wires

slinky · rice boy Joined: 22 Oct 2002 Posts: 32

ok i was working at this jobsite the other day and after the electrician left there were these wires for power outlets in the wall and there was some left over wire from them it is copper and there are like 6 strands in the black and red wires could this be used for my sub wires would it make it clearer? opions

lowrideTG · tinkerer Joined: 17 Jul 2002 Posts: 80

sound clarity comes from a high quality amp, not so much wiring. electronics places & people talk up thick wiring and make it sound so good, the best wires to have as thick as possible are the 12v active and the earth from your amp this gives best power handling and current flow for the amp to operate because they are INPUTS to the amp. too thick wires to your sub means the amp has to work much harder to run power through them and it will struggle because they are OUTPUTS.
hope that helps
cheers

Gene FJ20DET · Posted: Fri Nov 22, 2002 2:51 pm Post subject: Re: wires

why would it make it clearer?? if anything it will be shittyer. use the proper stuff and u wont short out ya stereo
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Scotty G · tinkerer Joined: 28 Jan 2002 Posts: 182

you dont need the proper stuff, its just a sales gimic to make you spend more money on shit!

Reddez · tinkerer Joined: 29 Oct 2002 Posts: 353

Thicker wires means less resistance/losses in the pathe from amp to speaker, although not necessary to be as thick as power wires, theyre the imporatant ones. They will work, but it comes down to quality of cables, flexiblity (house wiring will be fairly stiff/brittle), etc. You can try it and i'd doubt you'd notice a difference, theres no use cheaping out if its a big dollar system though...