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Re: Subwoofer Cable

Richard Vandersteen has been trumpeting the importance high level sub. connections for a long time. Both the original 2W and now the 2Wq Vandersteen subs. connect via speaker cable run off the amplifier output jacks to "sample" the sonic characteristics of the amp.and pass that along to the sub. to provide a more seamless integration of main speaker woofers and the subwoofers.

I made the mistake of discounting the importance of the cables coming from the amp. to the sub. by using garden variety monster cable. Although the overall gauge was sufficient, the incredibly small gauge of each individual copper strand was not capable of carrying the signal to the subs. effectively. The subs. were mushy. I am currently using double runs of the wire Richard includes with the 2Wqs to each of my two subs with much better effect. Once the cable was run in for a few days things got much tighter and integrated more seamlessly with my 3A Signature main speakers. I'm not convinced that I'm getting the "best" sound with this wire and am open to other options. Any advice would be appreciated.


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