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davedyer79

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Posted: September 14, 2004 at 5:04 PM / IP Logged

Does speaker wire guage really matter that much?? I have seen people using 8-10 guage speaker (monster) wire for a 50x4 AB amp. Is that a little overkill??? I am running a memphis 75x4 to the M-sync components using 16 guage speaker wire. Is that to small??? What size should I use?

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Posted: September 14, 2004 at 5:11 PM / IP Logged

Well, for most installs 8 gauge is rediculous. But yes speaker wire gauge matters. You should be fine.

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Posted: September 14, 2004 at 5:36 PM / IP Logged

16 AWG is fine for most installations. 8 gage is very much overkill.

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16 gauge is probably the lowest i would recommend to anyone. I personally never go below 12 gauge, just to be on the safe side. 8 gauge... well, i mean, ya, if u've got an audiobahn 5000 watt amp powering and MTX RFL, then sure, thats ok. Other than that, dont waste ur money.

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Posted: September 14, 2004 at 10:12 PM / IP Logged

That should answer your question and then some....

https://www.the12volt.com/installbay/forum_posts.asp?tid=22002&KW=speaker+wire

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Posted: September 14, 2004 at 10:25 PM / IP Logged

I use 16 for my main's and 10 gauge for my sub. Found a deal on some good wire, so I use it.

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Posted: September 14, 2004 at 10:45 PM / IP Logged

evanc wrote:

That should answer your question and then some....

https://www.the12volt.com/installbay/forum_posts.asp?tid=22002&KW=speaker+wire

Wow, I forgot about that one. We actually had a VERY detailed conversation about this topic not too long ago. Here's a link to it: https://www.the12volt.com/installbay/forum_posts.asp?tid=38642&PN=5

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davedyer79 wrote:

I have seen people using 8-10 guage speaker (monster) wire for a 50x4 AB amp. Is that a little overkill???

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YEAH, 12-16 GAUGE IS GOOD ENOUGH

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oh yea, those flames add like an extra 3 db. oh baby.

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