logitech 680 speaker wire

gangsterant16 · Sep 8, 2005, 09:27 PM

I need to know if it would be worth buying better gauge speaker wire for my speakers any help would be appreciated cause i don't feel like wasting money and i would also like 2 noe if buying a better digital optical cable to connect my speakers to my ps2 would make it sound better thanx.

pr0digal jenius · Sep 9, 2005, 12:03 AM

better cable helps....but perhaps not enough to warrant the price...I'd see how cheap you can get it first

gangsterant16 · Sep 9, 2005, 12:07 AM

thx for anserwing i appreciate it also to ask what do u think about this i just bought an ati x800 pro to replace my 9800pro 128 do u think it was worth it is the x800pro agp 256 a good card i need opinions thanx

Dark Lord · Sep 9, 2005, 12:29 AM

the X800pro is a great card. i bought mine the weekend they went on sale and never regreted it.

as for the Z680's, i upgraded to the optical cable and 14G Montster cable, from the crap ass 18G stuff that came with it. it got rid of almost all the hiss and static, it sounds absolutly amazing. the only time i hear any hissing now is when i have no audio playing, and i really have to strain to hear it. again, some of the best 60 bucks i ever spent.

gangsterant16 · Sep 9, 2005, 01:14 AM

thnx for the response bro i appreciate it so much it helped out

pr0digal jenius · Sep 9, 2005, 01:33 AM

monster is the way to go if you're gunna buy new cables....but be prepared to shell out about $2 a foot

Dark Lord · Sep 9, 2005, 01:39 AM

na, i didnt pay anywhere near that much.
i bought a 500ft spool on ebay for 120bucks. i planed on useing it on my comp speakers here, and then rewireing the upstairs stereo with all monster. hell, i eneded up even useing the stuff for my car audio too.

now that optical cables..... 29.99 for a 5 foot Monster optical. that stuff is expensive.

Zelig · Sep 9, 2005, 02:20 AM

Hahah, monster cables are waaay overpriced, I just got a spool of 14 guage cable at a hardware type store a year or so ago.

another-user: Heh, with my cheapo set-up that I used to have (Klipsch Ultra, Audigy 2 ZS, 18 guage cables, all analog, all plugged into an APC surge unit) I got no hiss or static. None at all, even with no audio playing, and the volume cranked to max on both computer and speakers.

gangsterant16 · Sep 9, 2005, 02:29 AM

did any of u notice that the ati store website is screwed up i hate it rite now its busted i can't check my order status on my x800 pro it keeps bringing me back to the logon screen the piece of u know what

Dark Lord · Sep 9, 2005, 03:07 AM

this his i get out of these is just the normal hiss from a high powerd speaker, nothng more.

gangsterant16 · Sep 9, 2005, 11:29 PM

i was about to get that new sound card but hell na shit is 2 much its 280 for the gamer card the sound blaster xi or w/e its called

Dark Lord · Sep 9, 2005, 11:31 PM

im just running with onboard sound and dont have a single complaint with it.

gangsterant16 · Sep 9, 2005, 11:33 PM

i have the audigy 2 modded to audigy 4 but that new ix sounds freakin amazing it even got built in 64megs of ram

Lowfat · Sep 10, 2005, 11:07 AM

Upgrading speaker wire will do absolutely nothing. Its a big misconseption with stereos. Cyro-treated or whatever they claim almost does almost nothing for sound. Wire size only matters if the wire isn't large enough to carry the current that the speaker is required, and in your case its not required.
In my car i use 12 gauge speaker wire, and thats for a 600 wrms subwoofer, 79wrms speakers (the ones with the Z680s) don't need more than 18-20gauge.

gangsterant16 · Sep 10, 2005, 02:23 PM

o ic ight then i won't buy no wire upgrades then but i did buy the optical cable tho to get rid of my cheapo peice of crap one 2 connect my set to my ps2

Sep 8, 2005, 09:27 PM	#1
gangsterant16 The tRu NigGa tO CoME 2 Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: New Jersey Posts: 153 Rep Power: 0	logitech 680 speaker wire I need to know if it would be worth buying better gauge speaker wire for my speakers any help would be appreciated cause i don't feel like wasting money and i would also like 2 noe if buying a better digital optical cable to connect my speakers to my ps2 would make it sound better thanx. __________________ AMD Athlon(tm) 64 3700+ 2.4ghz(san diego) Asus Av8 motherboard revision 2 i think lol Ati Radeon x800pro Default Clock 1.5 gigs of corsair xms 3200 (2sticks of 256 and 2 of 512) Sound Blaster X-Fi Fatality Logitech 680's (1000 watts max)! 80gig sata seagate hard drive and a 100gig wd "main hd' dvd drive, dvd burner 520 watt OKIA psu(suck ass psu!)

Sep 9, 2005, 12:07 AM	Thread Starter #3
gangsterant16 The tRu NigGa tO CoME 2 Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: New Jersey Posts: 153 Rep Power: 0	thx for anserwing i appreciate it also to ask what do u think about this i just bought an ati x800 pro to replace my 9800pro 128 do u think it was worth it is the x800pro agp 256 a good card i need opinions thanx __________________ AMD Athlon(tm) 64 3700+ 2.4ghz(san diego) Asus Av8 motherboard revision 2 i think lol Ati Radeon x800pro Default Clock 1.5 gigs of corsair xms 3200 (2sticks of 256 and 2 of 512) Sound Blaster X-Fi Fatality Logitech 680's (1000 watts max)! 80gig sata seagate hard drive and a 100gig wd "main hd' dvd drive, dvd burner 520 watt OKIA psu(suck ass psu!)

Sep 9, 2005, 12:29 AM	#4
Dark Lord HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Posts: 5,945 Rep Power: 125 System Specs	the X800pro is a great card. i bought mine the weekend they went on sale and never regreted it. as for the Z680's, i upgraded to the optical cable and 14G Montster cable, from the crap ass 18G stuff that came with it. it got rid of almost all the hiss and static, it sounds absolutly amazing. the only time i hear any hissing now is when i have no audio playing, and i really have to strain to hear it. again, some of the best 60 bucks i ever spent. __________________

Sep 9, 2005, 01:14 AM	Thread Starter #5
gangsterant16 The tRu NigGa tO CoME 2 Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: New Jersey Posts: 153 Rep Power: 0	thnx for the response bro i appreciate it so much it helped out __________________ AMD Athlon(tm) 64 3700+ 2.4ghz(san diego) Asus Av8 motherboard revision 2 i think lol Ati Radeon x800pro Default Clock 1.5 gigs of corsair xms 3200 (2sticks of 256 and 2 of 512) Sound Blaster X-Fi Fatality Logitech 680's (1000 watts max)! 80gig sata seagate hard drive and a 100gig wd "main hd' dvd drive, dvd burner 520 watt OKIA psu(suck ass psu!)

Sep 9, 2005, 01:39 AM	#7
Dark Lord HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Posts: 5,945 Rep Power: 125 System Specs	na, i didnt pay anywhere near that much. i bought a 500ft spool on ebay for 120bucks. i planed on useing it on my comp speakers here, and then rewireing the upstairs stereo with all monster. hell, i eneded up even useing the stuff for my car audio too. now that optical cables..... 29.99 for a 5 foot Monster optical. that stuff is expensive. __________________

Sep 9, 2005, 12:03 AM	#2
pr0digal jenius Delete Me Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 14,648 Rep Power: 0	better cable helps....but perhaps not enough to warrant the price...I'd see how cheap you can get it first

Sep 9, 2005, 01:33 AM	#6
pr0digal jenius Delete Me Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 14,648 Rep Power: 0	monster is the way to go if you're gunna buy new cables....but be prepared to shell out about $2 a foot

Sep 9, 2005, 02:20 AM	#8
Zelig HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Canada Posts: 3,187 Rep Power: 71 System Specs	Hahah, monster cables are waaay overpriced, I just got a spool of 14 guage cable at a hardware type store a year or so ago. another-user: Heh, with my cheapo set-up that I used to have (Klipsch Ultra, Audigy 2 ZS, 18 guage cables, all analog, all plugged into an APC surge unit) I got no hiss or static. None at all, even with no audio playing, and the volume cranked to max on both computer and speakers. __________________ --

Sep 9, 2005, 02:29 AM	Thread Starter #9
gangsterant16 The tRu NigGa tO CoME 2 Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: New Jersey Posts: 153 Rep Power: 0	did any of u notice that the ati store website is screwed up i hate it rite now its busted i can't check my order status on my x800 pro it keeps bringing me back to the logon screen the piece of u know what __________________ AMD Athlon(tm) 64 3700+ 2.4ghz(san diego) Asus Av8 motherboard revision 2 i think lol Ati Radeon x800pro Default Clock 1.5 gigs of corsair xms 3200 (2sticks of 256 and 2 of 512) Sound Blaster X-Fi Fatality Logitech 680's (1000 watts max)! 80gig sata seagate hard drive and a 100gig wd "main hd' dvd drive, dvd burner 520 watt OKIA psu(suck ass psu!)

Sep 9, 2005, 03:07 AM	#10
Dark Lord HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Posts: 5,945 Rep Power: 125 System Specs	this his i get out of these is just the normal hiss from a high powerd speaker, nothng more. __________________

Sep 9, 2005, 11:29 PM	Thread Starter #11
gangsterant16 The tRu NigGa tO CoME 2 Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: New Jersey Posts: 153 Rep Power: 0	i was about to get that new sound card but hell na shit is 2 much its 280 for the gamer card the sound blaster xi or w/e its called __________________ AMD Athlon(tm) 64 3700+ 2.4ghz(san diego) Asus Av8 motherboard revision 2 i think lol Ati Radeon x800pro Default Clock 1.5 gigs of corsair xms 3200 (2sticks of 256 and 2 of 512) Sound Blaster X-Fi Fatality Logitech 680's (1000 watts max)! 80gig sata seagate hard drive and a 100gig wd "main hd' dvd drive, dvd burner 520 watt OKIA psu(suck ass psu!)

Sep 9, 2005, 11:31 PM	#12
Dark Lord HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Posts: 5,945 Rep Power: 125 System Specs	im just running with onboard sound and dont have a single complaint with it. __________________

Sep 9, 2005, 11:33 PM	Thread Starter #13
gangsterant16 The tRu NigGa tO CoME 2 Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: New Jersey Posts: 153 Rep Power: 0	i have the audigy 2 modded to audigy 4 but that new ix sounds freakin amazing it even got built in 64megs of ram __________________ AMD Athlon(tm) 64 3700+ 2.4ghz(san diego) Asus Av8 motherboard revision 2 i think lol Ati Radeon x800pro Default Clock 1.5 gigs of corsair xms 3200 (2sticks of 256 and 2 of 512) Sound Blaster X-Fi Fatality Logitech 680's (1000 watts max)! 80gig sata seagate hard drive and a 100gig wd "main hd' dvd drive, dvd burner 520 watt OKIA psu(suck ass psu!)

Sep 10, 2005, 11:07 AM	#14
Lowfat Xtreme Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Grande Prairie, AB, Can Posts: 4,254 Rep Power: 101	Upgrading speaker wire will do absolutely nothing. Its a big misconseption with stereos. Cyro-treated or whatever they claim almost does almost nothing for sound. Wire size only matters if the wire isn't large enough to carry the current that the speaker is required, and in your case its not required. In my car i use 12 gauge speaker wire, and thats for a 600 wrms subwoofer, 79wrms speakers (the ones with the Z680s) don't need more than 18-20gauge. __________________

Sep 10, 2005, 02:23 PM	Thread Starter #15
gangsterant16 The tRu NigGa tO CoME 2 Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: New Jersey Posts: 153 Rep Power: 0	o ic ight then i won't buy no wire upgrades then but i did buy the optical cable tho to get rid of my cheapo peice of crap one 2 connect my set to my ps2 __________________ AMD Athlon(tm) 64 3700+ 2.4ghz(san diego) Asus Av8 motherboard revision 2 i think lol Ati Radeon x800pro Default Clock 1.5 gigs of corsair xms 3200 (2sticks of 256 and 2 of 512) Sound Blaster X-Fi Fatality Logitech 680's (1000 watts max)! 80gig sata seagate hard drive and a 100gig wd "main hd' dvd drive, dvd burner 520 watt OKIA psu(suck ass psu!)