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Blue Jeans Cable pair of 10ft speaker cables with quality locking connectors, 12 gauge from BJCSpeaker cable is a bit different from a lot of the interconnect cables we handle, in several respects. Because speakers are driven at low impedance (typically 4 or 8 ohms) and high current, speaker cables are, for all practical purposes, immune from interference from EMI or RFI, so shielding isnt required. The low impedance of the circuit, meanwhile, makes capacitance, which can be an issue in high-impedance line or microphone-level connections practically irrelevant. The biggest issue in speaker cables, from the point of view of sound quality, is simply conductivity; the lower the resistance of the cable, the lower the contribution of the speaker cables resistance to the damping factor, and the flatter the frequency response will be. While one can spend thousands of dollars on exotic speaker cable, in the end analysis, its the sheer conductivity of the cable, and (barring a really odd design, which may introduce various undesirable effects) little else that matters. The answer to keeping conductivity high is simple: the larger the wire, the lower the resistance, and the higher the conductivity. We offer a few alternatives in large-gauge speaker cable, either raw or terminated, as follows: Our favorite speaker cable is the Belden 5000 series; we carry two offerings, the 10-gauge 5T00UP and the 12-gauge 5000UE (note: with wire gauges, the smaller the number, the larger the wire is). Beldens standard version of these cables is available only in a gray jacket, with white and black inner conductors; however, weve had Belden build us a slightly modified version of each, with a white outer jacket (less conspicuous in many installations) and red and black inner conductors, which we call Ten White and Twelve White. Both the 10-gauge and 12-gauge versions consist of two separately insulated conductors, twisted together and wrapped in an outer PVC sleeve; the gray version of the 10-gauge 5T00UP is shown at right. Whether in white or gray, or 10 or 12 AWG, all of these cables are UL-listed and NEC-rated for in-wall use (the NEC rating for 5000UE and Twelve White is CL3R; for 5T00UP its CL3, and for Ten White, its CL2). Our ultrasonically-welded terminations include locking banana plugs, BFA plugs (these fit binding posts that have a central pin that prevents a conventional banana from being used), pin terminals, and spade lugs in 6.5mm and 9.2mm internal sizes. The pin connector, designed for use with wire-clip type terminals, presents some special issues and cannot be ordered on this page but can be ordered here: Speaker Cables with Pin Connectors. The spades will fit most types of binding posts, and the terminal end is angled at about 25 degrees from the shaft -- however, these spades are made of gold-plated copper and so can be bent, using a bit of care and a couple of pairs of pliers, to any angle you like.
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