Shapiro notes that the UL standard for these connectors varies from 25 pounds for 14-gauge wire to 35 pounds of pulling force for 12-gauge. That’s a lot of force.

I'm sick of trying to stuff 14 AWG stranded wire into my audio equipment. I'd like to have short runs (maybe a foot) of 18 AWG wire that connect directly to my receiver, speaker selector, etc that ...

We also bought several spools of 14-gauge wire in various colors that coordinated with our plug-and-play wiring connectors. A quality pair of wire strippers made this job much easier. See All 18 ...

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using a connector., I'm no expert but it would seem that you're defeating the whole purpose of using 4 gauge wire. Wouldn't you be losing a lot of connectivity through that point?

But for most set ups (those with speakers within 100 ft of the amplifier), 16-gauge lamp cord is fine. For speakers 100 to 200 ft. from the amp, experts suggest use 14 gauge.

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We also bought several spools of 14-gauge wire in various colors that coordinated with our plug-and-play wiring connectors. A quality pair of wire strippers made this job much easier. See All 18 ...