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no, that just means that its stereo if theres 2 black rings instead of one. both can carry power. maybe one has a higher resistance or better shielding?is it not the speaker cables can carry current/power?
if you look at certain cables, the speaker cables have 2 black rings on the jack part whereas normal instrument jacks only have 1.
sorry if im completely wrong.
Only ever use a proper speaker cable from amp head to speaker. Not using a proper one causes all the power to back up and overload the amp(or something like that) Basically,it's not worth the risk.
Proper speaker cable is always way heavier that regular guitar leads.
Guitar cables are designed to carry very low current and thus tend to have very thin conductors. A guitar cable doesen't work well as a speaker cable because at higher speaker currents they are very lossy and the center conductor can actually melt if pushed hard enough. And, in a guitar cable, the internal resistance can be high enough that the an amp's output stage thinks it's looking into a higher impedence load, which can create other problems. Unlike speaker cables, guitar cables are shielded to prevent outside intereference from getting into your amp.
You can't safely use a guitar cable for a speaker cable, because the fine conductors in this type of cable won't be able to stand the high currents and may simply melt - or damage the insulation and short out. There is also a risk to the amp even if the cable survives - because a shielded cable has quite a lot of internal capacitance, it can interfere with the correct loading of the amp.
thas what i thunk. never heard of melting cables though:Seh? mm?
I reckon so, yeah.
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