30 feet comp to stereo, any problems?

[Dave Smith]

I want to hook the audio output from my computer to my stereo. It's
about a 30 foot run. Do I need to use shielded wiring for a run this
long? I don't know much about this kind of setup so any advice would
be appreciated.

Thanks very much

 

[Charles]

"Dave Smith" <Sallydog@cox.net> wrote in message
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I want to hook the audio output from my computer to my stereo. It's
about a 30 foot run. Do I need to use shielded wiring for a run this
long? I don't know much about this kind of setup so any advice would

I'd use shielded, but you can most likely get by with ordinary
two-conductor.

 

[Niko Hujanen]

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"Dave Smith" <Sallydog@cox.net> wrote in message
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I want to hook the audio output from my computer to my stereo. It's
about a 30 foot run. Do I need to use shielded wiring for a run this
long? I don't know much about this kind of setup so any advice would

I'd use shielded, but you can most likely get by with ordinary
two-conductor.

Since computer itself is a big noice source I would say that it really
doesn't matter what cable you will use. I would go for cheapest possible
first and change it to shielded if needed.

 

[Geoff]

Dave Smith wrote:

I want to hook the audio output from my computer to my stereo. It's
about a 30 foot run. Do I need to use shielded wiring for a run this
long? I don't know much about this kind of setup so any advice would
be appreciated.

Thanks very much

30 feet may be a bit far wrt shunt capacitance in the cable if thin cable
used. Also you are quite likely to get noise from a potential ground-loop.


geoff

 

[Dave Smith]

On Sun, 27 May 2007 09:12:02 -0700, Dave Smith <Sallydog@cox.net>
wrote:

I want to hook the audio output from my computer to my stereo. It's
about a 30 foot run. Do I need to use shielded wiring for a run this
long? I don't know much about this kind of setup so any advice would
be appreciated.

Thanks very much

Just to report back, I used a 36foot length of RCA cable from Radio
Shack and it works great! $19.95

Thanks for all the help.

Dave