what gauge speaker cable should i use for my home theater?

Question

mine is onkyo hts 590s system.

1) what gauge is the best for best audio reproduction and where can i buy

2) is monster really worth the price or acoustic research cable is as good as monster ?

3) also is tehre noticeable differences between 10, 12, 16 gauge cables ?

Answer 1

Heavy guage cables are important only for speakers that carry low bass (less than 100Hz). It also depends on how long the cable run is. You do not have to uses special speaker cable; electrical lamp cord will work just fine. The main reason to go for cables designed for speakers is that they are "polarized" (one of wlres is marked along the cable) so that you can maintain proper polarity when connecting speakers to the amp (red to red, black to black, eg). It is hard to tell without an ohmmeter which wire is connected to which unless the wires are marked. Go to your local hardware store or Home Depot. They have polarized speaker wire in various sizes. For main front speakers no more than 15ft from the amp. 16 guage is adequate. for a passive subwoofer, use 14 guage, or if the cable is longer than 15ft, use 12 guage (powered subs don't use speaker cable). For surround and center channel speakers, 16 guage is more than adequate at any length. Get the lowest cost cable that will do the job.

Answer 2

Speaker cable can vary with power output. For the average car stereo, 16-guage would be the minimum...but it doesn't hack it for home stereo. Stick with 12-guage for all home-stereo applications coming off the power amp and going to the speakers. There is not a big difference between 10 and 12...but there will be a noticable difference if you try to go down to 16. You'll lose bottom-end (bass) focus and definition. What brand you use is up to you...there's not a big difference between brands, though many folks will swear by one brand or another.

Answer 3

lol properly your going to get a majority of people saying as long as you save the gauge super adequate to decrease resistance and its Oxygen unfastened to decrease Oxidation your superb. there is allot extra to a extra effective sounding cable. there's a distinction interior the common of sound and video you will get from extra effective cables. in spite of what the "double blind" exams inform you (they ought to ether be deaf or the try replaced into no longer carried out poorly) there is not any question there's a distinction interior the sound of cables. There are although issues to understand. One bigger value does not continuously assure you a extra effective sounding cable. Monster as an occasion does make some bigger priced cables, some are merely ok yet standard they actually do no longer furnish lots in sound progression. the extra effective cables are no longer bought interior the chain shops extremely (in spite of the reality that ultimate purchase is now advertising Audioquest, fantastically stable type of cables) you extremely ought to flow on your autonomous severe end audio video shops to discover the extra effective cables. maximum of those shops could additionally provide help to take samples abode to objective till now very final purchase. 2d its extremely a robust theory to purchase the ultimate suited funds of cables to the point of equipment you extremely have. The equipment ought to be of extremely stable high quality to pay attention the variations, the equipment ideally should additionally be properly setup and top calibrated. Now the different actuality is encompass structures are extremely reproducing extra sound outcomes extremely than a stereo equipment it extremely is reproducing the state-of-the-artwork information of song. So surely will you pay attention that explosions sound extra effective ? YA lol yet you ought to choose for a manner lots its properly worth listening to them in extra factor. If it is a song and encompass equipment then surely its properly worth making an investment in extra effective cables. Kevin 40 years severe end audio video professional.

Answer 4

use monster standard 16 guage