What size Speaker should I use??
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New member Username: MijinkalCanada Post Number: 4 Registered: Apr-07 | I just bought a samsung 1000w theater in a box with my TV. The speaker wire that they supplied me is not long enough for where I am going to put the speakers. I need to buy new wire for one speaker, would I be better off buying thicker speaker wire for all of the speakers? I think it came with 18 GA so would it make much of a difference if I went to thicker wire and of higher quality?. I'm going to be wiring it into the walls so I want to do it right the first time. Is there a website that I can go to to learn the basics about home theaters?? I don't want to ask too many questions here. |
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Silver Member Username: DavidpaPortland, Oregon US Post Number: 453 Registered: Nov-05 | Go to home depot and grab some 16GA and call it good. Even then, there wont be a huge improvement with a htib, but wont hurt either, considering you will have a few longer runs. You can google "speaker wire lengths, or speaker wire guages" and see what comes up also. |
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Platinum Member Username: Jan_b_vigneDallas, TX Post Number: 10303 Registered: May-04 | . Pretty simple; http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?fr=ybr_sbc&p=home%20theater%20tutorial Try your own search engine. |
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New member Username: MijinkalCanada Post Number: 5 Registered: Apr-07 | OK, I googled it. too much info out there. feelin a bit silly here now. Thanks |
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Gold Member Username: NuckPost Number: 7008 Registered: Dec-04 | Damn Canadians. Too busy curing back bacon to read up on it. Maybe if I print it upside down on a beer bottle... |
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New member Username: MijinkalCanada Post Number: 6 Registered: Apr-07 | You're just jealous of us up here. |
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Silver Member Username: SemNew York USA Post Number: 665 Registered: Mar-04 | Careful Alan, he might just be your next door neighbor.  |
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Bronze Member Username: DmitchellOttawa, Ontario Canada Post Number: 61 Registered: Feb-07 | I always figured Nuck was Canadian... he knows too much of the way of the Canuck not to be. |
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Gold Member Username: Stu_pittIrvington, New York USA Post Number: 1795 Registered: May-05 | "...1000w theater in a box..." I'm setting the over/under for all channels driven at 8 ohms at 20-20k Hz with .1% THD at 25 watts per channel max. Any takers? |
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Silver Member Username: DavidpaPortland, Oregon US Post Number: 454 Registered: Nov-05 | Stu, maybe not even that. Speaker wire isnt going to change much in overall performance, but, like has been said before, it sure cant hurt. |
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Gold Member Username: NuckPost Number: 7010 Registered: Dec-04 | Sorry Alan, my profile doesn't show Canadian, I thought it did. Canuck enough to give the others a laugh with my comment. Sens in 6. |
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Bronze Member Username: DmitchellOttawa, Ontario Canada Post Number: 91 Registered: Feb-07 | Sens in 4! |
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