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How to Buy Speaker Cables

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Summary: Look at gage number and strand count when buying speaker cables. Purchase the right speaker wire with tips from an audio/video technician in this free video on home electronics.

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By Charles Willet
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Charles Willet is the owner of ATX A/V in Austin, Texas. He began his A/V career operating a recording studio after receiving training from the Dallas Sound Lab in Audio Engineering &...read more

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"Hi, I'm Charles with ATX Audio Video. Many people ask how to buy speaker cables. Speaker cables come in many different gages. The lower the number of the gage actually indicates a bigger wire. When looking for speaker cables you should also look at the strand count. The strands is the number of individual copper fibers in the speaker cable. The higher the number of the strands when. The higher the number of strands allows for a better connection to your speakers and your equipment. With larger strands, you get less contact points at the speaker terminals and at the audio output terminals of your receiver or amplifier. When selecting a gage of wire for your speakers, there's a few. When selecting the proper gage speaker cable you should take a few things into consideration. Cable length up to fifty foot standard speakers should run properly off a sixteen gage speaker wire. Over distances of fifty feet you would need to go up to the next size larger cable which would be fourteen gage. At a hundred, you would also go up one set further to a twelve gage wire."

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