On Tue, 12 Oct 2004 15:33:19 GMT, "Michael McKelvy"
wrote:

Since you say the kitchen is very small, I assume the length of the wire
runs is going to be fairly short. Assuming that is the case, I wouldn't
worry that much about the connectors. 16 or 18 AWG wire should work just
fine, assuming they fit in the connectors, and I'm pretty sure they will.
The only receiver I ever owned was a HK-730 which had spring connectors and
IIRC it accepted up to 14 AWG wire.

The kitchen is quite small, but the speakers will have to be at the
opposite ends from the receiver, say 18 - 20 ft. I'm pretty sure I can
use 14 at least.

The only possible side effect would be a slight increase in resistance which
would cause a bump in bass response. I don't know about the parts used in
the Luxman or Onkyo units, but Yamaha uses only standard parts that are
easily available should any thing need to replaced or repaired.

All of these units should be able to provide quality sound into any decent
speaker.

Relax, get the one that you like the most and enjoy.

Thanks for the advice. I'll think it over. I'm probably not being
rational about the Yamaha--now that we're talking, do "loudness" and
"spatial expander" do anything? (Is the Yamaha loudness knob the same
as a loudness button that balances out sounds at low volume?).

Andy Katz