Speaker Wire... It's thicker than the wires that comes with the system,and takes a lot of twisting to fit neatly in the holes.Is there connectors I should get to crimp the wires to then connect to the speakers and the reicever so they won't start to...
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It might be good to solder the strands together on the ends. Just make sure you don't use too much or it might interfere with the connection. Perhaps just enough to band them together, but not enough so the connector clamps them on solder, if you know what I mean.
823264
They only come with speaker wire with terminal clips. Unlikely it will connect to stock harness without some modification. I dremeled mine off of the old speaker, and then soldered it onto the new terminals. This way I can still use the stock harness.
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My speakers hook to an amp, that has the same connects as the speakers, so I used regular speaker wire. If yours has jacks, I have used cables that had the proper jack, and cut of the jacks on the opposite end, to hook the speaker.
701658
Thanks, I have bought 100ft mediabridge 16 gauge speaker wires. And was reading comments that for better sound quality and no loss, better to use end connectors as exposed wires can result in short circuit. I dont entirely agree with that, but wanted to confirm with people who have already installed speaker systems.
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I don't think so. I don't think any speakers come with connectors. I don't remember any being in the box. The correct way to attach your wire to the terminal is to solder it, so I don't know that any manufacturers send connectors.
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FWIW-after replacing the stock terminal connector plates with good quality speaker wire leads try connecting the + (red) speaker wire lead to the top (+ hi freq tweeter section) and the - (black) speaker wire lead to the bottom (woofer section) to further improve detail and presence. Try it, you should hear a difference.
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Any speaker wires will do. Kind of depends how long of a run the cables need to be but 16 gauge should work. No special connections needed but again depends on your receiver. I used what are called banana clip connections but just wrapping the wire around the terminals should work. The wire should have two colors so you can connect the positive terminal on the speaker to the positive terminal on the receiver. PS. Very good speakers but you should also buy a woofer the complete the set.
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Any speaker wire cable will do, however if you are putting this speaker a long distance from the source(receiver) you should use a thicker gage wire. But some banana plug ends for easy connection to the speakers.
1502696
The speaker wires that come with this system are not the best. First they may be to short especially for the rear speakers, and second the quality of wire is sub-par (not that good).Best if you get a 100 Ft. roll 18 Gauge Speaker wire from any electronic store. I prefer Radio Shack. and last you are assured to have enough wire to run it anywhere you like. Just remember measure twice cut once! Good luck. Willie L.
124125
we bought new speaker wire because we didn't get any with our system. I would buy more because I think we used 100 feet of speaker wire in the basement, for this system. What you have may not be enough.
1999410
They have the connectors that you press in and push the exposed copper into...you could probably push in a banana plug if you needed to and get a connection, but I don't. I use these in my smaller room set up and I have banana plugs for the receiver end of all the cables that I cut, but I didn't bother installing them for the speaker end.
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if i understand the question, they come with speaker terminals that you connect the wires to. they have the speaker wires that come with them and the wires have connectors on one end of them.
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I did not do that, but I don't see any problem with that. They are just bare ends, so it should be easy to add speaker wire.
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Hi,What do you mean standard speaker wire? if you use a bigger wire than original is better for the signal.
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Nope, no wires... per another answer the 14 gauge speaker wire is best, get some banana plugs too, makes it easy to connect. I got mine from Monoprice.com, they seem to provide the best value for your money.
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After more than 50 years of reading about, setting up, and listening to stereo systems, I've concluded that thick, lower gauge wires are unnecessary unless the distance between receiver and speaker is especially long. I'm willing to be convinced otherwise by blind tests, but I'm not aware of any. I use 16 gauge now and that is probably overkill, considering that many of my speaker wire runs are less than 10 feet. Do not buy high end (expensive) wire whatever the gauge.
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No, Question for you. Did you use all 20ish feet of wire that shipped with the speakers, If so, that is most likely your problem, use as short of wire are possible to reduce the chances of electrical signals feeding into the speaker wire. I took that wiring and threw it in the garbage, grabbed some slightly thicker wire cut it to about 5 inches for signal and ground then soldered the crap out of everything and covered it with shrink wrap. I also reused the OEM connectors.