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what gauge speaker cable should i use for my home theater?
mine is onkyo hts 590s system.1) what gauge is the Speaker Cable best for best audio reproduction and where can i buy2) is monster really worth the price or acoustic research cable is as good as monster ?3) also is tehre noticeable differences between 10, 12, 16 gauge cables ?
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tape will be fine… just strip the wires down enough that you can twist the two ends together then tape them. or you can get cable crimps from the hardware store where you put each end of the wire into a connector then crimp it down to hold them tight. In most cases if it does mess with the quality it all it will be the highend frequencys that you are uncapable of hearing anyways IF it affects it at all. But it should be fine. I install all my car stereos and do my home wiring with crimps and twist and tape
Black is Generally the rear speakers, and orange is center/sub. Some sound cards reverse this. If you have a 5.1 channel surround system for your computer, you can use these plugs for the other channels.Table:Pink = Microphone In (mono)Blue = Line-In (stereo)Green = Line-Out / Front Speakers / HeadphonesOrange = Center Speaker and SubwooferBlack = Rear Surround Speakers (5.1, 7.1 systems)Grey = Mid Surround Speakers (7.1 systems)
sorry you need a receiver to run the speakers. you can grab an entry level one like this:http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8249745&type=product&id=1169512508577to start your first “home theater system” you will be able to add a center channel, rear speakers and a sub to that as well. Obviously you will be able to play your TV, comp, CD, DVD, video games through it as well
I congratulate you on your good taste in audio systems.For setting up the speakers, place the speakers to the front left and front right of your listening position. Now they can be named left and right.Connect the left speaker to the left speaker out of the NAD. Red to Red and White to White. Do the same for your right speaker using the right side speaker connection on your NAD. If there are multiple lefts and rights named as A, B etc.. connect them under the same name (but different channels- left/right)This was the basics. Now going a little further- Are there two pairs of binding posts on your speakers? If there are, it means that your speakers are biwiring and biamping capable. Next check if your amplifier also is biamping capable (read the manual).If your speakers are biwiring capable and amp is not, I suggest that to save money, you just link the similar coloured binding posts behind the speakers with a good quality speaker wire and the same for the other similar colour posts.For biamping you’ll have to run two pair of wires from your amp to each of your speakers. The connections behind your NAD will be explained in the manual. The wires will have to be connected to the speakers’ binding posts as if these were two different speakers and make sure to remove any kind of contacts between the similar coloured binding posts.I suggest that you read your amplifier’s manual and see the back of your speakers and then you’ll know what to do and decide what you want to do.For more information on biwiring and biamping, check the links-
under the hood ,on drivers side ,below windshield, you will find the fire wall on this panel you should find several rubber plugs ,where the speedodometr cable run ect. gentaly pull this plug out ,feed pa plug thru hole replace rubber plug ,mount speaker under hood
Heavy guage cables are important only for speakers that carry low bass (less than 100Hz). It also depends on how long the cable run is. You do not have to uses special speaker cable; electrical lamp cord will work just fine. The main reason to go for cables designed for speakers is that they are “polarized” (one of wlres is marked along the cable) so that you can maintain proper polarity when connecting speakers to the amp (red to red, black to black, eg). It is hard to tell without an ohmmeter which wire is connected to which unless the wires are marked. Go to your local hardware store or Home Depot. They have polarized speaker wire in various sizes. For main front speakers no more than 15ft from the amp. 16 guage is adequate. for a passive subwoofer, use 14 guage, or if the cable is longer than 15ft, use 12 guage (powered subs don’t use speaker cable). For surround and center channel speakers, 16 guage is more than adequate at any length. Get the lowest cost cable that will do the job.
For DIY try http://www.audioholics.comvery informative and sensible information.Have tried it myself and works well.
Those screws are supposed to be all that holds it in place. Being an older car, it must have something sticky holding it down…. maybe someone spilled some soda 10 years ago, and it’s like glue now. Keep prying it…. be easy, work a thin scraper in there a little at a time. A wide scraper will be less likely to damage it than a thin screwdriver. If it breaks…. that’s what junkyards are for, go get a replacement weatherstrip, they’re cheap.
I would just twist the wire together and cover it up with electrical tape. You don’t need the terminal block. Make sure that the gage of the wire are the same, along with the polarity of the wires. Try to go no longer than 100 feet for speaker cables. Hope this will help you out.
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It maybe safe but it could also be very hazardous it just depends on your situation. If your speaker cable is at least 18 gauge and has decent insulation then the probability of danger is quite small. The worry is that speaker cable isn’t meant to carry high voltage and so the insulation could break down and be a shock hazard or a fire hazard. Also if it is smaller then 18 gauge, the resistance of the wire increases so there is the possibility of the wire heating up, causing the insulation to fail and then you would have exposed wiring. You should really use wire that is rated for the voltage and current of the fan.
You need to connect the speaker(s) to an amplifier, which can (usually) be connected to your PC via 1/8th inch audio jack.
I do believe in the benefit of good cables within reason and I would not use lamp cord in my system. I would not, however, use a different kind of speaker cable for my center channel than I do for the main L&R speakers which are important for music. I think it is best to use the same cable for all channels but people often use a less expensive cable for the rear speakers and frequently these cables need to be rated for in-wall installation.
While not ideal, it’s definitely safe. Many smaller speakers use very thin speaker wires that are very similar to CAT5. Unless these are huge speakers that you will be blasting sound from, don’t even bother combining the strands. Pick two and hook them up.
Not really. You should have run a line-level interconnect to the sub’s location. Speaker wire is unshielded and will be susceptible to noise; this is especially bad for subwoofers because they will happily and loudly reproduce 60 Hz hum.Is the speaker wire running through a wall? Maybe you can use it to pull a proper interconnect through the wall.If you absolutely can’t fix the wiring or move the sub, your only choice will be to get a different sub which accepts speaker-level input.
Solder the speaker wire to a banana plug, then plug it in.
The tip of the plug is positive +. You cannot do any harm to a speaker by reversing the polarity. It is only important that both speakers be wired the same. That way they will be in phase with each other. They sound a little better when they are in phase. That is the only purpose of the polarity marking.