It’s only a few blocks to your apartment from the club you were hanging out with your friends. The streets are dark, but you can make the trip in less than 3 minutes. However, tonight, you feel eyes on you. It’s too dark to really be sure, but suddenly someone’s got your arm. Too bad for them, you are prepared. You whip on your flashlight and blind your assailant. They loosen the grip on your arm and you kick hard. They’re down and disoriented. You book it away and make it safely home.
Whether you are installing a car audio system or a home surround sound system, understanding speaker wire and the different gauges it is available in is extremely critical if you want to maximize the quality of the speakers you have purchased.
Contrary to what some may say, the speaker wire you decide to use definitely can have an impact on the quality of your overall sound system.
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Typically, a “gauge” number labels the thickness of speaker wire. Most of the speaker wire that is available for purchase is between 12 and 16 gauge. In this case, the lower the gauge number, the thicker the wire. Thicker wire possesses a higher capacity to pass through an amplified audio signal. So what does this mean for you?
Now, let’s get real. You are not going to walk around everywhere with a flashlight in your hand. It’s simply impractical and usually completely unnecessary. After all, you can’t really blind someone in broad daylight. But keep it close at all times – in a pocket or bag. The only time you’ll actually need the flashlight in your hand is when you are walking in the dark. But do make sure you have it out when you are walking in the dark. There will be no time to dig it out of your bag or pocket when you are under attack.
For this, you would require the use of thicker speaker wire. You may also want to consider lower gauge (thicker) speaker wire if you are setting up a surround sound home theater system or if you have a whole home audio system with speakers in various rooms.
These multiple connections and long distances will require thicker wire to make up for the loss of sound quality. If you want high quality sound from your system, make sure to take the time to understand the difference in quality between the various gauges of speaker wire out there.
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