On 1/9/2014 11:21 PM, Ralph Mowery wrote:
"boomer" wrote in message
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PS some have actually used #00 wire to their speakers. Without
experimenting myself I feel by guessing that this is over-kill. I could be
wrong, I was before.

While going from # 20 or so speaker wire to # 10 is often helpful, I doubt
going much larger is going to help unless you have a very long run.

Lots of things are over sold to te audio people. Best one I know of is some
special oxygen free teflon wire ( or something like that) that replaces the
line cord to the wall outlet for over $ 100. Even if it actually did
something, that extra 50 or so feet of regular wire back to the breaker box
and other wire to the main power feed would make it worthless.


Definitely! A lot of audio people want the best sound, but are
unfamiliar with the technical aspects. This leaves them ripe for greedy
salespeople.

I remember going into circuit City a few years ago. All I needed was a
few feet of speaker wire. The salesman tried to sell me a 50' spool of
16 gauge wire for about $50. I asked him why it was so expensive - he
replied "Because it's (brand name here)". I then asked him what was so
special about Monster. His only response was "It's (brand name here)!".

I went down the street to Radio Shack and got something similar for
under $10. That was 15 or more years ago, and it's still working fine.

If you want to sell me something that's 5x the price of the competition,
you need to be ready to tell me WHY it's 5x the price. And just saying
it's because it's a certain brand doesn't work.

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