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Thread: Brands of Wire |
    
Bronze Member Username: Cyam
Post Number: 42
Registered: Sep-09
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| Posted on Friday, November 06, 2009 - 03:08 pm: |
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I know that this might not be the right section of the forum to ask this, but...
I'm just wondering if the gauge and brand of the speaker wire you use makes that much of a difference in sound quality. I think Im gonna run 8ga to my pioneers. I honestly dont notice that much of a difference, but then again I haven't compared it to the nicer brands. Would you suggest spending the extra money on the few feet of speaker wire running from my amp to my subs?
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Silver Member Username: Simple_smith
Lapeer,
Michigan
United States
Post Number: 145
Registered: Dec-08
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| Posted on Friday, November 06, 2009 - 04:12 pm: |
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personally i would never run anything less than 4ga.
the bigger gauge the less current draw. |
Silver Member Username: Boomtank
Rochester,
NY
USA
Post Number: 680
Registered: Oct-06
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| Posted on Friday, November 06, 2009 - 04:18 pm: |
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hahaha 4gauge for speaker wire i'd like to see that. |
Silver Member Username: Simple_smith
Lapeer,
Michigan
United States
Post Number: 146
Registered: Dec-08
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| Posted on Friday, November 06, 2009 - 04:28 pm: |
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haha i misread that. definatelty thought he was talking about power wire cuz i always hear of people nikka rigging their systems using the cheapest possible stuff. |
Platinum Member Username: Rovin
1 15 = 152.5 DBs ...
Trinidad & T...
Post Number: 15616
Registered: Jul-05
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| Posted on Friday, November 06, 2009 - 06:47 pm: |
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running 8g to the reg pioneer models wont make any sense
if u were competing in SPL with the 8000 model monster they have well thats different
a true 12g speaker wire is sufficient .... |
Platinum Member Username: Nd4spd18
Philadelphia,
PA
Post Number: 10723
Registered: Jul-06
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| Posted on Saturday, November 07, 2009 - 07:05 am: |
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Even 12g is overkill and anything bigger = absolutely no difference.
People don't realize that current going into your amp is DC and the current that drives speakers is AC... DC requires much bigger wire than AC.
If anyone wants to know why they can search, i've explained it before... |
Platinum Member Username: Nd4spd18
Philadelphia,
PA
Post Number: 10724
Registered: Jul-06
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| Posted on Saturday, November 07, 2009 - 07:08 am: |
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But there are two things you need to consider when it comes to wire: brand and copper content
Buy a name brand that is known to be accurately gauged, the dirt cheap ones lie about the gauge. Then see if its 100% copper or if its aluminum. It is a great debate whether that makes a difference. IMO copper is the best conductor. |
Gold Member Username: Tejcurrent
Post Number: 2017
Registered: Apr-07
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| Posted on Saturday, November 07, 2009 - 07:40 am: |
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From info I've read, not personal testing, I've been told by sq guys that higher strand count makes a difference.
Even if I was doing a few hundred watts per speaker I'd never go bigger than 12g. Subwoofers are different imo - big subs with big amps means I'll use bigger wire. Mainly for cosmetics, but I've read spl competitors say they've gained from larger speaker wire.
In most applications you'll never tell the difference. |
