Speaker wires?
 

I'm getting ready to wire up a radio/cd player in the GMC. (don't worry, I didn't cut the dash;)) Do I need to use special speaker wire to wire the speakers up to the stereo? I got ready to wire them, but the little bit of wire the speakers came with was a lot different than the wire I had, it had 1 little wire in the middle versus a lot of little wires like I'm used to.

Thanks for the help.

Re: Speaker wires?
 

it dont mater but i like to use 12gauge for it just incase i want to upgrade later that way i wont have to run more wire later.but 14 would be fine i would think
as to the one wire after you strip it,to the "lots of little ones" all the same ones just smaler and it depends on the wire gauge

Re: Speaker wires?
 

:agree: w/WannaBeLow - unless you are only using 5.25 size speakers or smaller w/deck power. If are not going to ever upgrade and put these on an AMP in the future, you can get away with 16ga or 18ga wire. Anything larger than a 5.25 I would go ahead and use 14ga or larger depending on what that speaker's function/wattage will be running.


Good luck

Re: Speaker wires?
 

Yep, I got some 5.25's. I have some fairly heavy gauge wire here, I'll just use that. Thanks for the help guys.