Wire Recommendations

psalm10720
psalm10720 Posts: 2
edited June 2006 in Car Audio & Electronics
Does anyone have a site or know where I can get wiring recommendations to wire new polk car door speakers? ie.. should I use metra 10 gauge wire? Monster Cable? Is there a differnece? Is there an ultimate wire gauge and manufacturer to use in this application?
Psalm 107:20 "God sent forth his word and healed them, he delivered them from their destructions."
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  • exalted512
    exalted512 Posts: 10,735
    edited May 2006
    www.knukonceptz.com for all your wiring needs. monster speaker wire is crap
    -Cody
    Music is like candy, you have to get rid of the rappers to enjoy it
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  • psalm10720
    psalm10720 Posts: 2
    edited May 2006
    do you use this brand?
    Psalm 107:20 "God sent forth his word and healed them, he delivered them from their destructions."
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  • 1996blackmax
    1996blackmax Posts: 2,436
    edited May 2006
    I use this brand and will continue to use it from now on.
    Alpine: CDA-7949
    Alpine: PXA-H600
    Alpine: CHA-S624, KCA-420i, KCA-410C
    Rainbow: CS 265 Profi Phase Plug / SL 165
    ARC Audio: 4150-XXK / 1500v1-XXK
    JL Audio: 10W6v2 (x2)
    KnuKonceptz
    Second Skin
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  • exalted512
    exalted512 Posts: 10,735
    edited May 2006
    sure do
    -Cody
    Music is like candy, you have to get rid of the rappers to enjoy it
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  • MacLeod
    MacLeod Posts: 14,358
    edited May 2006
    Go to Lowes. They have 14 guage speaker wire. 100' for $25. Cant beat that anywhere and its just as good as the fancy stuff.

    http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=productDetail&productId=214940-578-PM62122&lpage=none
    polkaudio sound quality competitor since 2005
    MECA SQ Rookie of the Year 06 ~ MECA State Champ 06,07,08,11 ~ MECA World Finals 2nd place 06,07,08,09
    08 Car Audio Nationals 1st ~ 07 N Georgia Nationals 1st ~ 06 Carl Casper Nationals 1st ~ USACi 05 Southeast AutumnFest 1st

    polkaudio SR6500 --- polkaudio MM1040 x2 -- Pioneer P99 -- Rockford Fosgate P1000X5D
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  • 1996blackmax
    1996blackmax Posts: 2,436
    edited May 2006
    This is 20 cents a foot :).

    KLE16BL.JPG

    http://www.knukonceptz.com/productDetail.cfm?prodID=KLE16BL
    Alpine: CDA-7949
    Alpine: PXA-H600
    Alpine: CHA-S624, KCA-420i, KCA-410C
    Rainbow: CS 265 Profi Phase Plug / SL 165
    ARC Audio: 4150-XXK / 1500v1-XXK
    JL Audio: 10W6v2 (x2)
    KnuKonceptz
    Second Skin
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  • exalted512
    exalted512 Posts: 10,735
    edited May 2006
    1996blackmax wrote:
    This is 20 cents a foot :).

    KLE16BL.JPG

    http://www.knukonceptz.com/productDetail.cfm?prodID=KLE16BL
    you just beat that
    -Cody
    Music is like candy, you have to get rid of the rappers to enjoy it
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  • MacLeod
    MacLeod Posts: 14,358
    edited May 2006
    Yeah but thats 16 guage and after you pay S&H youre over $25. Mine is $25 shipped, 14 guage AND you dont have to wait for it to be shipped! :D
    polkaudio sound quality competitor since 2005
    MECA SQ Rookie of the Year 06 ~ MECA State Champ 06,07,08,11 ~ MECA World Finals 2nd place 06,07,08,09
    08 Car Audio Nationals 1st ~ 07 N Georgia Nationals 1st ~ 06 Carl Casper Nationals 1st ~ USACi 05 Southeast AutumnFest 1st

    polkaudio SR6500 --- polkaudio MM1040 x2 -- Pioneer P99 -- Rockford Fosgate P1000X5D
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  • exalted512
    exalted512 Posts: 10,735
    edited May 2006
    dont you have some power wire to tape together:D
    -Cody
    Music is like candy, you have to get rid of the rappers to enjoy it
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  • MacLeod
    MacLeod Posts: 14,358
    edited May 2006
    Anything to save a buck! ;)
    polkaudio sound quality competitor since 2005
    MECA SQ Rookie of the Year 06 ~ MECA State Champ 06,07,08,11 ~ MECA World Finals 2nd place 06,07,08,09
    08 Car Audio Nationals 1st ~ 07 N Georgia Nationals 1st ~ 06 Carl Casper Nationals 1st ~ USACi 05 Southeast AutumnFest 1st

    polkaudio SR6500 --- polkaudio MM1040 x2 -- Pioneer P99 -- Rockford Fosgate P1000X5D
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  • exalted512
    exalted512 Posts: 10,735
    edited May 2006
    ill get that distro block out to you next week. Ive been extremely busy lately so i havent been able to get around to it.
    -Cody
    Music is like candy, you have to get rid of the rappers to enjoy it
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  • 1996blackmax
    1996blackmax Posts: 2,436
    edited May 2006
    MacLeod wrote:
    Yeah but thats 16 guage and after you pay S&H youre over $25. Mine is $25 shipped, 14 guage AND you dont have to wait for it to be shipped! :D


    Well, I would rather have higher quality 16g over run of the mill 14g any day of the week :D
    Alpine: CDA-7949
    Alpine: PXA-H600
    Alpine: CHA-S624, KCA-420i, KCA-410C
    Rainbow: CS 265 Profi Phase Plug / SL 165
    ARC Audio: 4150-XXK / 1500v1-XXK
    JL Audio: 10W6v2 (x2)
    KnuKonceptz
    Second Skin
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  • exalted512
    exalted512 Posts: 10,735
    edited May 2006
    theres no doubt in my mind that knu's 16 has a bigger strand count than that 14
    -Cody
    Music is like candy, you have to get rid of the rappers to enjoy it
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  • MacLeod
    MacLeod Posts: 14,358
    edited May 2006
    Oh please. Speaker wire is speaker wire.
    polkaudio sound quality competitor since 2005
    MECA SQ Rookie of the Year 06 ~ MECA State Champ 06,07,08,11 ~ MECA World Finals 2nd place 06,07,08,09
    08 Car Audio Nationals 1st ~ 07 N Georgia Nationals 1st ~ 06 Carl Casper Nationals 1st ~ USACi 05 Southeast AutumnFest 1st

    polkaudio SR6500 --- polkaudio MM1040 x2 -- Pioneer P99 -- Rockford Fosgate P1000X5D
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  • 1996blackmax
    1996blackmax Posts: 2,436
    edited May 2006
    and speakers are just speakers, and amps are just amps, and hu's are just hu's, and subs are just subs, and sound deadening materials are....... :D
    Alpine: CDA-7949
    Alpine: PXA-H600
    Alpine: CHA-S624, KCA-420i, KCA-410C
    Rainbow: CS 265 Profi Phase Plug / SL 165
    ARC Audio: 4150-XXK / 1500v1-XXK
    JL Audio: 10W6v2 (x2)
    KnuKonceptz
    Second Skin
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  • exalted512
    exalted512 Posts: 10,735
    edited May 2006
    just sound deadening materials?
    Music is like candy, you have to get rid of the rappers to enjoy it
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  • cam5860
    cam5860 Posts: 632
    edited May 2006
    stranded copper wire is all the same there is no difference. People say there is more strands of wire in this brand than another brand it's all bull ****.
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  • 1996blackmax
    1996blackmax Posts: 2,436
    edited May 2006
    exalted512 wrote:
    just sound deadening materials?

    Not all the same is my point.
    Alpine: CDA-7949
    Alpine: PXA-H600
    Alpine: CHA-S624, KCA-420i, KCA-410C
    Rainbow: CS 265 Profi Phase Plug / SL 165
    ARC Audio: 4150-XXK / 1500v1-XXK
    JL Audio: 10W6v2 (x2)
    KnuKonceptz
    Second Skin
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  • 1996blackmax
    1996blackmax Posts: 2,436
    edited May 2006
    cam5860 wrote:
    stranded copper wire is all the same there is no difference. People say there is more strands of wire in this brand than another brand it's all bull ****.


    What's bull? The part about being more strands of copper?
    Alpine: CDA-7949
    Alpine: PXA-H600
    Alpine: CHA-S624, KCA-420i, KCA-410C
    Rainbow: CS 265 Profi Phase Plug / SL 165
    ARC Audio: 4150-XXK / 1500v1-XXK
    JL Audio: 10W6v2 (x2)
    KnuKonceptz
    Second Skin
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  • exalted512
    exalted512 Posts: 10,735
    edited May 2006
    1996blackmax wrote:
    Not all the same is my point.
    do i win something?
    Music is like candy, you have to get rid of the rappers to enjoy it
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  • 1996blackmax
    1996blackmax Posts: 2,436
    edited May 2006
    You win an atta boy :D.
    Alpine: CDA-7949
    Alpine: PXA-H600
    Alpine: CHA-S624, KCA-420i, KCA-410C
    Rainbow: CS 265 Profi Phase Plug / SL 165
    ARC Audio: 4150-XXK / 1500v1-XXK
    JL Audio: 10W6v2 (x2)
    KnuKonceptz
    Second Skin
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  • fish369
    fish369 Posts: 13
    edited May 2006
    I have some Esoteric 12 gauge I had in an old install from fifteen years ago and it looks and feels as good as it did when it was new. It is so soft and easy to work with you can bend it around anything, nice thick insulation that was easy to pull. Hard to beat.
    Fred Fisher
    Pioneer VSX-D912K
    Pioneer DV-578A-S
    Toshiba 6 head VCR
    Polk 6800
    Mitsubishi 65"
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  • badboyspack
    badboyspack Posts: 10
    edited June 2006
    12 awg should be fine for door speakers
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  • LittleCar_w/12s
    LittleCar_w/12s Posts: 568
    edited June 2006
    Strand count:

    When compared against the same total wire guage, more strand count only has the advantage of conducting more freely above the 1kHz mark.
    The other advantage is bendability.

    Lower Oxygen copper will be less likely to break with repeated bending (as with door installs) but you will probably wear your hinges out faster. there is an extremely small difference in conductivity that you wont notice.

    Go get cheap wire. It's plain, but it'll do the job. Just get the right gauge for the job.

    -Jerry-
    ___________________________
    Total cost of materials: Going up...
    Time spent: Countless Hours...
    Cranking the system, having it quiet outside the car, and sound that takes the rear-view off inside: PRICELESS

    For some things in life, you pay others to do it... For a masterpeice, do it yourself.
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