Thanks for this precious information about cables and how oscillator reacts to the signal and noise. My audio setup uses an ordinary Mic (Balanced XLR) cable running from the Main Out of the mixer to the subwoofer and again another Mic (Bal-XLR) cable from the subwoofer to the cabinets above the subwoofer. Those XLR Mic cables are not 12AWG thick. Would replacing them with a 12AWG cable make any change? If so, and if I switch to 12AWG cables since the Mixer's "Main Out" is an XLR Out port, do I need to get a balanced (2 Wires and a Shield) type 12AWG cable or an ordinary 2-wire 12AWG cable would work? And, if a 12AWG 2-Wire cable is chosen, how do I connect it to the Main Out XLR port of the mixer (considering that the XLR output of the Mixer's port is a 3-prong connector itself) Thanks!
Sounds like you're using powered loudspeakers. Signal connections between equipment, such as between your mixer and powered speakers, microphone signals, or signals to dmx lighting equipment, do not require thick heavy cables. An XLR cable made out of really heavy duty thick wire would be unusual. A quality balanced cable should work. I do avoid the really inexpensively made cables with super thin wiring just for reliability purposes, but you definitely do not need to use 12 gauge cables in these situations. High quality cabling is preferred but that's not just simply a matter of wire thickness, it has to do with cable construction and the materials and how the wires and shield are constructed so that the cable exhibits low capacitance and can cleanly pass signals over long distance. In these cases you're not trying to move any real power down the wire just a little signal that you want to handle well. The applications where thick wiring, like 12 gauge, become important is when you are trying to move high current, (power) down that cable. For example, the cabling that is used to drive unpowered loudspeakers from a big power amplifier. Or the cabling that is used from an automotive battery to the engine starter, in these cases you need to move a lot of energy down the wire and you don't want the wire to absorb too much of that energy, so you need a lot of copper. I hope that makes sense, apologies if my video caused any misunderstanding.
Haha! My bad, Lol. I almost forgot that I was using Active (powered speakers). yeah the XLR Cables I use are of mid to high level in terms of quality. Thanks for the super advise, Barry!@@Barry-Watson
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Thanks for this precious information about cables and how oscillator reacts to the signal and noise.
My audio setup uses an ordinary Mic (Balanced XLR) cable running from the Main Out of the mixer to the subwoofer and again another Mic (Bal-XLR) cable from the subwoofer to the cabinets above the subwoofer. Those XLR Mic cables are not 12AWG thick. Would replacing them with a 12AWG cable make any change? If so, and if I switch to 12AWG cables since the Mixer's "Main Out" is an XLR Out port, do I need to get a balanced (2 Wires and a Shield) type 12AWG cable or an ordinary 2-wire 12AWG cable would work?
And, if a 12AWG 2-Wire cable is chosen, how do I connect it to the Main Out XLR port of the mixer (considering that the XLR output of the Mixer's port is a 3-prong connector itself) Thanks!
Sounds like you're using powered loudspeakers. Signal connections between equipment, such as between your mixer and powered speakers, microphone signals, or signals to dmx lighting equipment, do not require thick heavy cables. An XLR cable made out of really heavy duty thick wire would be unusual.
A quality balanced cable should work. I do avoid the really inexpensively made cables with super thin wiring just for reliability purposes, but you definitely do not need to use 12 gauge cables in these situations. High quality cabling is preferred but that's not just simply a matter of wire thickness, it has to do with cable construction and the materials and how the wires and shield are constructed so that the cable exhibits low capacitance and can cleanly pass signals over long distance. In these cases you're not trying to move any real power down the wire just a little signal that you want to handle well.
The applications where thick wiring, like 12 gauge, become important is when you are trying to move high current, (power) down that cable. For example, the cabling that is used to drive unpowered loudspeakers from a big power amplifier. Or the cabling that is used from an automotive battery to the engine starter, in these cases you need to move a lot of energy down the wire and you don't want the wire to absorb too much of that energy, so you need a lot of copper.
I hope that makes sense, apologies if my video caused any misunderstanding.
Haha! My bad, Lol. I almost forgot that I was using Active (powered speakers). yeah the XLR Cables I use are of mid to high level in terms of quality. Thanks for the super advise, Barry!@@Barry-Watson
Awesome. You're welcome!