Quote:
Originally Posted by onetwo_threefour
Higher resistance seems counter-intuitive, wouldn't it be lower resistance? I could be wrong though... wouldn't be the first time. If you used a cable made out of the same material but with a larger cross-section, the resistance would be lower which would make sense to me.
BTW, to actually add something beneficial I am using leftover component video cables to run 5.1 analog from my Blu-ray to my receiver with no problem. In my view the bigger the pipe the better. I've got a half-dozen of those red/white/yellow cables lying around, but the gauge of the wire is so much smaller I figure I'm better off using the nice big fat component video cables.
|
Higher impedance, not straight resistance per se - means less current flow, and thus less voltage loss across the wire. The data is in the voltage fluctuations, not the current flow; you don’t need current to drive a speaker coil like you do with the connection from an amp to speakers, so you don’t want any voltage loss occurring at all.