[d_cham]

Hello Just setting up a new studio and I need some advice on how to wire up multiple amps in the control room running speaker wire through the walls to cabs in the studio. I have seen lots of pics where people have many amp heads in the control room and run to two or three cabs in the studio.

I need to find people who have done this successfully to give me the pros and cons in setting up something like this. I would appreciate advice on the pitfalls I need to watch out for. Also how do you set up a speaker level patch bay to avoid costly accidents like blown power tubes in the guitar amp when some one mistakenly sends a signal through one of the amps that is not loaded with a speaker. This is a problem with several amps sharing one or two cabinets.

Also are there special speaker cables which work better than others? I am planning on using Evidence Siren II cable. I know the shorter the better, but it seems like a cool idea to work with the guitarist inside the control room and not have to run in and out of the studio every time you want to tweak the amp tone a bit.

Thanks and any advice would be appreciated.

Dennis