"Dave C." <myaddress@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> I have a Sony DAV-FX500 5.1 home theater now installed
> which works very well for our fairly medium sized room. I was surprised
to
> see the wire size to four of the
> speakers as small as it is. The wire size to the two
> front speakers and the two rear speakers is #22 and to
> the woofer is #16.
> I am ready to change out the #22 wire to #18 wire. I am
> wondering if the benefit would be worth the trouble.
>
> Amplifilier output specs are:
>
> For each of the four speaker amplifier outputs: 84 watts,
> with 3 ohms impedance each.
>
> Woofer amplifier output: 160 watts, with 1.5 ohms
> impedance.
> After thought: Just thinking, would the #22 wire
> resistance be there by design because of the fairly low
> amplifier output of 3 ohms?
If you want to engineer speaker wire, you have to know the lengths.
Normal speaker wire for high grade audio is 12 gauge stranded, such as is
sold by Home Depot, Lowes, etc.
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