K2
WST
®
enclosure
user manual
VERSION 1.0
K2_UM_EN_1.1
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APPENDIX B
RECOMMENDATION
FOR
SPEAKER
CABLES
Cable quality and resistance
Only use high-quality fully insulated speaker cables made of stranded copper wire.
Use cables of gauge offering low resistance per unit length and keep the cables as short as possible.
The following table provides the recommended maximum length depending on the cable cross-section and on the
impedance load connected to the amplifier.
Recommended maximum length
Cable cross-section
8 Ω load
4 Ω load
2.7 Ω load
mm
2
SWG
AWG
m
ft
m
ft
m
ft
2.5
15
13
30
100
15
50
10
33
4
13
11
50
160
25
80
17
53
6
11
9
74
240
37
120
25
80
10
9
7
120
390
60
195
40
130
