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Originally Posted by Essam Khafagi
I took the advice of a technician at an audio shop. I dont know the exact guage but the for speaker input I used the wires coming with the sub, remote power it was a thicker wire, ground and power much thicker 
I hope this would help
Yes I sealed the hole and the wire can come out from anywhere in the box. You can also install a small faceplate with speaker connectors like what carlgo did |
I have read various articles regarding wires. It seems that just about any wire works for anything. They compared wildly expensive speaker wire (you can pay well over $1000 for a pair of speaker wires for a home stereo) and some cheapo 16 gauge lamp cord. Panels of acclaimed "golden-eared" listeners were unable to tell the difference.
Other vehemently disagree and will tell you that they can hear the difference.
That being said, I always go for decent wires, nothing real expensive, but nice and thick and pliable. Something from the middle-priced spool at the stereo shop.
You can see BMW uses very thin wire for their speaker leads. Are they just being cheap, or did they find there is no need to go bigger?
Like Essam said, go bigger on the power and ground leads. I went 8 gauge on ground and I think 10 on the power. It hardly matters cost-wise for such short lengths, so eliminate any nagging doubts and go thick. The turn-on and power sensing wires can be thin, like those supplied with the amp.