Best car audio wires?

[Iwvustang 10+ year member]

Who makes the best speaker, rca, and power wires?

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[MikeofTulsa Moderator]

when it comes to wire usually all your doing is buying a brand name....almost all wire is the same...good luck

 

[ss3079 5,000+ posts]

Yeah its pretty much all the same, from Lightning Audio, MTX, Stinger, Rockford Fosgate, Phoenix Gold etc....just make sure to get the right gauge.

 

[b1utigg3r2 10+ year member]

Try KnuKoncepts for RCA and Power/Ground Wires... They're good quality, why pay more? Hope this helps...

 

[EPanther99 10+ year member]

yeah i would say KnuKoncepts is pretty good, i have gotten stuff from them a few times, and there are the only place i was able to find twisted 8ga speaker wire. aw far as power wire, and speaker wire goes i dont think there is much difference but as far as rca's i do usually go the extra mile and pay a little more for some higher quality wires, just bc they are carring the audio signal. rf makes a lot of really good ones that arent too much.

 

[n2audio 5,000+ posts]

Power - as long as it's the right guage and is flexible enough, it's all the same

Speaker wire - see above

Rca's - UTP's are the best thing to use for car audio. If I was having noise problems I'd probably go with the Stinger Hypers

Panther, the reason you can't find 8 ga speaker wire is because it's overkill for virtually any car audio application.

 

[EPanther99 10+ year member]

i was running almost 2000 watts at half an ohm i just wanted to make sure it all got there, and it looked real good too //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/cool.gif.3bcaf8f141236c00f8044d07150e34f7.gif

 

[n2audio 5,000+ posts]

I guess if there was a need for 8ga speaker wire that would be it.

 

[audiolife 5,000+ posts]

kimber cable baby!!!! audiophiles love it i think its overkill lol you can tell a difference but to say its better i dunno...i have top of the line lightnings and i likem...knukonceptz has great stuff for the $ select products also has great rca's streetwires does too.......wire i would go knukonceptz rca's anything that is btween monstercable to kimber...at least mid line

 

[Iwvustang 10+ year member]

My dad is an audiophile. His speaker cables are like the power cables outside meh house. Then again, when yer speakers are $18,000 you might as well spend some money on cables ;D

 

[jlaine 10+ year member]

Originally posted by Iwvustang My dad is an audiophile. His speaker cables are like the power cables outside meh house. Then again, when yer speakers are $18,000 you might as well spend some money on cables ;D

Spending more money does not = better sound... One thing I've learned so far, it would definitely be that.

 

[audiolife 5,000+ posts]

when it gets to a point in my mind you just end up getting a different flavor if you will rather than "better" sound. i have heard silver cables all the way down to road master wire and i still say you get the best results per $ going high midline in most companies products....hell people been usin cat5 for cables and that stuff isnt expensive but its alota work. monstercable, lightning audio, streetwires...ect ect

 

[Iwvustang 10+ year member]

Originally posted by jlaine  

Spending more money does not = better sound... One thing I've learned so far, it would definitely be that.

So yer saying, that if i get some $30 subs, or some $1000 sub, most likely it wont be any better? It is true that in many cases a particualr item can be as good as another that costs more, but in general, you get what you pay for.

 

[n2audio 5,000+ posts]

Originally posted by Iwvustang  

So yer saying, that if i get some $30 subs, or some $1000 sub, most likely it wont be any better? It is true that in many cases a particualr item can be as good as another that costs more, but in general, you get what you pay for.

Obviously there'd be a difference, I think the point is that the difference between a $30 sub and a $300 sub would be drastic, but the difference between the $300 sub and a $600 sub would be minimal, and the difference between the $600 sub and a $1000 sub would be even less.

Better known as the law of diminishing return.

 

[jlaine 10+ year member]

Originally posted by Iwvustang  

So yer saying, that if i get some $30 subs, or some $1000 sub, most likely it wont be any better? It is true that in many cases a particualr item can be as good as another that costs more, but in general, you get what you pay for.

No, what I am saying is spend .20/ft on wire, or $80/ft.. I'll sit you down with a double blind test and see how impressive the $80/ft wire actually is...