Speaker wire
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Speaker wire
I know there are many here that focus a lot of energy on amps, speakers, DSP's, etc as they build their unicorns - but is anyone focusing on speaker wires?
With home audio there is a plethora of different speaker wires and I know from personal experience, each will sound differently - some are harsh, some love the mids & others love the lows without changing their amp or speaker selections.
So my question here - does speaker wire matter and has anyone found that by changing their speaker wires, the sound has also changed?
With home audio there is a plethora of different speaker wires and I know from personal experience, each will sound differently - some are harsh, some love the mids & others love the lows without changing their amp or speaker selections.
So my question here - does speaker wire matter and has anyone found that by changing their speaker wires, the sound has also changed?
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I thought of that too my home speaker cables are like 1800.00 set 10 years ago i got a friend that is an audiophile and gave me them he was a rich guy he make some himself that he would see for stupid money but there is a huge differene in home audio id say everything gets washed away at 70 mph so i guess it dont mater unless your paring lot pimping id say
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I'm in the process of updating my Audio System on my 2012 Roadglide Custom and I purchased some NVX Professional Grade OFC from Amazon.
I bought their 4 GA for the leads coming from the battery terminals, their 8 GA for the AMPS and their 16 GA for the speakers.
The wiring appears to be very professionally constructed.
Mike
I bought their 4 GA for the leads coming from the battery terminals, their 8 GA for the AMPS and their 16 GA for the speakers.
The wiring appears to be very professionally constructed.
Mike
As a manufacturer I can say that we were using copper-clad aluminum speaker wire for some time and got decent sound. However, we recently switched to pure copper (OFC) and it is enough to notice a difference in sound quality. Also, it is much safer on a bike application since the pure copper has a much higher flash point....
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As a manufacturer I can say that we were using copper-clad aluminum speaker wire for some time and got decent sound. However, we recently switched to pure copper (OFC) and it is enough to notice a difference in sound quality. Also, it is much safer on a bike application since the pure copper has a much higher flash point....
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With the shorter runs you have on a motorcycle, length is not really going to be an issue. I would recommend 18 gauge as an absolute minimum, 16 being better. We build handlebar mounted motorcycle speakers so the largest we go is a 4" speaker.... Larger speakers, and subsequently more wattage, would benefit from even larger gauge wire.
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