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Originally Posted by mehmeh
I keep my reservations on cable qualities (can of worms) although like you say; RCAs are a little more plausable, due to the low voltage.
Thin speaker cable being better than thick...
Hmm that's something I've not thought about before. I can see this swinging both ways depending upon the signal and the power levels. Thick wire means less resistance so loss of power is minimal, which is why thick powercables are a must. However the thicker the cable, the more capacitance, so you could actually end up distorting the signal if it's a high frequency.
I would guess that it woudn't even be measurable until you get up well out the audio spectrum as the frequencies are too low, normal speaker cables are also made up of loads of strands anyway so that adds another thing in to the equation...
All in all I haven't the foggiest where it ends up 
You would have to weigh up the loss of power (and resultantly also the distortion) vs the potential distortion, due to capacitance in the cable. It would be interesting to know where. it balances out
Personally I just stick to around 14/16awg for speakers (depending upon the power) as that seems good middle-ground. The output of an amp is high voltage, low current (compared to the power side) so speaker cables do not have to be anywhere near as thick as the power cables. |
lol i might have to make a thread on TA see what thay say about it as i want to know where it balances out to i have read some where that for any power sub/speaker you dont need more than 12 awg speaker cable
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Originally Posted by RS_Matt
Yeah thats it, on low volumes I noticed the subs sounded a bit tinny but when I turned the volume up they hit hard.
I have the rca's on the other side of the car to the power cables, but I've never spent over £20 on rca leads.
Tweeters always seem to come with ultra thin wire too, might be a frequency thing.
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i think that could just be down to the speaker and the power its geting not the cable but im not 100% sure as i have only just started to get into car audio
yeah dont think you relly need to spend more than £20 thats what i spent triple shielded rca so should stop some distorting
true tweeters do always come with small wire but that could just be thay cant solder on bigger wire