what size speaker cable do you use

[rosconey]

so what size is your favorite?

been using some 12 ga extension cord with the + doubled up- for a few years-

last summer i bought 2- 16 ga extension cords from harbor freight -well i decided to give them a try today with my new speakers-and i didnt double the + on these-

the sound has changed-lol
ill save the remarks till they get a hour at least on them

[bpape]

9 guage Harmonic Tech's on my mains.  11 ga HT and Canare 4S11 on the center and surrounds in the HT.  10ga to the sub.

Bryan

[_Scotty_]

I use 9 ga. Reality Cables and 8 ga. homebrew in my system.
Scotty

[mgalusha]

I use 4 strands of 12Ga THHN for the woofers, effectively 9Ga for each leg.


9ga Analysis plus on the mids/tweets which is way overkill but it does seem to sound good.

[richidoo]

5ga JPS 

I like 'em     I've learned that these speakers can't get too much current or too big wires.

[Carlman]

The Reality Cables are 9ga?!    I did not know that... That's what I use in my reference system... which is in limbo.

I currently use Home Depot in-wall 12ga speaker cable.  They are the finest plastic-sheathed strands of copper you can find.  

[richidoo]

That's what I use in my reference system...

You've arrived, brother! A 'reference system' and a normal system.  That may be the first "reference system" reference ever made on AN! 

[_Scotty_]

I guess mine must be a reference system also as it is the only one I have to make references to.
Scotty

[rosconey]

gotta wonder sometimes how the outside world thinks when we have a display of man hood by how big our speaker cable is

[djbnh]

The Reality Cables are 9ga?!    I did not know that... That's what I use in my reference system... which is in limbo.

I currently use Home Depot in-wall 12ga speaker cable.  They are the finest plastic-sheathed strands of copper you can find.  

Where are the real men to blog here about how they soldered their respective amps / preamps directly to the speakers? Come on, you know you're out there...

[rosconey]

i doubled up the + on my diy 16 ga harbor freight specials-

no bloat to the bass,sweet sounding for 10 bucks-
very happy with these and the new speakers

[rollo]

Using Omega Mikro Active and have no idea what ga. the ribbons are.


charles

[djbnh]

i doubled up the + on my diy 16 ga harbor freight specials-

no bloat to the bass,sweet sounding for 10 bucks-
very happy with these and the new speakers

What might be the effect of using 2 sets of the same brand speaker cables, in parallel, for speakers each with a single set of binding posts? For example, one could use a pair of SCs with spades, and another pair of SCs with bananas, for the amp-speaker connections for a pair of speakers each with only a pair of cable jacks, by using a [spade + banana] SC pair for each speaker. I don't know if it would do harm, good, or no change, might depend on capacitance and other parameters.

[richidoo]

I tried it with slightly different solid core copper wires once, it sounded horrible. It was anticable and bill occonnells cotton telephone wire. Separately they each sounded good. Weird.