So I Kracked open some Krystal RCA Kable

[Megalomaniac 5,000+ posts]

a few years ago on ebay i found a bunch of tiff wires, rcas and distribution blocks . it was from a audio shop that went outa bizz......//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/cool.gif.3bcaf8f141236c00f8044d07150e34f7.gif over $900 worth of tiff products.

trucktunes?

 

[req 5,000+ posts]

you could just run a jumper to the 'shield(s)' to the negative side of the RCA. that will make the sheild functional, or you can solder a wire to the shield(s) and ground it to your amp or distro block. that would make it functional as well.

easy fix, should not have to do that, but it is an easy fix.

 

[budahbuddy803 10+ year member]

**** i just ordered knu RCA's very recently. I really hope mine are not too bad. I will be running it for my sub amp though....

 

[tc300 10+ year member]

trucktunes?

im not sure..... it was back in 05 i beleive. it was an ebay'r that was liquidating a BUNCH of car audio. most of was in huge lots of things

 

[BoxdGM 10+ year member]

im using all monster cable, i didnt spend the extra money on them, a very good friend gave me his setup as a bday present after getting a new car. Alpine mrv-f430, 4ga monster power and ground and 2ch and 4ch monster rca's. never got any whine using the 4ch to run speakers.

 

[profundus-sanus 10+ year member]

i threw both my knukonceptz karma rca's in the trash... probably about 45$ in rca's. Replaced them w/ walmart home stereo ones. They got rid of my whine and stopped throwing my zx350.4 into protect...so i'm happy.

 

[BoomBoomBoy 10+ year member]

You can't tell just by looking. You need to test continuity with a DMM.//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/rolleyes.gif.c1fef805e9d1464d377451cd5bc18bfb.gif

 

[ultimate157 5,000+ posts]

If you are relying on your RCA's shielding to take care of alternator whine in an automotive environment, you have bigger problems.

I ran completely unshielded Walmart RCA's for quite some time and never once had an issue.

 

[dalucifer 10+ year member]

If you are relying on your RCA's shielding to take care of alternator whine in an automotive environment, you have bigger problems.
I ran completely unshielded Walmart RCA's for quite some time and never once had an issue.

thats not the point.. The point is the product is not as they advertise.

 

[Megalomaniac 5,000+ posts]

If you are relying on your RCA's shielding to take care of alternator whine in an automotive environment, you have bigger problems.
I ran completely unshielded Walmart RCA's for quite some time and never once had an issue.

I understand that, but there are other things in your car that makes noises too. shielded is still a must in the 12v world IMO.

 

[stuckinok 5,000+ posts]

Walmart RCAs FTW....

 

[Megalomaniac 5,000+ posts]

Walmart RCAs FTW....

fosho same shit. that shield not being ground can act as an antenna and invite more noise into your vehicle

 

[stuckinok 5,000+ posts]

fosho same shit. that shield not being ground can act as an antenna and invite more noise into your vehicle

remember that thread when they compared Monster to coat hangers and couldnt tell the difference....lol

 

[TurdFergueson2 5,000+ posts]

Bambaclad maan, bite your tongue!

lol.....I'm doing Monster in my new build. Just for the RCAs, my wiring is Kicker and KNU for the speaker wire. Good deals on them on ebay. I got an XLN 401 series for like 17 shipped and 4 sets of 3 foot interconnects for about 13 shipped. Looking to get the 2 channel subwoofer cable for a decent price to complete the wiring part.

I'll just stick to my streetwires zn2.0 cables //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

These I just pulled out of my car. They served me well. No complaints at all. For sale if anyone's interested. I believe they are 17 feet.

 

[DDeitz 10+ year member]

^^ a few very well known home audio companies used to use telephone wire for their $20,000 cabinets until people start complaining about the wire, so they switched and sales went up, even though the sound never changed.

Wire is wire.