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What size speaker wire for longer runs?
I'm far from an audiophile and need help with some wiring. I have an
old pioneer receiver that has an A/B switch. I use B for satellite speakers on my deck. Until recently, they worked fine having run about 30 feet of wire from where the receiver sits to the speakers. Yesterday, I moved the receiver to a room farther away and had to splice in about an extra 20 feet of wire. There are actually three splices in each wire now due to obstacles and such. Now, when I turn up the volume to even a moderate level the receiver stops transmiting the signal and starts clicking. I presume the extra wire I added is the problem. The wire I have been using, with success in other parts of the house, is using a load of telephone line that I came in to for free. It has eight wires in each run so I split 4 positive and 4 negative. It adds up to roughly 14 gauge. I have checked, re-checked, and re-checked again all the connections and they are correct so I presume the runs are simply too long for the wire I am using. Maybe upping to 12 gauge will help, but before spending the money I'm just looking for ideas here. Thanks in advance. |
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