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<blockquote data-quote="hedron" data-source="post: 8865610" data-attributes="member: 680828"><p>Yea, I'm pretty careful with stripping and splicing wire, even if it happens I have 50+ feet of it.</p><p></p><p>But, I mean, would there be overheating issues? I'm sure you could purposely force enough voltage to cause a fire in 4awg, but I assume you can adjust the gain for the proper amount of voltage?</p><p></p><p>My experience has taught me to use thinner wire in audio applications. When I was a teen, my parents were endlessly buying that monster cable stuff which was way too big for their audio equipment. I've always used 18g for home stereo use. I just can't help but think 16g is too big, since the force necessary to power through 16g is more than (I believe) the speakers really need or even can use.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hedron, post: 8865610, member: 680828"] Yea, I'm pretty careful with stripping and splicing wire, even if it happens I have 50+ feet of it. But, I mean, would there be overheating issues? I'm sure you could purposely force enough voltage to cause a fire in 4awg, but I assume you can adjust the gain for the proper amount of voltage? My experience has taught me to use thinner wire in audio applications. When I was a teen, my parents were endlessly buying that monster cable stuff which was way too big for their audio equipment. I've always used 18g for home stereo use. I just can't help but think 16g is too big, since the force necessary to power through 16g is more than (I believe) the speakers really need or even can use. [/QUOTE]
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