Wall panel question

confooshus · 26th September 2005

Is it safe to run a speaker cable through a TRS jack on a wall panel? i.e. to have the amp head in the control room, and use the panel to go to the speaker cab in the iso booth?

Ethan Winer · 26th September 2005

Yes.

Unless the amp puts out 6 kilowatts...

tINY · 27th September 2005

I want to qualify that: usually.

Sometimes the sleave of the jack is grounded at the panel and sometimes there is a differential output on the amplifier. So, to be safe, use only the tip and ring connections and plug it into the panel before the amp.

-tINY

JonCraig · 27th September 2005

i was going to say, "an unbalanced run that long might get noisy". then i thought about how noisy electric guitars are.

so now i'll say, "it'll be fine".

--jon

XSergeantD · 27th September 2005

I used to use a standard speakon connector for this, simply so our 1/4 - 1/4 cabinet cables would not walk out the door. As I'm building the new studio I found a combo Speakon that will utilize these cables and is a combo jack which uses the center of the panel connector to accept a 1/4 mono for those clients who wish to use their own cables.
http://www.neutrik.com/startbyemail....3D204_48538941

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confooshus Gear addict Joined: Jan 2005 Location: Nashville Posts: 439 Thread Starter	Wall panel question Is it safe to run a speaker cable through a TRS jack on a wall panel? i.e. to have the amp head in the control room, and use the panel to go to the speaker cab in the iso booth?

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JonCraig Lives for gear Joined: Apr 2004 Location: Nashville, TN Posts: 1,800	i was going to say, "an unbalanced run that long might get noisy". then i thought about how noisy electric guitars are. so now i'll say, "it'll be fine". --jon __________________ "My job is to make music sound great and to not whine too much." --George Massenburg Learn PT Techniques from Multi-Platinum Engineers. Click Here.

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XSergeantD Lives for gear Joined: Sep 2005 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 1,036	I used to use a standard speakon connector for this, simply so our 1/4 - 1/4 cabinet cables would not walk out the door. As I'm building the new studio I found a combo Speakon that will utilize these cables and is a combo jack which uses the center of the panel connector to accept a 1/4 mono for those clients who wish to use their own cables. http://www.neutrik.com/startbyemail....3D204_48538941 __________________ - Brent - www.StudioAtThePalms.com Without music, life would be a mistake - Nietzsche Cake or Death? [/SIGPIC]

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26th September 2005	#2
Ethan Winer Gear Guru Joined: Oct 2002 Location: New Milford, CT, USA Posts: 12,334	Yes. Unless the amp puts out 6 kilowatts...

27th September 2005	#3
tINY Gear Guru Joined: Jul 2004 Location: Orygun Posts: 10,234	I want to qualify that: usually. Sometimes the sleave of the jack is grounded at the panel and sometimes there is a differential output on the amplifier. So, to be safe, use only the tip and ring connections and plug it into the panel before the amp. -tINY