Amazon Basics Speaker Wire - 14-Gauge, 99.9% Oxygen-Free Copper, 30,5 m

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Remember, never sacrifice low cable resistance for an elaborate exotic design that promises to solve a problem that doesn't exist. Many exotic cable vendors promise you the moon but deliver cheese. No, pure copper wire devoid of oxygen won't produce any audible or tangible improvements in power. More money shouldn't be spent on it. It's a fantastic marketing tool for merchants, but the research reveals that the performance difference is incredibly minor. Spending extra money is unnecessary. You'll be alright if you use the right gauge of high-quality wire. Taking a string from the source to the speakers is the simplest technique to gauge the length of your cable run. This method gives you a very precise estimate of the distance between your speakers, and it works whether they are indoors or outdoors.

No, oxygen free pure copper wire will not deliver any noticeable improvements in sound or power. It’s not worth spending more money on it. Braided cables utilize multiple individually insulated conductors (usually 22-26AWG) twisted in a pattern that helps to reduce series mutual inductance but usually at the expense of increased capacitance. Remember anytime you bring conductors closer together, the inductance gets reduced but capacitance goes up. I do appreciate these type of cable designs if they aren't overly blown out of proportion with high capacitance needing a zobel network termination to prevent amplifier oscillation for long runs. Braided cables are a fine choice provided that you aren't sacrificing resistance for the design. Some of my favorite braided cables are the mid priced cables like the 8PR or 8TC from Kimber Kable. However, some of their more expensive cables like the Bifocals exhibit lots of capacitance and are not something I'd recommend for very long runs especially because they are quite cost prohibitive and NOT worth the expense for no sonic benefit, in my opinion. Less commonly known as the Brown and Sharpe wire chart, the American Wire Gauge chart has been around since 1857. It specifies sizes, each with a given circular area of the electrical conductor size, its resistance per foot or meter, and some other specifications.Using a typical and reasonable example, we can use 16AWG stranded copper wire with 19 strands of 29AWG wire (“19/29”). Resistance per meter is rated at 0.0147Ω/m. [1] If you rarely use your amp or stereo output above 50%-60% power, you can go down one wire AWG gauge. This is because you’ll never reach the wire’s current capacity if you don’t use maximum power. The current flows through two conductor sides (positive & negative) for a total of: 2*4m*0.0147Ω/m = 8m*0.0147Ω/m = 0.1176Ω total resistance for 4m of 19/29 stranded wire.

Aluminum offers a lighter weight and lower cost than copper, so at first it may seem like a great way to replace the more expensive copper options. However, there’s a problem. never sacrifice low cable resistance for an elaborate design that promises to solve a problem that doesn't exist. Also, a 14 gauge speaker wire should be used to connect an 8-ohm speaker within a distance of up to 80 feet whereas a 16 gauge speaker wire should be used to connect an 8-ohm speaker within a distance of up to 48 feet.

Power, current, voltage, are critical for calculating wire size we need for any type of electrical load – including the speaker Ohms load. This is one reason why power companies can use high-voltage power lines to distribute thousands of Watts using smaller wire gauge while reducing wire cost power losses over long distances. Speaker Wires are the subject of ongoing controversy. To connect speakers to amplifiers, some people spend cheap cable. But even though speaker wires are pricey, some audiophiles conduct extensive studies to find the best-performing models. Speaker wire quality, size, strand count, and so forth will vary from manufacturer to manufacturer, but we can use typical examples as a good and relatively accurate foundation for mathematically validating wire recommendations. To determine the appropriate wire for your speaker, it's essential to calculate the speaker's nominal impedance and the length of the wire run. The resistance of a speaker or audio amplifier to an electrical current is measured by speaker impedance. You can, therefore, accurately estimate how much wire you'll need once you've calculated the impedance in Ohms. Remembering that a speaker's wattage level indicates how much power it can safely handle from an amplifier. As a result, you should never exceed a speaker's maximum wattage range.