Hello all,
I am having a new home built. It is going to be pre-wired today. I am a little worried about this part. The subcontractor that is doing the wiring offers a surround sound pre-wire for a relatively cheap $155. I am getting 3 of these packages. They include 4 speakers pre-wires and a subwoofer. They don't include the center which is fine by me. I am actually having them do the 4 pre-wires as the 4 surround speakers since I can run the fronts and center myself. Anyways..... I was a little worried about the subwoofer pre-wire. The person I met with labeled the subwoofer location as speaker. I also asked him specifically if the subwoofer pre-wire was an RCA type connector. He hesitated and then said yes. Later that afternoon I was at a local hi-fi retailer. I was chatting with the salesperson that I usually deal with. I mentioned the name of the company that was doing my pre-wire. He told me to watch them since he has been in to clean up their wiring screwups before. He said that they often use regular speaker wire for the sub.
My question is: How can I easily distinguish an unterminated subwoofer cable from a CL-3 speaker wire? This might seem like a silly question but I just am not sure what I will see. Also, it will be pitch black when I go up after work today and the drywall should be going up this week so I need to be on top of them. And if they do use speaker wire instead of a subwoofer wire what argument should i use with them? I am guessing that the speaker wire won't offer the proper resistance and shielding.
Any help would be appreicated,
Dino
I am having a new home built. It is going to be pre-wired today. I am a little worried about this part. The subcontractor that is doing the wiring offers a surround sound pre-wire for a relatively cheap $155. I am getting 3 of these packages. They include 4 speakers pre-wires and a subwoofer. They don't include the center which is fine by me. I am actually having them do the 4 pre-wires as the 4 surround speakers since I can run the fronts and center myself. Anyways..... I was a little worried about the subwoofer pre-wire. The person I met with labeled the subwoofer location as speaker. I also asked him specifically if the subwoofer pre-wire was an RCA type connector. He hesitated and then said yes. Later that afternoon I was at a local hi-fi retailer. I was chatting with the salesperson that I usually deal with. I mentioned the name of the company that was doing my pre-wire. He told me to watch them since he has been in to clean up their wiring screwups before. He said that they often use regular speaker wire for the sub.
My question is: How can I easily distinguish an unterminated subwoofer cable from a CL-3 speaker wire? This might seem like a silly question but I just am not sure what I will see. Also, it will be pitch black when I go up after work today and the drywall should be going up this week so I need to be on top of them. And if they do use speaker wire instead of a subwoofer wire what argument should i use with them? I am guessing that the speaker wire won't offer the proper resistance and shielding.
Any help would be appreicated,
Dino