Replacing Speaker Wire, Road Block!

[Visitor Q]

Hey… I got my 2.1 Pros and was going to replace the speaker cable but ran into a little snag. The one end going into the sub/ amp is regular + - speaker cable were the other end is a mini jack. Not sure how to upgrade the speaker wire without splicing into some of the old.

Ideas?

Thanks...

[BobA]

If you need a mini plug to connect to the other end of you speaker cable you would have to hack into the enclosure where it plugs into so you could bypass the jack.   Probably doable but fairly messy to replace the speaker cable.   Hacking the cable to splice in new wire at the end where you say it is regular +- cable is probably the easiest. 

[Visitor Q]

Yeah I can splice the cable but does that create a bottle neck so to speak?

[BobA]

It only creates a bottle neck if the original wiring was insufficient to drive the speakers.   If you use good crimp on slices or solder to the new wire I cannot see why it would degrade you audio.  To play it safe use larger wire to extend the run to wherever you place your speakers.

[Visitor Q]

Well I was sorta looking to replace the wire to offer better shielding through out and figure the thicker, better quality wire would offer slightly better sound.

My fear is if I run a speaker cable 14.5' and the last .5" is the stock cable that it will defeat what I was trying to accomplish by creating a bottle neck in that last .5' of cable.

I am looking to upgrade not just extend the length of the cable.

[Kevin Mullins]

the other end is a mini jack

Like a standard 1/8" jack ?

If so:
Go to somewhere like Radio Shack and buy a replacement end to put on the new wire.

Wasn't really sure if you meant "mini" as in the 1/8 or mini as in that real tiny version like you see for newer cell phones, mp3 players, etc. (whatever size it is)