Difference between power and stereo cable?

Joined: 17 Jun 2005 Location: Sydney

What's the difference between power and stereo cable?

If it's the same size, eg 12AWG, I was told stereo cable is not suited for power applications due to higher resistance.

I was told amps etc need a certain resistance for it to not 'see' an open circuit???

Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2008 12:13 pm

It all depends on what amp you want to run.

Joined: 07 Aug 2003 Location: Townsville

TheOtherLeft wrote:

What's the difference between power and stereo cable?

If it's the same size, eg 12AWG, I was told stereo cable is not suited for power applications due to higher resistance.

I was told amps etc need a certain resistance for it to not 'see' an open circuit???

If this information was given to you by a "doof-doof" guru, you have pretty much answered your own question.

Copper = Copper
12 AWG = 12AWG

OFC ccables make sweet FA difference in any significant terms (maybe fractions of a milliohm per hundred feet).

All "marketing" directed to ricers.

Take as read.

Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2008 10:07 pm

the resistance your talking about is speaker load, as far as cables go tho, they are equal, just measured differently

Joined: 17 Jun 2005 Location: Sydney

Yeah I figured if the cable size is the same, and they're both made of copper then resistance should be the same.

Freakin' audiophiles wanting something different.