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<blockquote data-quote="jsloan10" data-source="post: 900174" data-attributes="member: 560397">Some cheap alternatives for wires-RCA&#039;s- the cheap kind with the thin black cords works fine, I have never heard an audible difference between them and the 69$ name brands.Speaker Cable- Lamp cord is a decent 16 gage equivilent, although speaker wire is generally not that pricey so you don&#039;t really need to skimp.Power Cable- Jumper/welder cables will work just as well at a fraction of the cost of the name brand stuff, and you can find some really nice flexible welding cable if you look around.The concerns about corrosion are a little exaggerated, a cars factory wiring is made up of regular wire and you see alot of 20+ year old cars driving around with the original battery cables under the hood, you just need to do a little maintenance by cleaning the battery terminals every few months with baking soda and water. I would not reccomend using crappy speaker cables in your doors though, because you don&#039;t want to have to take apart the door and replace those in a few years, but cheap RCA&#039;s and power cable will work like a charm.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jsloan10, post: 900174, member: 560397"] Some cheap alternatives for wires- RCA's- the cheap kind with the thin black cords works fine, I have never heard an audible difference between them and the 69$ name brands. Speaker Cable- Lamp cord is a decent 16 gage equivilent, although speaker wire is generally not that pricey so you don't really need to skimp. Power Cable- Jumper/welder cables will work just as well at a fraction of the cost of the name brand stuff, and you can find some really nice flexible welding cable if you look around. The concerns about corrosion are a little exaggerated, a cars factory wiring is made up of regular wire and you see alot of 20+ year old cars driving around with the original battery cables under the hood, you just need to do a little maintenance by cleaning the battery terminals every few months with baking soda and water. I would not reccomend using crappy speaker cables in your doors though, because you don't want to have to take apart the door and replace those in a few years, but cheap RCA's and power cable will work like a charm. [/QUOTE]

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