Please , no wire war !

[kgveteran]

I've got some 16ga multistrand Audioquest wire that is already in the walls and run to a plate on the wall.I plan on building the RS28a/RS225's for surrounds (four altogether). I'll power each pair of them with the Behringer A500.Two A500's total, this will cover the sidesurrounds and two ES back channels.

The cable runs are about 18' max.Do you think that will cause and problems.I want to make sure I have big enough wire to carry the signal.

This isn't meant to be a wire war thread, just a,"Is it big enough thread)

[Kevin P]

18' of 16-gauge should be fine for surrounds.

[Jeff]

I'm using greater distances with a Monster Cable installation cord to my rear speakers. So far so good.

[kgveteran]

Thanx guys.I was going to get all crazy and run new wire...and then I remembered this salty old audio guy who use to come into the store I worked at.He hated all the wire companies and when asked about wire gauge and whether it would carry a signal...his response was.....in regards to 18ga zipcord (his favorite)....."You hold these two bare wires..I'll plug the other end into the wall outlet..and we'll see how long you can hang on for". This was his answer to how much current zipcord could carry :B


KG

[Club1820]

you'll be able to "hang on" longer with zip cord. if you use 14 gauge you'll fry in a second!

[whoaru99]

Rest assured, 18ga wires are more than adequate to carry lethal amounts of current at 18ft of length.

For my bedroom system I have roughly 30 or 40ft of 18ga running to my surrounds. Just as an experiment, I put in a temporary "direct" path of about 20ft of 16ga wire and there was no difference I could detect.

[Chris D]

Hmmm... has he done a comparison test between how long he can hold on to a 12 gauge wire plugged into the wall, vs. 18 gauge?

[Charles]

I vote for the 12 gauge if anyone wants to try it.

[kgveteran]

I thought you guys would like that. :B

[Chris D]

I was thinking about this today while cleaning the house and laughing. I'm sure he wouldn't use paper clips to connect his DVD player, so ask him to stick some into a socket.

[Kevin P]

Didn't somebody rig up a digital coax out of paper clips or something else like that a few years back, and it worked fine?

[whoaru99]

Me thinks so, but wasn't it a coat hanger?

[Kevin P]

Maybe it was a coat hanger, I forget now. It was a few years ago. All I know is it wasn't something that is normally used as a signal conduit.

[kgveteran]

3/4" black pipe.make sure you use pipe dope, you don't want any leaks

[Kevin P]

3/4" black pipe.make sure you use pipe dope, you don't want any leaks

That only works if you use an optical connection, not coax. :lol:

[kgveteran]

That only works if you use an optical connection, not coax. :lol:

Sorry, my bad ops: