Speaker wire...

falkenbd · Post by **falkenbd** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 1:15 pm

in case you didn't notice, you just hit 10,000 posts!

Jon · Post by **Jon** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 1:19 pm

The higher the strand count, the more physical copper you can fill in the same jacket. The more copper you have, the more current that wire can carry.

To measure the capabilities of some wire, you can simply check the resistance with a DMM. You have to work with standardized lengths for the test to be fair though. My guess is that you would be hard to measure a difference in most wire under 20 foot. After that the difference would be very small from one brand to the next.

Buy the cheap stuff unless it has a physical feature that you do not like.

Ryan from Ohio · Post by **Ryan from Ohio** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 3:38 pm

Take a look int he product review section about Raptor wire.

Just because a company claims the wire to be a certain gauge doesnt mean it is!

k0rnyfr33k · Post by **k0rnyfr33k** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 4:38 pm

We ran a ton of that in wall speaker wire(enough to run at least 10.2 channels, seemed like enough to run 22.2 channels lol....) when we built our house... we ran it in the ceiling. It doesn't actually bend as well as regular speaker wire.

How important is to to have that extra PVC coating around the speaker wire itself.? I know its a resistor and it keeps the wires together. But is it actually that important? Does it actually resist more current than im thinking?

Tim · Post by **Tim** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 5:46 pm

I think I read somewhere that the higher the strand count, the more flexible the wire is. Is that correct??

Tim

Bwcad1 · Post by **Bwcad1** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 6:30 pm

This gives me an idea.... I think im gonna set up a test. with diffrent brand speaker wire and then run a Voltage Drop test and a Resistance test on them. see what ranks the highest and the lowest.

falkenbd · Post by **falkenbd** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 6:53 pm

that would be sweet. i'd send you a couple of samples of what I have laying around...

what would you use? 10 foot sections?

Ryan from Ohio · Post by **Ryan from Ohio** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 7:10 pm

Probably 20'

Bwcad1 · Post by **Bwcad1** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 8:05 pm

Ryan from Ohio · Post by **Ryan from Ohio** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 5:39 am

Thats about what we nee dto go from amps to fronts