What gauge speaker wire to use?

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W_Irizarry

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Posted: September 29, 2004 at 6:27 PM / IP Logged

Ok, this is probably a stupid question but I want to wire this system up right. I am buying a system for my girl. I don't want to spend bookoo bucks on it but I don't want it to be cheap either so I am getting her 1 Alpine MRD-M301 mono amplifier (350W x 1 RMS [2ohm;@14.4V 1% THD+N]; 250W x 1 RMS [2ohm;@12V 1% THD+N]; 150W x 1 RMS [4ohm;@12V 1% THD+N]) and 1 Alpine SWS-1242D 12" Subwoofer. I heard that 8 gauge power and ground wire is recommended for this amp and sub but what about speaker wire? What gauge is recommended for wiring this amp and sub together?

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Ketel22

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Posted: September 29, 2004 at 6:40 PM / IP Logged

for the speaker wire you will be fine using 16 ga but most people use 12 ga or 10 ga for that "bigger bader" look.

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pimpincavy

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Posted: September 30, 2004 at 12:26 PM / IP Logged

12 ga should be more then big enough for that.

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