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Offline dede

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12meters speaker wire - suggestion?
« on: May 06, 2011 at 11:02 AM »
My audio speakers are 12meters away from the amplifier. I was informed that speaker wire won't do the trick and i should get ga14 THHN electrical wire. But I have to buy 4 strands, which will be inconveniently thick and aesthetically bad (because I will be shedding the door frame). So now, I need a suggestion on what speaker wire to get (and where). First is I would like to validate the premise, will speaker wire be good enough to deliver hifi audio to speakers 12meters away? If yes, what specs/brand/price and where to get it. Would appreciate your help! Thank you!

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Re: 12meters speaker wire - suggestion?
« Reply #1 on: May 06, 2011 at 04:58 PM »
you probably got a wrong info. 12m is not that far. for 8ohm speakers, a decent pair of 16awg wires is enough up to 15m. anything bigger can be considered an excess. of course a little overkill can't hurt.

http://www.roger-russell.com/wire/wire.htm#wiretable
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Re: 12meters speaker wire - suggestion?
« Reply #2 on: May 09, 2011 at 08:44 AM »
thank you! I bought awg14 audioworks brand for P49/m.