Speakon Cables - what are the advantages?

[Grand Wazoo]

My local store sells these Neutrik ones are they any good? its about a tenner for a 2 metre one?

[BigRedX]

Buy them from OBBM.

[Grand Wazoo]

[quote name='BigRedX' post='931456' date='Aug 20 2010, 10:49 PM']Buy them from OBBM.[/quote]

Forgive my ignorance, who are OBBM?

[Al Heeley]

OBBM: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=99485&st=20&p=931444&#entry931444"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=...mp;#entry931444[/url]

[Grand Wazoo]

[quote name='Al Heeley' post='931485' date='Aug 20 2010, 11:18 PM']OBBM: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=99485&st=20&p=931444&#entry931444"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=...mp;#entry931444[/url] [/quote]

Oh I see, [i]"said the blind man"[/i] he is a member who sells them or makes these cables, aaaaiighht? Thanks

[obbm]

[quote name='Grand Wazoo' post='931506' date='Aug 20 2010, 11:36 PM']Oh I see, [i]"said the blind man"[/i] he is a member who sells them or makes these cables, aaaaiighht? Thanks[/quote]

As I said in my post there are many different variants of Speakon cables. The type you get in music shops are aimed at the PA market and typically use 1.00-sq.mm or 1.5-sq.mm cable, which is not enough.

For bass you need 4-sq.mm, keeping the length to a minimum. I use a very flexible Klotz cable with 224 strands per conductor which gives a very low resistance. Most users go for 1-metre, or 1.5m for a large cabinet with connections at the bottom, however Clarky went for 0.5m. I recommend you have a read of my feedback threads for users opinions. If you want more info then pm me.

[stevie]

Nobody's mentioned the fact that the plugs are solderless. That's a plus point. You just strip the end of your cable, insert it into the plug and tighten a grub screw with an allen key.