Speaker wire size
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The relevant questions are:
How long are the speaker cables?
What is the impedance of the speaker load?
How much loss is acceptable to you?
This is a pretty conservative but useful table:
http://www.roger-russell.com/wire/wire.htm#wiretable
If you stay within those recommendations, you are WELL within the "never going to make a difference" range.
The relevant questions are:
How long are the speaker cables?
What is the impedance of the speaker load?
How much loss is acceptable to you?
This is a pretty conservative but useful table:
http://www.roger-russell.com/wire/wire.htm#wiretable
If you stay within those recommendations, you are WELL within the "never going to make a difference" range.
well the front wires (F,L,C speaker) are about 6-9ft long, and the Rear (FR,FL) are about 25ft, 35ft long
about the rest I have no idea, I don't even know what those things are (impedance, load, etc)
I just find out what impedance of my speaker is 8oms. Thanks for the linky
well the front wires (F,L,C speaker) are about 6-9ft long, and the Rear (FR,FL) are about 25ft, 35ft long
about the rest I have no idea, I don't even know what those things are (impedance, load, etc)
I just find out what impedance of my speaker is 8oms. Thanks for the linky
Generally what's listed on a speaker spec sheet is "nominal impedance," which is what the Roger Russell chart is based on. Your speakers are probably 8-ohm, so 16 AWG should be good for up to 48 feet. I seriously doubt you'd hear any difference at all switching your rears to 16 gauge, and switching your fronts would definitely be pointless.
Generally what's listed on a speaker spec sheet is "nominal impedance," which is what the Roger Russell chart is based on. Your speakers are probably 8-ohm, so 16 AWG should be good for up to 48 feet. I seriously doubt you'd hear any difference at all switching your rears to 16 gauge, and switching your fronts would definitely be pointless.
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Most likely not. If you already have 16 gauge in place, I wouldn't bother changing it.
If you don't, and are considering which wire to buy, I would probably just buy 14 or 12 gauge just out of principle. It's not like wire is very expensive anyway, and I prefer to have overkill generally. I suppose if you're really pinching pennies 16ga is totally fine to save a few bucks.
Most likely not. If you already have 16 gauge in place, I wouldn't bother changing it.
If you don't, and are considering which wire to buy, I would probably just buy 14 or 12 gauge just out of principle. It's not like wire is very expensive anyway, and I prefer to have overkill generally. I suppose if you're really pinching pennies 16ga is totally fine to save a few bucks.
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