Is it necessary or highly recommended to twist the positive and negative wires running from speaker to speaker and then to the input jack in a 4x12?

[harddriver]

Just curious.... I've seen some Marshall cabs doing it and other Marshall cabs not doing it????????? I usually just run them neatly routing wise but usually don't twist them but if that induces RF noise and what not I thought maybe if might be worth doing.......

Not that it should matter but this cab will be wired series/parallel.

What say you?????

 

[S̷͖͑m̵͎͂á̵̺s̸͚̈́h̴̬̑]

Just curious.... I've seen some Marshall cabs doing it and other Marshall cabs not doing it????????? I usually just run them neatly routing wise but usually don't twist them but if that induces RF noise and what not I thought maybe if might be worth doing.......

What say you?????

Not necessary. The speakers arent going to pick up noise.

But it looks cool when people do it. @Braciola had one of the most beautiful wire twists i have seen

 

[S̷͖͑m̵͎͂á̵̺s̸͚̈́h̴̬̑]

this is how I wire mine up. 12 gauge wire. Wire gauge is more important that twisting

 

[Alpha Stryke]

No.

 

[BeZo]

I still don't understand. Can you draw a picture on a napkin or something?

 

[harddriver]

I still don't understand. Can you draw a picture on a napkin or something?

This would be Series/Parallel, The top drawing is how I wire mine.

 

[harddriver]

I decided to twist the wires just for a change and see if I notice anything different noise wise.

 

[Racerxrated]

I've rewired many cabs and I've never noticed a difference in noise with/without twisting the wires. I have noticed a slight difference when I rewire using thicker gauge lamp cord from the hardware store. Beefier sound after using the much thicker wire.

 

[Kagami]

I've rewired many cabs and I've never noticed a difference in noise with/without twisting the wires. I have noticed a slight difference when I rewire using thicker gauge lamp cord from the hardware store. Beefier sound after using the much thicker wire.

Thin wire will attenuate the signal for sure.

TBH I think most people do it so the cables aren't flopping around as much which could strain solder joints. As long as your wires aren't loose and touching the cones or what not it really shouldn't make much of a difference. High power signals like speaker wire don't pick up interference as easily as a line level signal and the inside of the speaker cabinet is a very short run of cable.

 

[LP Freak]

I decided to twist the wires just for a change and see if I notice anything different noise wise.

Shit, I thought I was on TGP for a moment

 

[Alpha Stryke]

Twisting them round yer dick gets the best flow.

 

[harddriver]

Shit, I thought I was on TGP for a moment

Was I supposed to post that pic over there???????????????Damn................ I can't remember my log on password for TGP anyway.......

 

[harddriver]

I've rewired many cabs and I've never noticed a difference in noise with/without twisting the wires. I have noticed a slight difference when I rewire using thicker gauge lamp cord from the hardware store. Beefier sound after using the much thicker wire.

I'm using 16 gauge wire which is slightly bigger than stock Marshall and still fit into the Celestion speaker tab holes without getting crazy big. At least I didn't need any zip ties and the wire aren't flopping around, which would be one benefit.........