can I use 14 guage wire to connect speakers to reveiver, or, stay with 16 guage?
1064235
14 gage wire is better than 16. What you worry about most is the distance each speaker wire covers. I think I read 75 feet is the recommended threshold.I used 14 throughout, the connections on the speakers is not easy with 14 but with care it can be done.
1064236
you can use any gauge. I used 12, he only thing is it doesn't fit in a groove the speakers have in the back, but you still can't see the cable from the front.
1064237
stay with the 16 gauge, because you are buying really expensive speakers it has way better quality that way
1597012
I had to use 16 gauge because I had to feed four sets of wire through a very narrow space....speakers sound great. If you can use thicker, you should.
2030956
As someone else answered, 16G wire is smaller than 14G wire. The 16G wire is what this harness was designed for, the 14G is pushing it. Unless you have runs of wire that exceed 60-80', then you are wasting money on 14G wire. 16G is the preferred thickness for runs of speaker wire that are less than 60-80'.
1814394
I use 16 gauge for mine and the sound amazing. From my understanding, the longer you have to run the wire determines how thick you need but if is just for your bedroom 16 should be perfect and pretty cheap. I use 100 feet RCA 16g and it works perfect and is cheap. EXCELLENT choice in speakers!!!!! Enjoy
638529
16 gauge is more than enough unless you are running them like 100 feet. Make sure it is real copper though not just copper colored aluminum.18 gauge is fine for short runs.A subwoofer if you want bass that shakes things, but you really will not need one for most listening, you can always add one later
1074525
Ok i would run 0 guage wires because you will be trying to run 120 amps through the wire and usually a four guage wire is 80 amps.. And on my 1100 watt brutus im using official copper speaker wire so i can get as much voltage as ican through the wire . But a complete zero guage wire should be fine speaker cables..
1566465
No, from the specs I found online, it seems the speakers will fit bare wire only... But they do say 12 guage will fit, but it is the largest guage possible, so it probably will be a very tight fit.
1252433
I just used RCA 16 gauge speaker wire I got at Menards. Its heavy enough unless you have a long distance between the speakers and amp.
2254045
16 gauge will work...if you have a problem you may want to go up to 14 gauge
1263672
I don't your "standard" wire. I screw 20AWG to bindind posts, bought at department store, about 10ft long, with speakers about 5ft from amplifier. Be consistent with the polarity. Those speakers are not for audio purists anyway, so any sound degradation is practically unnoticable. 18AWG is also good for home, anything thicker, stiffer and more expensive is a waste of money. Don't worry too much about what they prove with their super-expensive test equipment readings
1834408
I would use no smaller than 16 gauge wire. You could go a low a 12 but this wire is thick and harder to hide. The thoughts have always been the smaller the gauge(thicker) the better .
637466
Make sure it has the same audio cable builtin with it. If the specs are the same get the cheaper one. I think it might b a lower guage wire used in the cheaper 1. The cheaper 1 might use 18 guage wire vs 16 guage in the more expensive cable
1719377
I would highly recommend getting some better quality speaker wire ( such as 16-14 gauge). The wire that is supplied with system is very cheap zip wire.
308542
I used 16 gauge and its working great. I think you can use 14 as well but 16 works fine so save a few 4.
38319
You can use 14 or 16 AWG speaker wire. I used 14 AWG plastic coated wire from Monoprice. Copper wire is best. http://www.monoprice.com/Product?seq=1&fo;rmat=2&p;_id=2791&kpid;=2791&CAWELAID;=1329459423&CAGPSPN;=pla&catargetid;=320013720000063196&cadevice;=c&gclid;=CL7F3MGko8ICFdKEfgodOIkARA
1594127
thicker the wire the lower the resistance. Its also better to have a thicker gauge for speakers that are far from the reciever. I use 14 Guage, my farthest speaker is roughly 10-12 ft from the reciever and works great. Bannana plugs are the way to go, makes everything much simpler to install and it keeps everything neat too.
1895924
It can, but because of the resistance of this gauge wire for audio connectons to avoid volume drop, recommend regular speaker wire, which is of a considerably smaller thickness ( 24-18 gauge ? )