This week we will be installing the wiring for our family room surrounds (new construction). We're going to go with a basic family room speaker setup (3 channel front sound bar, 2 rears, compact sub, and receiver) because the room is going to be very very far from ideal for sound quality. The room (kitchen & family) is approximately 22x38 ft with 23 foot vaulted ceilings, hard floors, leather couches, stone work, etc. In fact I'm even questioning why I'm going with anything other than a sound bar (also have seperate small dedicated theater room). The wire run to the rear surrounds will be approximately 80 ft. Will 16 AWG wire be sufficient or will I need to order 14 or 12AWG? The installer is including 16AWG in the price but if larger I would need to order my own in order to save from purchasing from them at double the cost of Monoprice.
BTW, to give you a basic idea of how the acoustics of the room will be, the room will be somewhat similar to this (though little less glass, taller ceilings, and tile floors
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Edited by RobZ - 8/22/12 at 8:15pm
BTW, to give you a basic idea of how the acoustics of the room will be, the room will be somewhat similar to this (though little less glass, taller ceilings, and tile floors
):Edited by RobZ - 8/22/12 at 8:15pm
