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<blockquote data-quote="helotaxi" data-source="post: 1482118" data-attributes="member: 550915">I used over 15&#039; in my Neon.&nbsp; 17&#039; RCAs were just long enough.&nbsp; Buy a longer length than you need and cut it to length (leaving about an extra foot or two in case you want/need to make a change later).&nbsp; You don&#039;t want to try to splice 1/0 to add more length...As far as RCAs go, avoid the super cheap Wally World unshielded cables, but there is no reason whatsoever to even think about spending more that $20-25 per cable.&nbsp; I use the Stinger Bullet series myself, and noise is not an issue.&nbsp; Unless you have done something wrong or have a bad component in the signal chain, you will not have noise in a system and I do not know of a single instance where swapping a basic shielded RCA that wasn&#039;t damaged for a high dollar gucci cable that costs a ton to pay for its marketing has solved a noise problem in a system.&nbsp; High-end cables are kinda like a ROLEX in my eyes.&nbsp; They look nice and are basically a status symbol.&nbsp; You are not getting any more function for the money than my $30 Timex.&nbsp; If you MUST have the high $ cables, go ahead and go completely stupid and wire the whole car with Kimber pure silver litz speaker wire and get the little rubber feet for your amps to keep the fidelity of the transistors from getting affected by the vibration and get a wooden volume knob because the metal to metal vibration of the stock knob introduces spurrious sound into the signal chain.&nbsp; It&#039;s your money, if you want to waste it go ahead.&nbsp; The money would be better spent IMO on higher quality amps and speakers.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="helotaxi, post: 1482118, member: 550915"] I used over 15' in my Neon. 17' RCAs were just long enough. Buy a longer length than you need and cut it to length (leaving about an extra foot or two in case you want/need to make a change later). You don't want to try to splice 1/0 to add more length... As far as RCAs go, avoid the super cheap Wally World unshielded cables, but there is no reason whatsoever to even think about spending more that $20-25 per cable. I use the Stinger Bullet series myself, and noise is not an issue. Unless you have done something wrong or have a bad component in the signal chain, you will not have noise in a system and I do not know of a single instance where swapping a basic shielded RCA that wasn't damaged for a high dollar gucci cable that costs a ton to pay for its marketing has solved a noise problem in a system. High-end cables are kinda like a ROLEX in my eyes. They look nice and are basically a status symbol. You are not getting any more function for the money than my $30 Timex. If you MUST have the high $ cables, go ahead and go completely stupid and wire the whole car with Kimber pure silver litz speaker wire and get the little rubber feet for your amps to keep the fidelity of the transistors from getting affected by the vibration and get a wooden volume knob because the metal to metal vibration of the stock knob introduces spurrious sound into the signal chain. It's your money, if you want to waste it go ahead. The money would be better spent IMO on higher quality amps and speakers. [/QUOTE]

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