To run a long speaker cable or not to run a long speaker cable?

[Farview]

I put the speaker signal through one of the returns on my snake. I get a little signal loss but its barely noticable. And if anything it's always tweakable on the head. It's definatly over 100 feet to the cab. A good speaker cable should be fine.

The returns on your snake are shielded and you should never use sheilded cable for speaker cable. The conductor is also not anywhere near thick enough to take that kind of power. Never confuse the type of connector with the signal it expects to carry.

 

[dementedchord]

I put the speaker signal through one of the returns on my snake. I get a little signal loss but its barely noticable. And if anything it's always tweakable on the head. It's definatly over 100 feet to the cab. A good speaker cable should be fine.

unless this is one of those cheap ass snakes with the speaker level returns dont do it.... your asking for trouble...

 

[Myriad_Rocker]

I put the speaker signal through one of the returns on my snake. I get a little signal loss but its barely noticable. And if anything it's always tweakable on the head. It's definatly over 100 feet to the cab. A good speaker cable should be fine.

Yeah, I did that recently and learned the hard way. My Mesa is in the shop getting repaired. Luckily, it didn't blow the output tranny.