I bought a pair of Sony speakers for now ( SS-5000P) and I had always been disappointed with them. The backstory is I used the OEM wiring that came with them. At the time, I just had my TV and with a non-restored Marantz 2226B driving them along with a Technics turn table. But they worked and that is what counted at the time.
Roll the clock forward and I've added a restored Marantz 1030 amp and I restored the 2226B. But the speakers still didnt have good depth or bass. When I was wiring in the 1030, I saw that OEM wiring and went, hmmmmm.. I have some 16 awg speaker wire I bought a while back so I made up some new leads and swapped them in. Suddenly I have depth, I have bass and the speakers dont crackle on the high end. Out of curiousity, I measured the actual wire in the sony kit. I went from 24 awg to 16 awg. I measured the sony stuff three times because I couldnt believe it was such a thin wire. I doubt I would ever hear a different with anything larger given my miminal wattage but the jump from 24 to 16 was really noticable.. go figure
I just posted this for everyone's amusement on a saturday
Roll the clock forward and I've added a restored Marantz 1030 amp and I restored the 2226B. But the speakers still didnt have good depth or bass. When I was wiring in the 1030, I saw that OEM wiring and went, hmmmmm.. I have some 16 awg speaker wire I bought a while back so I made up some new leads and swapped them in. Suddenly I have depth, I have bass and the speakers dont crackle on the high end. Out of curiousity, I measured the actual wire in the sony kit. I went from 24 awg to 16 awg. I measured the sony stuff three times because I couldnt believe it was such a thin wire. I doubt I would ever hear a different with anything larger given my miminal wattage but the jump from 24 to 16 was really noticable.. go figure
I just posted this for everyone's amusement on a saturday