speaker wire length?

dearold_dad
dearold_dad Posts: 6
edited July 2014 in Speakers
i have 4 rtia8 and they dont sound the same dose speaker length mater fronts are AudioQuest Speaker Cables, 10-Foot Pair, FLX-16-2 with Pro Banana Connectorses sides are 25ft Silverback Speaker Wire by Sewell, 25 ft Terminated, OFC, 12 AWG, 259 Strand what am i doing wrong on a budget both wires check out for quality as far as i can tell
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  • dearold_dad
    dearold_dad Posts: 6
    edited July 2014
    yea your right the AQ are rich full sound compared to sewell , i thought that a larger gauge might help them thanks for reply
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,734
    edited July 2014
    And yet there are those that still think cable doesn't matter.
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 33,001
    edited July 2014
    If your using 2 different speaker cables on each set of speakers, then no....they won't sound the same.
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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 7,658
    edited July 2014
    Actually Bob Fulton, who might have been the first person to produce perfectionist quality speaker wire, felt that for best bass performance the speaker wire's length should be related to the lowest bass produced by the speaker. Find the speaker's -3dB limit, calculate that frequency's wave length and make the speaker wire one half this wavelength. This is similar to how a receiving antenna is tuned to the incoming radio wavelength.
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  • Speedskater
    Speedskater Posts: 495
    edited July 2014
    But the electrical wavelength in the speaker cable for bass notes is thousands of miles. In fact at 7.8 Hz the wavelength is one lap around the Earth. Does that 7.8 Hz number sound familiar to anyone?
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  • pretzelfisch
    pretzelfisch Posts: 160
    edited July 2014
    If you're not listening to both speakers sets in the same exact location. Than the difference in placement and room acoustics will have a large and noticeable effect this maybe what you are hearing. simple to find out however, you can switch the speaker wire between at least one set and see what makes the a noticeable difference to you.
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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 7,658
    edited July 2014
    I believe the theory used the acoustic wavelength rather than the electric.
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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    edited July 2014
    Speedskater wrote: »
    But the electrical wavelength in the speaker cable for bass notes is thousands of miles. In fact at 7.8 Hz the wavelength is one lap around the Earth. Does that 7.8 Hz number sound familiar to anyone?

    Isn't that the natural resonance of the earth, and is what my Acoustic Revive is supposed to reproduce?
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