zman Posted March 4, 2005 Share Posted March 4, 2005 The lowest gauge speaker wire I have seen mentioned is 10 gauge. Why not use 8 or even 4 gauge wire? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minn_male42 Posted March 4, 2005 Share Posted March 4, 2005 overkill... plus it is very difficult to terminate with any sort of connector... in most applications, 16 gauge is fine unless you are running very long distances Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doudou Posted March 4, 2005 Share Posted March 4, 2005 imagine your living room with 4 ou 8 gauge wire... even if you think it s beutifull your wife will kill you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunnysal Posted March 4, 2005 Share Posted March 4, 2005 there may actually be diminshing returns in using wires that thick re: capacitance, resistance and/or impedance...BTW there are some 6 and 4 guage wires available out there for audio...tony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke Spinner Posted March 4, 2005 Share Posted March 4, 2005 Crown provides a chart to calculate the required guage, given Wattage, Ohms, Distance most home stereo's would fall into the " #16 is overkill category " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke Spinner Posted March 4, 2005 Share Posted March 4, 2005 depending on the Damping factor of the amplifier, some resistance can even be BENIFICIAL on some amps, adding a one ohm resistor can provide some bass exstention Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minn_male42 Posted March 4, 2005 Share Posted March 4, 2005 the attached file is from the belden catalog.... gives you the signal loss over distance with different wire gauges... 12.32.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicholtl Posted March 4, 2005 Share Posted March 4, 2005 I use 6 AWG speaker cable (PS Audio Statement) for my front end, and they look like garden hoses across the carpet. But then, I have no "better half" to disapprove of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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