A Guide On How To Connect A High End Speaker Wire

By Henry Thompson


Most of the shops selling speakers do not provide speaker wires along with the sound systems they sell to clients. The customers are therefore expected to have knowledge of the wires in the market and how they can be used. The right kind of a high end speaker wire is rated by how standard the thickness is and how well it fits into a system.

These wires can either come along with connectors or may have none at all. When there is need for an outdoor connection, it is necessary to purchase wires that are fitted to be buried directly into the ground. On the other hand, for the speakers that are to be located within the house ceiling or walls are required to be UL-rated and should be labelled either CL2 or CL3.

The thickness of a wire can be easily identified through understanding the American Wire Gauge number that is written on it. For example, the wires may range between twelve and eighteen gauge in thickness. A cable is considered thicker if it has a lower gauge number. There is less resistance to flow of current when the line is thicker.

Based on the functions that are to get handled, several sizes of wires are used during connection. Thicker lines are used in instances where the applications portray high power or to have long runs. Thinner lines with high gauge values are however used when the applications require shorter runs. This therefore eases work and is considered cost effective.

In order to determine the amount cable that is needed, a string is used to measure the space between the receiver and the place where the speakers are to be located. Once that is complete, the length of string is measured and for easier connection an extra value is added to the measured one. Therefore, any error during measurement is done away with.

The wires are to be fixed inside a wall often come along with either two or four conductors. The four conductor one only requires a single cable to connect the receiver with the volume controller found within the wall of a different room. A two conductor cable can then be used in connecting the several speakers within that room to the volume controller. Speakers that are rated as stereo-inputs also function well with four conductor cables.

Proper functioning of speakers is achieved when there is a perfect connection of negative and positive leads located within speakers and receivers. When the connection of the negative and positive leads is done badly, it results in production of poor sound quality. Bare strands often results to short circuiting which can be avoided by use of line strippers.

The terminals of the speaker wires are also a vital part that should not be ignored. Speakers contain two different terminals are known as spring clips and binding posts. The spring clips are the easiest to use since they accept both the pin connectors and the bare wires. However binding posts are better when there is need for a solid connection.




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