Long speaker cable runs

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Adam P

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I'm wondering if I will experience any major signal loss in using a long run of speaker cable between an amp head and a speaker cab, so 40-50 feet apart. I do my recording at my friend's house, and their living room is spacious and has about a 25 foot high sloped wooden ceiling, and I think it would make for an amazing drum sound. However, I'd want to isolate the guitar, obviously, so I'd like to put the speaker cabinet down in the basement where his band does its rehearsing. I know I can't run an instrument cable that far without balancing transformers and line drivers and whatnot (or the Little Labs STD which looks really cool but who's name makes me shudder), so I thought I could put the amp head in the room with the band, and run a long speaker cable to the cabinet in another room. Anyone see a reason this wouldn't work with some high quality ends and heavy guage cable?

Thanks!
 
I dont see y not. We ran way longer lengths than that at the club (although that was pretty big cable with speakons)
 
Start with a 14 gauge or higher cable and don't give it a second thought:D
 
So I won't experience any major tone loss then between the head and cabinet? Awesome. Thanks, guys!
 
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