Which Speakin Cable ? 4 Pole or 2 Pole

[Sting2007]

OK so im looking around at speakor at speaker cables ( speakon with neutrilk). I have found plenty but I dont know If Im looking for 2 pole or 4 pole. It will be going from my Mesa 750 to my Aguilar GS212.
Thanks

[bass_ferret]

most likely 2 pole. I think Gallien Kruger are the only amps that use 4 pole for GK speakers where the amps have a separate 50W amp for the tweeter.

[Raggy]

[quote name='bass_ferret' post='232295' date='Jul 3 2008, 09:34 PM']most likely 2 pole. I think Gallien Kruger are the only amps that use 4 pole for GK speakers where the amps have a separate 50W amp for the tweeter.[/quote]


+1

[BOD2]

+1 for 2-pole

The 4-pole cables are used in applications where there are two separate outputs (e.g. bi-amp applications or a stereo pair) going to two separate speakers sets.

A 4-pole cable has two "sets" of speaker cable pairs inside it.

A 2-pole cable has a single speaker cable pair and is suitable for standard mono amplifier to speaker setups (i.e. the vast majority of bass rigs)

Having said, that I believe you can use correctly wired 4-pole cable with a 2-pole application as they are compatible (2 of the 4 pins will simply not be used) but it makes no sense to pay more for a cable you won't use fully.

[peted]

I recently bought a 2 pole socket for my Omni10 home-build to find that the cable and plug I've got coming from my Hartke amp is 4 pole and will not fit into the 2 pole socket (I guess this is a design 'feature').

Even though only 2 of the 4 poles are actually used in the amp plug I'm going to be replacing the 2 pole socket with a 4 pole one. I'm guessing the socket in my Hartke cab must be a 4 pole too as I never had any troubles getting the plug in?

[Huge Hands]

The 2 pole sockets are keyed to stop you inserting a 4-pole plug.

However, 2 pole plugs should fit into a 4-pole socket.

If the OP is only buying cables with the plugs on, he should be ok with 2-pole.

[peted]

[quote name='Huge Hands' post='239895' date='Jul 15 2008, 11:57 AM']The 2 pole sockets are keyed to stop you inserting a 4-pole plug.[/quote]
I'm glad it's not me being dense then, thanks!