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The cords on the woofers are flimsy as all hell (probably one more reason why these speakers were never taken seriously in high-end circles...): they are 18 gauge. I was looking to replace them the DIY route and have taken one out to examine it and now realize that the IEC type connector only has two pins. Since all the connectors I see have an additional ground my question is: am I stuck with the flimsy cables?Additional rant: you know had Infinity put decent connectors and power cables on these things and had the controls for the RABOS EQ been hefty knobs instead of those insignificant and impossible to use tiny thumb wheels, and maybe some balanced connections to the sub, the speakers would have looked the part and gained more sales.
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["The cords on the woofers are flimsy as all hell (probably one more reason why these speakers were never taken seriously in high-end circles...): they are 18 gauge."]Although they received top marks in the audio press, I had the same notion about the Infinity Intermezzo 2.6. In two attempts of the three prong variety, I've concluded to my surprise, that larger gauges are not necessarily better.
I hope that other Infinity owners would chime in. Someone must to have had success with swapping out their "flimsy" cords.
NT
It depends on the distanceThe shorter the distance to the loudspeaker the less cable you
can use
Copper is expensive at about 3 bucks a pound and im sure its part
of cost involved18 gauge cable at the distance it has to run inside of that cabinet
will work fineIts all physics ya know
Stuart, I'm talking about the ac power cord to the amp for the subs. Infinity is very generous length-wise, since the cables are about ten or twelve feet long. The gauge is probably o.k. electrically, but still seems a little skimpy to me. The built-in amp is said to deliver something like 800 watts. I have no idea what type of power supply is used or what class the amp runs in. I just thought that having better ac cords to these amps couldn't hurt.So I guess my question could be boiled down to this: is it o.k. to use an IEC plug where only the + and - are used in the connection to the speaker's amp ac input, the ground connected to the IEC plug and to the three pronged-plug going into the wall socket at the other end?
Whoops sorryYes you can
Basically the ground would simply be and "open" condition if not
terminated to the amp side and on the outlet side it would
give more secure of a connection to the outlet having three prongs
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