How do I extend my surround sound speaker wire?
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How do I extend my surround sound speaker wire?
#1: Wire Nuts
- Trim the wires (both the speaker wire and the one you bought for extension) and expose +/- an inch of pure metal.
- Squeeze and pool – nothing hard about this part.
- Next, twist the two wires around each other and put the wire nut over them.
- Make sure both wires (the tips) reach the rear end of the nut.
Can you extend RCA cables with speaker wire?
If you want to try it anyway, you would need THREE runs of speaker wire. One each for the video, L audio, and R audio. In each case you’d connect one of the wires of the pair to the “live” wire in the RCA, and one to the shield. You have to be certain that you don’t interchange these.
Can you connect speakers to RCA?
Attaching a set of speakers to a stereo is usually pretty straightforward as long as they have the same connections. You won’t find a speaker wire-to-RCA adapter, so you have to either buy speaker wires with RCA plugs at one end or make your own. Making your own isn’t hard, and it keeps you in control of the quality.
Can speaker wires be extended?
It is not recommended that the speaker wires be lengthened or extended. Doing so may reduce the audio quality and performance of the connected speakers. There are several variables to consider when extending speaker wire cables.
How far can you extend RCA cables?
Most RCA audio cables that are built reasonably well with shielding can be run effectively from 100 to 200 feet.
Can you strip RCA cables?
Save your rcas, speaker cable is cheap. I’m fairly certain that, yes, you can cut off the RCA male ends. I would leave about 12″ of cable at that end, just in case you want to use the RCA connectors, then you could pigtail the new cable to it.
Does splicing speaker wire affect sound quality?
Splices degrade the sound: Audio experts have determined that properly spliced and soldered wires do not change or degrade the sound coming out of speakers. Although an oscilloscope can detect splices by identifying small voltage drops or spikes, the anomalies are too small to hear.