wire size too big?

would 15 awg wire be an over kill for these speakers

http://www.sounddomain.com/sku/ROCCPSBF i want this because its TINNED

1) a pair of infinity kappa 60.5cs components(90 rms)

2) a pair of infinity kappa 6x9 2 ways(110rms)

so y all these ppl are always saying " anything over 16awg in car audio is an over kill"

damn

because ur speakers probably would run fine with anything under 15 gauge.

its ok to run 16 guage up to about 15 feet for speakers, after that its best to go for 14 guage.

as for subs, 16 guage is chokeing your amp a lil, but it works.  14 guage is good for about 500 watts, 12 guage up and above.

Those wire sizes aren't law, there just a good place for you to start at when deciding wire size.

I talked to my boss, the CEO of Adire Audio about this before I started working there.  He told me that anything over 16 awg wire is overkill for subs.  The question was in reference to  the 1200 watts running to my Brahma 10 in a .36 cubic foot enclosure.  Unfortunately we were out of that wire that day, so I ran 18 awg for the competition.  I was able to pull a 142.3 dB at the competition with that setup, so I can assure you that it wasn't "choked" at all.

The reason why your power wire to the amp needs to be large is because of the lower voltage (high current).  But the output of the amp is higher voltage, so you can get away with much smaller wire.

Large awg wire and the more expensive stuff looks really cool.  Heck, I will probably have 8 awg wire running to my sub when I'm done.  But it isn't needed.

Steven Kephart

Adire Audio