So I'm helping a friend with a wedding and I need to run probably 70-100 ft of wire out to a large speaker. I need the thicker gauge speaker wire (nothing like the small stuff you get with surround sound speakers) and I may have to buy it. Was wondering what the cheapest place to get it was locally? Wal-Mart, one of the Musician-type big stores?

I don't know the exact wattage I'll be putting out. To be honest, I'll be using some shitty old receiver going out to two speakers that take more wattage than the receiver puts out. It should work, but I don't know the receiver wattage. If anyone has a bunch of wire I can borrow, it would be much appreciated, but if not, I'll be purchasing some. Thanks!

9/29/2009 4:27:16 PM

Pretty sure I bought some at Lowes for real cheap.

9/29/2009 4:29:17 PM

You can buy a 100' roll of decent 18 gauge stuff from Best Buy for around $30.
Radio Shack has some cheaper stuff if you want to pay less than that...
http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2049734
http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2103617

[Edited on September 29, 2009 at 4:33 PM. Reason : s]

9/29/2009 4:32:44 PM

HH Greg also sells it in 100' spools of 18 or 16 awg.

9/29/2009 4:39:12 PM

So, apparently I may be SERIOUSLY underpowering these speakers. In doing so, am I simply sacrificing volume, or would providing the right wattage to each channel be a very important to sound quality?

I'm using an old ass Pioneer SX-1900 (40 wpc) to power some Cerwin Vega RE-38's.

CV info:

Quote :

"Power Handling (RMS): 5 to 400 Watts RMS Frequency Response: 27Hz-20kHz Sensitivity (dB): 102 dB dB Impedance (Ohms): 4 Ohms Weight (lbs): 90 lbs. Dimensions (w/h/d): 35.75/18/17.75 in. (width/height Description: 15 " 3-way"

Should I make sure I'm also using a 4 ohm receiver that puts out more than 40 wpc?




[Edited on September 29, 2009 at 4:46 PM. Reason : poast]

9/29/2009 4:42:20 PM

it should be cheap at lowes /home depot

9/29/2009 4:51:43 PM

Just don't push them till they start distorting. Once you do that, you are clipping and can blow them.

9/29/2009 4:53:23 PM

alrighty... I'll keep it low... and I'll see if the place we're doing it at... if their receiver is slightly more powered than ours. Mine's a small home receiver, but theirs was probably used for outdoor events. I'll see what they got and work from there. Thanks for the advice, man.

9/29/2009 5:00:21 PM

big lots

9/29/2009 5:34:36 PM

big lots

9/29/2009 5:34:36 PM

might have more luck in teck talk for what you're trying to do

9/29/2009 5:47:43 PM

you need an amp and I get my wire at walmart in the car audio section

9/29/2009 5:51:19 PM

If your receiver is not rated to handle a 4 ohm load, it is not advisable to connect 4 ohm speakers. The amp will very easily overheat. Some receivers have a selector switch on the back to select different speaker impedances. Check for this and set to match your speakers.

If necessary, you can connect both of your speakers in series to one channel of your amp, thereby providing that channel an 8-ohm load.

Also, if it's possible, locate the receiver closer to the speakers so you can use shorter speaker cables.

9/29/2009 7:52:53 PM

how has no one mentioned monoprice yet?

9/30/2009 5:57:59 PM

"locally"

but I went and got the brown wire from radio shack. i think it's going to work out OK. I bough two just in case, though I'll probably return one. We'll see how it goes.

10/1/2009 10:58:11 AM