Dec 5, 2005 · Just remember 10 AWG is what one uses to feed power to an electric range or a water heater. That gauge wire can handle a lot more wattage than can your speakers. And if you were to look inside your speaker you will not find that heavy a wire connect the binding posts to the speaker terminals.

Aug 14, 2003 · "Very high quality gold banana plug set. Knurled barrel and compression nut with floating "slug". The floating "slug" allows tight wire compression without the twisting effect on the wire strands that other compression connectors have. Side-entry accepts up to 8 gauge wire while the rear-entry accepts up to 10 gauge wire.

Nov 22, 2006 · The crossover will be tweaked to get the best possible response given the rest of the components, so you could use almost ANYTHING short of 30-gauge fuse wire and still get the speaker to sound good. The selection of internal jumper wire from the input terminals to the crossover or driver won't have any impact on the quality or sound of the ...

Feb 10, 2022 · 12 gauge wire can generally handle up to 20 amps over a reasonable distance, but with 2400 watts RMS at 4 ohms, you're right at the limit. It should work, but if you want to be safe, especially with a 25-foot run, going with a 10 gauge wire would give you more peace of mind

Dec 20, 2005 · I just replaced my front speaker wire with a "better" quality one and there is no difference at all. The wire does look better. I have banana plugs because I wanted the pack of the AV stack to look "neater." If you are building from scratch get some good 10 or 12gauge (eigther will do unless you are running 50ft+) speaker wire.

Dec 2, 2007 · American Wire Gauge (e.g. 14 AWG) refers to how many turns per inch the bare wire covers. So for that example, 14 turns in one inch means the wire is 1/14" diameter, without insulation. 10 gauge wire would be 1/10" (0.10 in) and so on. So the LOWER the gauge number, the thicker the wire. Here, 10 gauge is noticeably thicker than 14 gauge.

Sep 28, 2018 · I ran KnuKonceptz Ultra Flex OFC 10g speaker wire in my new HT build for LCR and to 6 possible sub locations. I've used KnuKonceptz wiring for several car audio builds and it has left nothing to be desired.

Dec 11, 2019 · Just be sure to make it nice and tight! This method works well for smaller gauges, but can be challenging with 10-gauge wire, or wire with thick strands. The other attachment method is a simple screw, which can be secured very tightly and has no issues securing even very thick or stiff speaker wire. Straight or 90-Degree Banana Plugs

Aug 7, 2019 · Regarding a few lost strands, audio users and electricians have different standards. 12 gauge wire is rated for 20 Amps; to put 20 Amps into a 4 Ohm speaker would take 1600 watts! For a long time for the extra resistance due to the few lost strands to cause excessive heating. That's the electrician's concern.

Nov 4, 2014 · So, we double it for a 10 ft speaker cable to 0.0505 ohms per 10 ft speaker cable. To an 8 ohms speaker that represents 6.3x10^3 or 0.0063 or 0.63%. That is extremely minor. Assuming an 8 ohm speaker, the Bowers-Wilkins recommendation of 0.1 ohm for speaker wire equals 1.25%. If we take this at the lowest impedance of 3.2 ohm, then 0.1 ohm is 3.1%.