Wire Recommendations

[psalm10720]

Does anyone have a site or know where I can get wiring recommendations to wire new polk car door speakers? ie.. should I use metra 10 gauge wire? Monster Cable? Is there a differnece? Is there an ultimate wire gauge and manufacturer to use in this application?

[exalted512]

www.knukonceptz.com for all your wiring needs. monster speaker wire is crap
-Cody

[psalm10720]

do you use this brand?

[1996blackmax]

I use this brand and will continue to use it from now on.

[exalted512]

sure do
-Cody

[MacLeod]

Go to Lowes. They have 14 guage speaker wire. 100' for $25. Cant beat that anywhere and its just as good as the fancy stuff.

http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=productDetail&productId=214940-578-PM62122&lpage=none

[1996blackmax]

This is 20 cents a foot :).

http://www.knukonceptz.com/assets/productImages/KLE16BL.JPG

http://www.knukonceptz.com/productDetail.cfm?prodID=KLE16BL

[exalted512]

This is 20 cents a foot :).

http://www.knukonceptz.com/assets/productImages/KLE16BL.JPG

http://www.knukonceptz.com/productDetail.cfm?prodID=KLE16BL
you just beat that
-Cody

[MacLeod]

Yeah but thats 16 guage and after you pay S&H youre over $25. Mine is $25 shipped, 14 guage AND you dont have to wait for it to be shipped! :D

[exalted512]

dont you have some power wire to tape together:D
-Cody

[MacLeod]

Anything to save a buck! ;)

[exalted512]

ill get that distro block out to you next week. Ive been extremely busy lately so i havent been able to get around to it.
-Cody

[1996blackmax]

Yeah but thats 16 guage and after you pay S&H youre over $25. Mine is $25 shipped, 14 guage AND you dont have to wait for it to be shipped! :D


Well, I would rather have higher quality 16g over run of the mill 14g any day of the week :D

[exalted512]

theres no doubt in my mind that knu's 16 has a bigger strand count than that 14
-Cody

[MacLeod]

Oh please. Speaker wire is speaker wire.

[1996blackmax]

and speakers are just speakers, and amps are just amps, and hu's are just hu's, and subs are just subs, and sound deadening materials are....... :D

[exalted512]

just sound deadening materials?

[cam5860]

stranded copper wire is all the same there is no difference. People say there is more strands of wire in this brand than another brand it's all bull ****.

[1996blackmax]

just sound deadening materials?

Not all the same is my point.

[1996blackmax]

stranded copper wire is all the same there is no difference. People say there is more strands of wire in this brand than another brand it's all bull ****.


What's bull? The part about being more strands of copper?

[exalted512]

Not all the same is my point.
do i win something?

[1996blackmax]

You win an atta boy :D.

[fish369]

I have some Esoteric 12 gauge I had in an old install from fifteen years ago and it looks and feels as good as it did when it was new. It is so soft and easy to work with you can bend it around anything, nice thick insulation that was easy to pull. Hard to beat.

[badboyspack]

12 awg should be fine for door speakers

[LittleCar_w/12s]

Strand count:

When compared against the same total wire guage, more strand count only has the advantage of conducting more freely above the 1kHz mark.
The other advantage is bendability.

Lower Oxygen copper will be less likely to break with repeated bending (as with door installs) but you will probably wear your hinges out faster. there is an extremely small difference in conductivity that you wont notice.

Go get cheap wire. It's plain, but it'll do the job. Just get the right gauge for the job.

-Jerry-