Mark wrote:

Bennett Price wrote:

DL wrote:


I tried alt.home-theater and alt.home-theater.misc with no results

on this

specific question.

I am in the process of finishing my basement and have run in-wall

speaker

wire (Monster CI-Pro) for the speakers and subwoofer lines. Is

there a

problem running the speaker wiring right next to the normal 12-2

outlet

power lines? For a 6' distance, the speaker wires are run next to

the power

(110v 12-2) wires. Will this cause a problem interference that

will be

noticable when the AV/Stereo is being used? I was told that this

might

cause interference with the speaker or subwoofer operation.

Any guidance would be greatly appreciated.

David




No, you won't cause hum. If you have the equipment at hand, just try

it

- put 6' of speaker wire next to an extension cord and listen for hum


with and without a load on the extension cord. If the wires were

signal

(tuner output, e.g.) there might be a problem; if they were magnetic
phono cartridge there would definitely be a problem.



Agreed, a speaker lead is not likely to pick up hum.
Good suggestion to try it.

Mark


While I too wouldn't think that you could induce enough hum into speaker
leads to hear it, especially if you twisted the speaker leads about one
turn per foot, it is interesting to see that the Monster Cable Company
recommends keeping speaker leads away from power cables. See the
penultimate sentence in the second section on this page:

http://www.monstercable.com/connecti...eaker_HU_4.asp

And as you just implied, "One successful test is worth a thousand expert
opinions."

Jeff

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