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Posted on Sep 30, 2009, 1:59 AM

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What's a good Subwoofer Cable?

ONE THING I SEEM TO NOTICE IS THAT SUBWOOFER CABLE REVIEWS ARE HARD TO COME BY, EVERYTHING ELSE SEEMS TO HAVE ITS OWN CABLE SECTION IN THE INTERCONNECT SECTION BUT SUBWOOFER CABLE'S SEEM TO BE NEXT TO NOTHING.

CAN YOU SUGGEST WHAT SUBWOOFER CABLES ARE THE BEST TO GO FOR? I HAVE A CHORD CRIMSON WHICH IVE BEEN HAPPY WITH BUT I JUST FEEL THERE MAY BE A BETTER CABLE OUT THERE THAT I DONT KNOW ABOUT.

IVE UPGRADED EVERY CABLE I HAVE ON MY TV AND RELEVANT AV EQUIPMENT, FROM RUSS ANDREWS MAINS LEADS, CLEARER AUDIO IEC MAINS LEADS TO EVEN HDMI CABLE WITH THE MIGHTY VAN DEN HULL FLAT AND OPTICAL CABLE BY TRUE COLOURS INDUSTRIES. I JUST FANCY A BETTER SUB CABLE IF THERE IS ONE OUT THERE.

YOUR COMMENTS WOULD BE WELCOME!

REGARDS> M

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Posted on Sep 30, 2009, 4:01 AM

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d4v3pum4 Joined on Nov 15, 2008 Posts 955 Offline	Re: What's a good Subwoofer Cable? Save your money would be my advice. I'm sure the Chord is more than up to the job.
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Posted on Sep 30, 2009, 4:19 AM

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whasaaaab Joined on Feb 11, 2009 Posts 41 Offline	Re: What's a good Subwoofer Cable? if your sub has an xlr slot use that better at noise reduction. Read up on XLR cables.
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Posted on Sep 30, 2009, 9:05 AM

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Panasonic Store Joined on Sep 30, 2009 Posts 196 Offline	Re: What's a good Subwoofer Cable? Yeah thanks for the advice, i was kinda thinking the same, thanks d4v3pum4 Part of Panasonic's retail partner group Panasonic TX-P46Z1, Pioneer BDP-LX52, Yamaha YSP-1100 + YEF-ST1 Stand, B&W ASW610, Sky+ HD, Chord Active Silver Plus HDMI, TCI Coral, QED Signature Sub, Clearer Audio Copper Line Mains, Russ Andrews Mains Block
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Posted on Sep 30, 2009, 9:07 AM

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Re: What's a good Subwoofer Cable?

the subwoofer ive just bought is the B&W ASW610 which only has phono and speaker level inputs, sadly no XLR :(

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Posted on Sep 30, 2009, 9:37 AM

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Andrew Everard Joined on Jun 05, 2007 Posts 19,184 Online	Re: What's a good Subwoofer Cable? Panasonic Store, do we gather from your username that you are in some way affiliated with Panasonic or its retail partners? If so, please make this clear in your signature, as required by the House Rules Consulting Editor, What Hi-Fi? Sound and Vision / whathifi.com Audio Editor, Gramophone
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Posted on Sep 30, 2009, 9:39 AM

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Re: What's a good Subwoofer Cable?

Panasonic Store:
the subwoofer ive just bought is the B&W ASW610 which only has phono and speaker level inputs, sadly no XLR :(

It's a £400 sub, I don't think there's much point in spending a fortune on a sub cable. I use QED Performance Miniature on mine with no complaints whatsoever (very discrete, tucks under the edge of the carpet no problem).

A/V: Sony KDL-V40A12U & BDP-S350, BT Vision, Onkyo 875, B&W MT-30 7.1, QED A/V cables, R.A power cables

Hi-Fi: Arcam A85 & CD192, B&W 602S3 (& the PV1), Partington stands, Grado SR125, Kimber I/Cs, Rothwells, QED speaker cables, R.A power cables.

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Posted on Sep 30, 2009, 11:29 AM

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Re: What's a good Subwoofer Cable?

Thanks Big Chris for the response, i think you may be right there, i just thought there may be a chance of hearing something drastic in the sound quality from my subwoofer if i changed the cable but from most people who have responded to my query have pretty much said the same thing about not to bother too much.

Thanks again!

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Posted on Sep 30, 2009, 11:35 AM

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Posted on Sep 30, 2009, 11:43 AM

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Re: What's a good Subwoofer Cable?

Thanks Andrew, i didn't look into the rights and wrong of the T&C's, so sorry for not doing the signature in the 1st place but greatful for the quick response in assistance!

Regards> M

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