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14/4 wire for speakers- good idea? Bad idea?

My upgradeitis on components in my system is at bay and has for a while. Whew!

But now I’m dabbling with isolation and cables. Here we go again lol. 

Anyhow ive been using 14/4 wire twisted at the ends for speaker cables for some time. 

Opinions? Good idea? Bad idea? 
argon66
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don_1
94 posts
 
I use that for my surrounds, side and rear. I would use a larger gauge wire for the front speakers. Don't know how far they are positioned from your amp, So 12 or even 10 Ga.might be better.
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chrisr
543 posts
 
why 14/4 would be a bad idea? Don’t they self-immune against external magnetic fields and produce low inductance, not too mention low resistance? Starquads are just fine. Many designers are using this geometry - Canare, Mogami, audioquest come to mind.
argon66 OP
26 posts
 
I think once twined at the ends it is effectively 11 guage. If higher end manufacturers use this design then it looks to be a sweet deal unless I’m missing something. I’m also doing bare wire termination. 
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unfairlane
140 posts
 
Yep, the higher end manufacturers does it this way and they are all wrong. Who in their right mind would even think of using such tiny cablage to feed a poweramp? Then why in h**l use such tiny strands on the low voltage secondary site?  



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