Higher Gauge, lower volume ?

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  • bigaudiofanatic
    bigaudiofanatic Posts: 4,415
    edited February 2010
    treitz3 wrote: »
    Well, that's a little odd to me that you would mention a decrease in volume. When I was in your shoes, I noticed a slightly [and I do mean slightly] better top end and bass that was a little more authoritative and the presence of bass/mid-bass was improved. Bass was also tightened up a bit.

    The last thing I would expect you to observe would be a decrease in volume.

    I experienced the same when i upgraded my wires.
    HT setup
    Panasonic 50" TH-50PZ80U
    Denon DBP-1610
    Monster HTS 1650
    Carver A400X :cool:
    MIT Exp 3 Speaker Wire
    Kef 104/2
    URC MX-780 Remote
    Sonos Play 1

    Living Room
    63 inch Samsung PN63C800YF
    Polk Surroundbar 3000
    Samsung BD-C7900
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,136
    edited February 2010
    xrapidx wrote: »
    Recently actually - My current cables are around $100 for 2.5m - a friend loaned me his $500-odd (for 2m) cables before I found what I'd done with mine, (they'd been moved by the maid). I only know the price of his because he told me not to stuff them up :p

    So - it was on my current setup of RTi A9's and Onkyo TX-NR807.

    Mine are a set of Monster speaker cables I bought about a year ago - I'll have to check which ones.

    His were Atas (or something like that).

    Remember - I'm new at this - so might not know what to listen for.
    BlueFox wrote: »
    What equipment is being used? $500 speakers, $500 pre/amp, etc? The better the equipment the more detail is presented to the speaker. If the speaker is capable of reproducing the detail then the odds are better cables will allow more detail to be heard.

    He listed the gear above.
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  • juanchibiris
    juanchibiris Posts: 5
    edited February 2010
    In my case, in my previous setup i change wire 22AWG for 12AWG and i don´t know if it is in my head, but to me ir sounded luoder with the same volume in the receiver.
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  • xrapidx
    xrapidx Posts: 73
    edited February 2010
    Will it do any damage running one type of cable to the left, and another type to the right - then running a Mono sound source?

    Easy enough to determine if one speaker is louder then?
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  • chiptouz
    chiptouz Posts: 152
    edited February 2010
    It is amazing to me that people could actually afford $5000 speaker wire for a home theater. I like my 12guage monster cable that I am using. I might have paid $50 to $60 each for 12' maybe..
    Sharp LC-80uq17u
    Denon 4520ci Receiver
    OPPO BDP-203 Blu-Ray Disc Player
    Monster HTS 3600
    Polk RTi-a7 (fronts)
    Polk CSi-a6 (Center)
    Polk TC-60i (Rear & Surround Rear)
    HSU Research VTF3-MK4 (Sub)
    Logitech Harmony elite (Remote)
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  • harpdawg
    harpdawg Posts: 3
    edited February 2010
    Run a resistance (ohms) check on both sets of speaker wires (old & new) from one end to the other with a multimeter. The larger gauge wire should give you a lower value (in ohms). Larger gauge wire is supposed to have less resistance (ohms) than smaller gauge, that way more of amperage produced by the amp is actually available to power the speaker. If the larger gauge has more resistance, then there is a problem with the quality of the wire.
    My HT

    Panasonic Plasma TC-P50S1
    Onkyo TX-SR607
    PS3
    DirectTV HD Reciever
    Magnovox DVD Recorder
    Sony VCR
    Sony dual cassette
    Front R/L: Realistic 15" 3-way
    Center: Polk CS10
    Surrounds: Polk TSi4
    Front R/L Height: Polk T15
    Sub: Pioneer 12" TS-W3004SPL (sealed enclosure) powered by Sony receiver (60W @ 0.008% THD)
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