testing rcas
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Forum Name: Car Audio
Forum Discription: Car Stereos, Amplifiers, Crossovers, Processors, Speakers, Subwoofers, etc.
URL: https://www.the12volt.com/installbay/forum_posts.asp?tid=114935
Printed Date: April 28, 2024 at 2:51 AM
Topic: testing rcas
Posted By: daboss593
Subject: testing rcas
Date Posted: July 08, 2009 at 2:05 AM
well im green to car audio but im not a total tard. i deal with liq alot and get great deals etc. i got a bunch of 20ft monster cable rcas. problem is the signal path stickers are gone prob why i got the deal lol. ok so is it poss to test these to fig out the way the signal path goes in these rcas.ive seen them packaged with these signal stickers. thanx for any help.
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Posted By: DYohn
Date Posted: July 08, 2009 at 10:02 AM
Signal path stickers? ------------- Support the12volt.com
Posted By: haemphyst
Date Posted: July 08, 2009 at 10:08 AM
There is no such thing as a "signal path" on an RCA. Audio signals are AC, so even if you connect "according to the path sticker" (i.e. with the arrow pointing toward the processor/amp/etc) half of the signal will still be going "against the grain", as it were.
Use 'em, and be happy with 'em.
Dontcha just LOVE marketing BS?
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It all reminds me of something that Molière once said to Guy de Maupassant at a café in Vienna: "That's nice. You should write it down."
Posted By: DYohn
Date Posted: July 08, 2009 at 11:22 AM
Oh, he's talking about directional interconnects? I have no idea what the Monster marketing machine is up to, but the only thing a directional label indicates (in a properly built fully-shielded cable) is which end the shield is connected to. Usually , the shield is connected to the indicated source end and lifted from the load end. But even if that is the case, it really does not matter. Just use them. ------------- Support the12volt.com
Posted By: daboss593
Date Posted: July 08, 2009 at 11:52 AM
sorry guys yeah was supposed to ask about the direction. odd indeed i have some new and they have them on them also. i didnt know if this was something new i wasnt aware of etc. hmmmmmm yeah marketing bs thanx for helping pull my head out of my butt on that one. SUPER NOOOOOB AWAY! lol
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Posted By: i am an idiot
Date Posted: July 08, 2009 at 12:02 PM
I was totally unaware of such an animal, so I asked the installers here if they have ever seen Monster Cable RCA's with a directional arrow on them. They looked at me as if I was stupid, and replied: All of the Monster Cable RCA's have directional arrows on them. So let me get this straight. My RCA cable transfers an AC signal from my radio to my amp, Nevermind, I can't even think of a way to even make it SOUND legitimate. ------------- Let's Go Brandon Brown. Congratulations on your first Xfinity Series Win. LGBFJB
Posted By: DYohn
Date Posted: July 08, 2009 at 12:12 PM
i am an idiot wrote:
I was totally unaware of such an animal, so I asked the installers here if they have ever seen Monster Cable RCA's with a directional arrow on them. They looked at me as if I was stupid, and replied: All of the Monster Cable RCA's have directional arrows on them. So let me get this straight. My RCA cable transfers an AC signal from my radio to my amp, Nevermind, I can't even think of a way to even make it SOUND legitimate.
The directionality of an RCA cable has nothing to do with the actual signal. It's about the shield in a shielded cable. A properly designed shielded cable will have the shield lifted at one end, and that's what legitimate "directional" arrows indicate. The arrow is supposed to point toward the lifted (load) end. Not saying that's what's happening in those Monster cables, just that's what it is supposed to indicate. ------------- Support the12volt.com
Posted By: i am an idiot
Date Posted: July 08, 2009 at 12:24 PM
It has to be a shield that is attached at both ends along with an extra outer shield that is lifted on one end. If the shield was lifted on one end, wouldn't that make any radio a Pioneer?
Posted By: DYohn
Date Posted: July 08, 2009 at 12:53 PM
i am an idiot wrote:
It has to be a shield that is attached at both ends along with an extra outer shield that is lifted on one end. If the shield was lifted on one end, wouldn't that make any radio a Pioneer?
It's a 3-wire system. Signal, ground, and outer shield. The outer shield is the one that needs to be lifted at one end. ------------- Support the12volt.com
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