04-23-2004, 04:31 PM
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What ga. speaker wire for 2000 Watts RMS?
I'm getting a 2000 watt sub and amp so my question is what ga. speaker wire should I use. I asked some people and they said 10 or 12 ga. would be fine. What do you guys think?
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04-23-2004, 04:34 PM
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i'd use 1/0 personally.
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04-23-2004, 04:44 PM
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It's speaker wire, NOT power wire that is being asked...
 8 Gauge should be sufficient. 
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04-23-2004, 05:00 PM
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Do you know where I can buy some 8 ga. speaker wire, or could I just use power wire?
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04-23-2004, 05:17 PM
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just use power wire try and use some nicer quality stuff though not the walmart crap that sheds all over the place and leaves u with **** connecting all sorts of crazy power loops :P that can get messy and dangerous to ur equipment
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04-24-2004, 02:46 AM
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honestly, unless you are running the subs in canada and the amp in new york, there isn't a need for anything over 12awg
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04-24-2004, 02:47 AM
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04-24-2004, 04:27 AM
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Ill be using 10awg power wire for mine. Only because I ran out of 12awg though and I already have 100ft of it sitting around.
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04-26-2004, 03:59 AM
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I think I'll go with 10 gauge just to be safe. Does anyone know where I can get some 10 ga. speaker wire? I know it's not easy to find 10 ga. speaker wire, I know none of the shops around where I live carry any. Or will I have to use 10 ga. power wire?
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04-26-2004, 06:18 AM
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Power wire and speaker wire are the same thing. Wire is wire.
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04-26-2004, 06:20 AM
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KennyG has some cool blue 12awg for $0.35 a foot in the for sale section 
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04-26-2004, 06:44 AM
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Well, I know power and speaker wire are the same kinds of wire, but speaker wire usually has the negative and positive wires twisted together so the signal quality is better. So thats what I was looking for.
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04-26-2004, 06:55 AM
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umm, if you think that twisting the wires around each other will give you much better sound quality, why dont you just take 2 pieces of power wires and twist them up lol?
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04-26-2004, 06:56 AM
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04-26-2004, 07:09 AM
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