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chargerman426
11-17-2008, 09:53 PM
I'm not sure if I understand this concept. Is "shotguning" were you take to speaker wires and twist them together to make a bigger gage wire? Please help and whether or not its worth doing.
McLoki
11-17-2008, 10:10 PM
Shotgunning is running 2 lenghts of speaker wire to the same speaker. It can be used to bi-wire or to lower the overall gauge by 3ga. (i.e. a shotgun run of 12ga. speaker wire will effetively end up as 12ga if used for bi-wiring or 9ga if used as standard cable.)

Michael
pablo_rodz
11-20-2008, 04:14 PM
Talking about gauge... What gauge should I use for my speackers? RTi10's, CSiA6; receiver is Pioneer Elite VSX-92. The speakers are about 6-7ft. from the receiver.

Thanks
VSchneider
11-20-2008, 04:24 PM
at those short runs anything from 18ga up will do
thsmith
11-20-2008, 04:40 PM
Shotgunning is running 2 lenghts of speaker wire to the same speaker. It can be used to bi-wire or to lower the overall gauge by 3ga. (i.e. a shotgun run of 12ga. speaker wire will effetively end up as 12ga if used for bi-wiring or 9ga if used as standard cable.)

Michael

McLoki, can you expand on your answer?

I had my Polk RTi8s bi-amped so I know what that is.

I had not heard of shotgunning until recently. Is it the same as bi-wiring ?

Thanks,
curved
11-20-2008, 04:57 PM
It's pretty much the same thing as bi-wiring for speakers that are made to be bi-wireable (2 speaker inputs - 1 for the highs and 1 for the lows). If you only have 1 speaker input, then you would be upping the overall gauge going to the speaker.
chargerman426
11-20-2008, 06:03 PM
But is it a noticeable upgrade? I mean i don't believe in the cables make a difference but I think big gauge is something that matters.
mantis
11-20-2008, 06:04 PM
Talking about gauge... What gauge should I use for my speackers? RTi10's, CSiA6; receiver is Pioneer Elite VSX-92. The speakers are about 6-7ft. from the receiver.

Thanks
A nice 16 or 14 gauge wire will do perfect. Buy good quality wire.

Dan
McLoki
11-20-2008, 08:45 PM
Talking about gauge... What gauge should I use for my speackers? RTi10's, CSiA6; receiver is Pioneer Elite VSX-92. The speakers are about 6-7ft. from the receiver.

Thanks

You are talking about pretty short lenghts so I would imagine the cost will be pretty low as well.... 12ga or 14ga wire would be overkill for that length run but will fit your speaker fine so that is where I would start. Do you NEED it no - but the cost difference will probably be under $10 so why not?

Then again - thats just me, I like to overbuild things....

Michael
McLoki
11-20-2008, 08:47 PM
But is it a noticeable upgrade? I mean i don't believe in the cables make a difference but I think big gauge is something that matters.

Is it noticable to someone who does not believe cables make a difference and probably believes their wire is already of sufficient guage? - No. Shotgunning will increase the ga. by 3. So a shotgun of 18ga wire will be the same as if you purchased 15ga. to start with. (assuming you are not bi-wiring)

Michael
curved
11-20-2008, 11:31 PM
A nice 16 or 14 gauge wire will do perfect. Buy good quality wire.

Dan

Agreed.
BottomFeeder
11-21-2008, 01:15 AM
Ok, please help me understand this...

I have bi-wireable speakers (Aerial Acoustic Model 6) and I know I need to get some good cabling & intend to, but funds are short right now. So how, exactly, would I bi-wire my speakers by using regular speaker wire?

Would I wrap two strands around each amp binding post and then separate them at the speaker terminals? Is there a precise way of doing this? I'm afraid that I might screw something up!

Thanks for your help. Please spell it out cuz I gots me no clue!
F1nut
11-21-2008, 01:42 AM
If you're hung up about what gauge this, what gauge that, you've missed the boat.
tonyb
11-21-2008, 10:03 AM
If you're hung up about what gauge this, what gauge that, you've missed the boat.


Short and sweet......I dig it.:)
NJPOLKER
11-21-2008, 11:18 AM
If you're hung up about what gauge this, what gauge that, you've missed the boat.

I understand what your saying regarding gauge but I have to wonder why your cables are the size of garden hoses.
Drew
McLoki
11-21-2008, 11:24 AM
If you're hung up about what gauge this, what gauge that, you've missed the boat.


I understand what your saying regarding gauge but I have to wonder why your cables are the size of garden hoses.
Drew

He's compensating for something. (go ahead and ask him why the ends are so shiney.....) :D
MLZ
11-21-2008, 11:29 AM
Ok, please help me understand this...


Would I wrap two strands around each amp binding post and then separate them at the speaker terminals?


Yep, that's it.
NJPOLKER
11-21-2008, 12:01 PM
He's compensating for something. (go ahead and ask him why the ends are so shiney.....) :D

OK here we go
Nut why are your ends soooooo shiney?
curved
11-21-2008, 02:01 PM
To make this easy, get the Bluejeans Quad cable. Yes, you would pair the two up on the amp/AVR side.
chargerman426
11-21-2008, 07:10 PM
If i had know this was going to be about who's hose is bigger i would have bought 1 gauge and shot gun that. :D;)
pablo_rodz
11-22-2008, 12:21 AM
at those short runs anything from 18ga up will do

Thanks for the response...

I have audioquest X2, it doesn't say the ga.:rolleyes:
BottomFeeder
11-22-2008, 03:34 AM
Yep, that's it.

Thanks, MLZ!

I'll try it!