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Wire for surround sound system

  • 17-01-2016 11:53PM
    #1
    theghost85
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8 ✭


    Will cat4 cable run my surround sound speakers,I have a bit of wire to run behind skirting boards to run my Panasonic surround sound system and I'm trying to hide the wires so want to make sure the cat 4 will power the speakers

    Any advice would be appreciated
    Thanks


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  • #2
    akaSol
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 717 ✭✭✭akaSol


    theghost85 wrote: »
    Will cat4 cable run my surround sound speakers,I have a bit of wire to run behind skirting boards to run my Panasonic surround sound system and I'm trying to hide the wires so want to make sure the cat 4 will power the speakers

    Any advice would be appreciated
    Thanks

    Yes with a caveat.
    It will power your Panasonic HTS at a stretch, nothing bigger. The reason : cat 5 is 5 strands of copper so it's two strands for each terminal (positive/negative terminal) and one idol . Bottom line it's going to sound very, very weak but will work. Most regular Hifi speakers are recommended to use a minimum of 42 strand speaker cable to maintain a decent sound. ( See sticky)


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