RCA help

Drowsy09
Drowsy09 Posts: 28
edited March 2008 in Car Audio & Electronics
Just like power and speaker wires (guages), DO RCA's get rated and if so, what do I need to run



Polk Audio 5” dB501 Coaxial Speakers
Power Handling (continuous) 45 w
Power Handling (peak) 135 w

Audiobahn 3.5” AS31Q Coaxial Speakers
Power Handling: 60 watts RMS

to a

1 Polk Audio C400.1 4/3/2 Channel Amp
100W x 4
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  • MacLeod
    MacLeod Posts: 14,358
    edited March 2008
    RCA's dont get rated. They have some fancy features to some of them but basically all you need is a quality built set of UNSHIELDED RCA's and youre set. I usually prefer Streetwires Zero Noise 2 but any from Stinger, Tsunami, JL Audio or Knuconceptz will work just fine. Just remember - UNSHIELDED!
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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited March 2008
    Why unshielded, Mac? I feel like a noob asking that question, but it seems counter-intuitive to me.
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  • exalted512
    exalted512 Posts: 10,735
    edited March 2008
    All of knukonceptz RCAs have shielding. Some say the shielding actually induces noise, I disagree.
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  • eloplayspolo
    eloplayspolo Posts: 1,117
    edited March 2008
    if that was the case... EVERY company that makes RCAs wouldnt put shielding on them. i had my RCAs running next to my power cable for about a week untill i did everything correctly and i had no noise.... Monster 300 series ftw.
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  • MacLeod
    MacLeod Posts: 14,358
    edited March 2008
    Shielding can act like an antenna and actually pick up noise that normally wouldnt be there. This doesnt happen everytime or in every application but it can happen. Why take a chance I say.

    My old Ram had non shielded cables in there and no noise. I replaced them with a set of shielded cables once and had all kinds of noise. Took them out and stuck in a set of bulk non shielded cable from my local shop and was noise free again.
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  • exalted512
    exalted512 Posts: 10,735
    edited March 2008
    What kind of RCAs?
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  • MacLeod
    MacLeod Posts: 14,358
    edited March 2008
    Entry level Monster Cable at first and were noise free. Then when changing head units I got one hung and pulled the head off it. Since I cant stand for things not to match, I had to buy all new RCA's. I first tried some entry level Lightning Audio shielded and had all kinds of alternator whine and brake light pops. Slapped in some entry level JL Audio non shielded and I was back to quiet as a mouse.
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    08 Car Audio Nationals 1st ~ 07 N Georgia Nationals 1st ~ 06 Carl Casper Nationals 1st ~ USACi 05 Southeast AutumnFest 1st

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