rca quiality

[kangaris]

hello i want to know if rca cables can have a different quality the one from other. and if it's good to have a long rca cable.

[Patch]

There's a lot of debate. You can buy cables CALLED hi-Q, but the actual performance increase is negligible. They usually LOOK much higher quality, and have nicer connectors, though...

Re: longer cables - that probably depends on what you mean by long. 3m is longer than 1m, but won't make a whole lot of difference. But 30M is much longer, and, well, MAY make a difference.

Mostapha will be along soon....

[kangaris]

what's the best rca cables? is there a popular company that makes rca?

[padi_04]

Whatever you do, don't buy monster cables.

Scout the forums, there is plenty of information on the subject.

[faderswagger]

for all intents ad purposes, they're all exactly the same.

There's a pretty well-known case where someone tested a $1000 cable versus a coat hanger, and they sounded pretty close.

[djmoonie]

the real issue is the cable length. RCA is unbalanced, which means it can pick up external noise, and this is more likely the longer it travels.

However, given that most RCA cables are used to connect devices like turntables, cdj's or sound cards to mixers, they shouldn't have far to travel at all. Most decent mixers then have balanced XLR outputs that might run to a stack of amps further away, or to powered speakers.