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<blockquote data-quote="Foote" data-source="post: 3610269" data-attributes="member: 561415">I use 8 gauge speaker wiring. And its not an over kill. These eletrical-buffs contridict them selves continously.&nbsp; Increasing the size does help. Here&nbsp; are the differnces in speakerwires for a setup @2000 watts, 5 feet of wire, with 1 ohm.16 gauge wire:1820 watts getting to the subsamps: 42Voltage drop: 2.0614 gauge wire:1884 wattsamps: 43Voltage drop: 1.3212 gauge wire:1926 Wattsamps: 44Voltage drop: 0.8410 gauge wire:1952 wattsamps: 44Voltage drop: 0.538 gauge wire:1970.19amps: 44Voltage drop: 0.33...So, the differnce in upgrading from 12 gauge to 8 gauge is youll get 44 watts more of your amp and youll gain over half a volt point.&nbsp;&nbsp; Definetly wont be audible or an EXTREME difference...but it does help to have a higher voltage; and we car audio-enthusiast could all use a little extra help with keeping our voltage high //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Foote, post: 3610269, member: 561415"] I use 8 gauge speaker wiring. And its not an over kill. These eletrical-buffs contridict them selves continously. Increasing the size does help. Here are the differnces in speakerwires for a setup @2000 watts, 5 feet of wire, with 1 ohm. 16 gauge wire: 1820 watts getting to the subs amps: 42 Voltage drop: 2.06 14 gauge wire: 1884 watts amps: 43 Voltage drop: 1.32 12 gauge wire: 1926 Watts amps: 44 Voltage drop: 0.84 10 gauge wire: 1952 watts amps: 44 Voltage drop: 0.53 8 gauge wire: 1970.19 amps: 44 Voltage drop: 0.33 ...So, the differnce in upgrading from 12 gauge to 8 gauge is youll get 44 watts more of your amp and youll gain over half a volt point. Definetly wont be audible or an EXTREME difference...but it does help to have a higher voltage; and we car audio-enthusiast could all use a little extra help with keeping our voltage high [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif[/IMG] [/QUOTE]

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