Any benefits from running 12 gauge wire!

joeaudio26
joeaudio26 Posts: 97
hey, everyone i have 2 choices of wire to push my sub. 12 gauge and 16 ive been told id gain 1 or maybe 2 decibils by going with 12 any advice would be helpful.:D
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited September 2006
    I've never heard the dB idea, and it sounds ridiculous, but 12g would be a great choice. The extra cost is minimal so heavy up and don't worry about it.
    CTC BBQ Amplifier, Sonic Frontiers Line3 Pre-Amplifier and Wadia 581 SACD player. Speakers? Always changing but for now, Mission Argonauts I picked up for $50 bucks, mint.
  • joeaudio26
    joeaudio26 Posts: 97
    edited September 2006
    dorokusai wrote:
    I've never heard the dB idea, and it sounds ridiculous, but 12g would be a great choice. The extra cost is minimal so heavy up and don't worry about it.



    thats what i was thinking, thanx
    Whatsoever thy handfindeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is nor work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.
  • ntculenuff
    ntculenuff Posts: 1,146
    edited September 2006
    if you got the dough pony up and go all out :) in my jeep i run 10g for the sub and 12g for my components to the crossovers and from to the speakers.

    for high power sub systems i have seen 8g used to it's all about the flow :)
    Speakers:
    Definitive BP7001sc mains
    Definitive C/L/R 3000 center
    Polk RT800i's rears
    Definitive supercube I Sub
    Audio:
    Onkyo TX-NR3010
    Emotiva XPA five Gen 3
    OPPO BDP-103 CD, SACD, DVD-A
    Video:
    Panasonic TC-P65ZT60
    OPPO BDP-103 Bluray
    Directv x's 2