Speaker wire recommendation

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leadfootdriver
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Re: Speaker wire recommendation

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I bought 50' of 14 gauge from the car stereo section at Wally World . It's nice to work with.
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M Fowler
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Re: Speaker wire recommendation

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I can tell you that my speaker wires are larger than the skimpy wires that come in most speaker cabs.

There is a limit to how large you need to go for such a short run as what we are talking about though.

For combo I use a molded angle plug with 3 feet of wire you can buy them form several sources. Otherwise I use 16 gauge mostly, I like the zip cord best but usually I just twist a black and white pair of wires.

Mark
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Re: Speaker wire recommendation

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I was appalled one time when I took the back off of a 100w Marshall 412.
It looked like 20 gauge wire hooked up to the speakers and jack.

While that is probably is adequate, I always liked a fat pipe for my speaker wire.

So I run at least 14 gauge from speaker to speaker and to the jack.
Tom

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