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[-] [email protected] 74 points 3 weeks ago

I don't know how well known this is by now, but just in case, I'll add it.

The quality of your speakers is not affected by the cable from your amp.

The connectors are more important in terms of physical contact, but almost any new connector will do. The wire itself makes no difference. Pay as much as you want but the sound will not be any different than if you used metal coat hanger wire.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago

Isn't conductor diameter important to supply proper wattage?

[-] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago

Not quite, conductor diameter is important to supply proper current, which will change depending on the impedance of your speaker. There are other values like inductance and capacitance in a wire that could affect how your speaker sounds. The good news is that you can pretty much buy any cheap 16 ga copper speaker wire and not worry about it, as it would take effort to make a speaker wire that sounds bad (and those companies are the type to try to charge you $1000/ft for it!)

[-] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

Thanks.

I always shy away from the ad hype of products, I have been in different industries, and have seen that a $ product vs $$$ product is sometimes identical innards, and a refreshed outer...which didn't cost the manufacturer anything extra.

I have tried to explain this to my spouse, but she will still gravitate to buying the more expensive; equating cost with quality

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