thick and thin speaker wire
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Length and ego.
:lmao:
Length and ego.
Brilliant!
I was gonna say that your speakers would either love you or hate you.
Allisonholic
"Can you fix a Hi-Fi?'
Legendary speaker maker Roy Allison suggests 8 gauge speaker wire, no more, no less, length shouldn't be an issue. He also suggests lamp zip cord from Home Depot, same gauge. Keep the positive and negative consistent or the speaker will be out of phase.
Length and power.
If your runs are short enough and/or you're not running big power, there's really no advantage to super heavy gauge speaker wire.
http://www.roger-russell.com/wire/wire.htm
Yes. I'd say 14 is probably a little overkill for most systems.
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He probably meant 18ga which is what lamp cord is.
And yes, 18ga will suffice for the majority of home applications.
carcrazy
Well-Known Member
I use quite thin 9 foot speaker cables (14 guage?) called Black Cat Silverheart. These replace 12 gauge Axiom Audio speaker cables and I have noticed an improvement in clarity, the highs are more extended and the bass is still strong. There is more to a cable than just the gauge. The Silverheart cables have silver wire (no surprise from the name), are constructed differently and have better connectors.
The Axiom Audio speaker cable is still a good cable, the Silverheart ones are just better in my system.
The Axiom Audio speaker cable is still a good cable, the Silverheart ones are just better in my system.
Allisonholic
"Can you fix a Hi-Fi?'
Oops yes 18, haven't had my coffee yet
robgmn
Super Member
If you're posting the question, you are very likely not in need of speaker wires that alter the signal in lieu if tone or EQ control (this happens due to variations in the electrical properties of the wire).
Go with 16 or 18 ga. lamp cord, observe proper polarity, and you will be fine.
Go with 16 or 18 ga. lamp cord, observe proper polarity, and you will be fine.
nj pheonix
Lunatic Member
Common sense? Good God what is this forum coming to?Probably fine, but 16 AWG is not much more expensive and is readily available. Little overkill never hurt anyone. I tend to use 14 if I can although it is a jump up in price from 16. Anything more than that is wasted on 99% of the systems out there.
literature on the subject. 
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