Cable loss calculator.

[Scott Dolan]

http://www.electrovoice.com/cableloss.php

Ran across this when I was doing some homework to make sure my 14AWG speaker cables were going to be a good match for my new 4 ohm speakers.

For mine the loss is .11 dB, with 117.03 of my 120 watts reaching their destination. If I switched to 10AWG those numbers would be .04 dB, and 118.81 watts. Not a huge gain.

Either way, this is a neat little tool I thought you cats might enjoy.

[GA Russell]

Looks interesting, Scott!

[Scott Dolan]

Yeah, just kind of a cool way to see what you're getting from your speaker cables.

IIRC, a loss of .5 dB is the acceptable threshold before you start hearing the effects. So as long as you stay under that, you're good.

Sounds good to me. I guess I could go 10 gauge on my mains, but I'm not thinking that extra 1.78 watts of power is going to justify the price of the cables.

[Daniel A]

IIRC, a loss of .5 dB is the acceptable threshold before you start hearing the effects. So as long as you stay under that, you're good.

Actually, I believe it's even 2-3 dB. If the difference is less than that, it would not be possible to hear it.