Subwoofer Cable length

[Big Daddy]

Movies with good bass are listed on the SVS site:
http://www.svsound.com/questions-faqs.cfm#moviedemos

[Footloose301]

Originally Posted by Big Daddy

Don't use regular RCA cables as they can pick up a lot of noise. Use RG6 quad shielded with RCA adapters. You can go as long as you want. Cable and satellite companies use over 100ft to connect TVs without any loss of signal.

Not quite. For every 100' you lose approx 5.25dB on higher freq and 2.5dB for lower freq. And thats just RG-6, RG-11 has less than half the signal loss.

But yes, you can go much much further using RG-6 rather than RCA for the subwoofer cable.


....not to nit-pick or anything. ;-)

[Johk]

Originally Posted by MarcosG

Ok...i will try those settings. I also have 80Hz on my receiver. I want to get Cloverfield on BLU now...I heard that is a good SUBWOOFER Movie!!

Cloverfield is definitely nice on the low end

30 Days of Night is not bad either! (just watched it again last night, first time using my SVS sub and it's really great!)

[Big Daddy]

Originally Posted by Footloose301

Not quite. For every 100' you lose approx 5.25dB on higher freq and 2.5dB for lower freq. And thats just RG-6, RG-11 has less than half the signal loss.
But yes, you can go much much further using RG-6 rather than RCA for the subwoofer cable.
....not to nit-pick or anything. ;-)

It is a bit of nitpicking. I was using cable companies and satellite companies as an example to give him assurance that quad-shielded RG6 is a reliable cable. The actual loss for 100ft of cable are as follows:

Loss ........ RG-6 .... RG-11
1MHz ....... 0.2dB ... 0.2dB
10MHz ..... 0.6dB ... 0.4dB
50MHz ..... 1.4dB ... 1.0dB
100MHz ... 2.0dB ... 1.6dB
200MHz ... 2.8dB ... 2.3dB
400MHz ... 4.8dB ... 4.3dB
700MHz ... 5.6dB ... 4.7dB
900MHz ... 7.7dB ... 6.0dB
1GHz ...... 6.1dB ... 5.6dB

For subwoofers, we are dealing with sound below 100Hz.

[zweet77]

Originally Posted by MarcosG

What about U-571? I will try that one out tomorrow...the scenes with those underwater bombs! Must shake the earth!

The bass on this movie is disgusting It could literally knock you off your feet.

[zweet77]

Oh yeah Master and Commander is not to shabby either

[JasonR]

Any movies yet Marcos?

[SDBlu]

Yes. Transformers was awesome as usual. Iron Man, not as loud as Transformers, but good all in all. U-571, Holy Crap! My 5 year old ran down the stairs and advised me to turn it down (I think he got scared Woops ) I also tried Pearl Harbor and it was good too. It seems as though each movie is a totally new experience with this sub. I definitely need to expand my Blu collection...

[SDBlu]

I was noticing the lengths of cable sold (RG6) are in 25ft intervals. The next length after 25ft is 50ft. The ideal length for me would be 35 ft. Anyone know if that length is possible, or should i just get the 50ft.

[Johk]

Originally Posted by MarcosG

I was noticing the lengths of cable sold (RG6) are in 25ft intervals. The next length after 25ft is 50ft. The ideal length for me would be 35 ft. Anyone know if that length is possible, or should i just get the 50ft.

I'm sure that you could buy cable by the lenght at your local hardware store and then you terminate the cable yourself which is quite easy to do!

[dobyblue]

Originally Posted by MarcosG

I was noticing the lengths of cable sold (RG6) are in 25ft intervals. The next length after 25ft is 50ft. The ideal length for me would be 35 ft. Anyone know if that length is possible, or should i just get the 50ft.

35ft for $7.77
http://www.monoprice.com/products/pr...seq=1&format=2

I use their 25ft one with my Servo 15v2 and I am very pleased I didn't spend $200 on a fancy schmancy cable.