Wire Question

Ok some one told me if i use bigger or thicker wire for my speaker wire that i will get better sound the if i were to use reggular stuff. Could some one clear this for me and tell me if this is true. Thanks

Depends on how much power your amp is putting out. If your using 500 watts rms with 8 gauge wiring... that wouldnt work/sound to well. So, yes it can affect how it sounds, and how your amp performs

500rms with 8ga speaker wire?
jesus talk about overkill

anyway, he is right though, it all depends on how much power you have, but 16ga will be fine for just about any amount of power if it's for your front stage.

Wire is wire... Well, unless it's that angel hair crap they supply with most speakers. :) 8ga is just rediculous... I see a lot of people do that, probably more for cosmetics and "wow" factor, but it's not benefitting the overall sound. Largest I've used is 12ga, and even that is still probably more than enough for most high-powed sub amps. Hell... Even pro audio cable for concert events is usually 14ga or so, and they're pushing thousands of watts...

Hmm....8 ga is redicolous? I'm using 1 ga with 1,800 watts rms, and i don't think i'd get much power from my amp if i was using 14 ga. Plus, then i'm sure i'm getting the full potential, and i have a much better gnd. It's better to have to large of wire then to small

( of course that's for my subs, but still, same thing goes for speakers. )

Ok that is what i thought, alot of those other people up there are talking about power wire, LOL Thanks alot for clearing that up for me.

Hmm....8 ga is redicolous? I'm using 1 ga with 1,800 watts rms, and i don't think i'd get much power from my amp if i was using 14 ga. Plus, then i'm sure i'm getting the full potential, and i have a much better gnd. It's better to have to large of wire then to small

( of course that's for my subs, but still, same thing goes for speakers. )


we're talking speaker wire, not power wire

yep

okay....

speaker wire size doesn't really matter just the power wire size to the amp itself

that is what i thought

lol, oh my bad

all right then

If I run anything smaller than 12g on my speakers after a few months the wire gets crispy and turns brown. It will also shoot sparks if it touch the speaker wires together :)