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No current, no sound. It's milliamps, but it's current.
Speaker cable is sold in every electrical shop. Mains cable. I like the round rubber coated flex.
Especially amusing when such types rave about a 70s (CBS era) US Fender.
Not generated by pickups.
It requires a battery, power supply or generator ( there are a few other ways to make current too).
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Oh dear me no that would never do, everyone should be using this: Mavros Grun | Speaker Cables | Atlas Cables
Two copper wires in a jacket is all you need.
preferably a slightly large diameter, like 14 AWG
I think I've read that it's nanoAmps actually, but there is current flow.
Never actually measured any, but I was researching it recently to determine if there was an advantage wiring pickups in series/parallel vs. parallel/series. (double humbuckers)
preferably a slightly large diameter, like 14 AWG
I think I've read that it's nanoAmps actually, but there is current flow.
Never actually measured any, but I was researching it recently to determine if there was an advantage wiring pickups in series/parallel vs. parallel/series. (double humbuckers)
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Shall I post this again?
“A magnetic pickup is a transducer (specifically a variable reluctance sensor) that consists of a permanent magnet with a core of material such as alnico or ferrite, wrapped with a coil of several thousand turns of fine enameled copper wire. ... The permanent magnet creates a magnetic field; the motion of the vibrating steel strings disturbs the field, changing magnetic flux and inducing an electric current through the coil."
It might not be designed to do so, but it must put out some current or there would be no signal.
I stand corrected—- the string makes it possible.
I stand corrected—- it takes a string to complete the generator.
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Does it count when the drummer knocks my bass off the stand?And the bass player putting energy into it[/QUOTED
i wasn't suggesting that the cable abused the driver (i doubt his cable use did anything!). his playing/use may have abused the driver.
Using a patch cable for speaker signals is like trying to drink a milkshake through a coffee stirrer.
Among the many advantages of Speakon is the fact that it is visually distinct from all of your other patch cables.
So even if it's only Speakon on one end, it still clear that it's a speaker cable.
In manufacturing, that is called a poka yoke, or error-proofing measure.
I once made long speaker cables by using the wire out of 2-conductor extension cord.
I briefly considered leaving the male and female plugs on either end so that I could use standard extension cables as speaker extension cables.
Then I thought about the many ways that attaching those cables to the wrong thing could go wrong, and how HORRIBLY it could go wrong, and I reconsidered....quickly.
As a result, you may have noticed that I'm still alive today.
Bottom line, you HAVE TO use the right speaker cable.
Among the many advantages of Speakon is the fact that it is visually distinct from all of your other patch cables.
So even if it's only Speakon on one end, it still clear that it's a speaker cable.
In manufacturing, that is called a poka yoke, or error-proofing measure.
I once made long speaker cables by using the wire out of 2-conductor extension cord.
I briefly considered leaving the male and female plugs on either end so that I could use standard extension cables as speaker extension cables.
Then I thought about the many ways that attaching those cables to the wrong thing could go wrong, and how HORRIBLY it could go wrong, and I reconsidered....quickly.
As a result, you may have noticed that I'm still alive today.
Bottom line, you HAVE TO use the right speaker cable.
Whenever there is a signal being tranfered between devices, there is current flow. Current is the movement of electrons through a conductor, no matter how miniscule.