audioquest sub cable.

    http://www.audioadvisor.com/prodinfo.asp?number=AQBTIISUB
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  • mbond24
    mbond24 Posts: 17
    edited December 2010
    Thanks for the advice guys. Now I realizied I need to run about 10ft of wire in-wall. Would coax for the in-wall portion be good along with the standard sub cable at each connection (rec & sub)?
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,989
    edited December 2010
    Are you talking speaker wire in addition to a sub cable ? Speaker wire is not coaxle, or did I not understand your question correctly ?
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  • Erik Tracy
    Erik Tracy Posts: 4,673
    edited December 2010
    mbond24 wrote: »
    Thanks for the advice guys. Now I realizied I need to run about 10ft of wire in-wall. Would coax for the in-wall portion be good along with the standard sub cable at each connection (rec & sub)?

    I would think whichever cable you pick - stick with one type end to end for in wall, sub, and avr patch cables.

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  • codyc1ark
    codyc1ark Posts: 2,532
    edited December 2010
    I recently upgraded mine from some no name RCA to a Monoprice cable, with a Y adapter. I know there are much better cables then the MP's out there, but I can tell you it did make a difference from the no name cable, with no Y adapter. I belive both the adapter and cable shipped was around $16.00 to my door. Check them out - www.monoprice.com - Hope that helps.
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  • djperez81
    djperez81 Posts: 388
    edited December 2010
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  • djperez81
    djperez81 Posts: 388
    edited December 2010
    +1 for monoprice, i recently purchased some cables from them and am very pleased with the cables and you cant beat the price.
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  • duukanu
    duukanu Posts: 4
    edited December 2010
    Hi I am setting up a vintage set with an RM1000 sub and rw3000 satelite speakers, I have not been able to find wiring inst. The sub has only rt lt in jacks, are the tree speakers wired individually?
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  • Mattcc22
    Mattcc22 Posts: 21
    edited December 2010
    I use Monoprice sub cable. Works perfectly and I see no problem running it in-wall
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  • acmf74
    acmf74 Posts: 936
    edited December 2010
    would there be any audible difference in a Mono-price cable vs a Blue jeans one sub-woofer cable?
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