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On Oct 25, 2:40*am, Frank Stearns
wrote:
With speaker efficiency here at the listening levels employed, 22 gauge wire would
be fine for the speakers purely from a load capacity standpoint. But there would be
other potential problems, particularly with R.


No kidding there would, if the 22ga wire was longer than a foot or so.
Its comparatively high resistance forms a voltage divider with the
speaker's load impedance. Since the latter is usually far from flat,
you get a built-in EQ curve following the shape of the speaker's
impedance. Not desirable.

Peace,
Paul