Must the speaker cable to both tweeter and mid/bass driver be of the same gauge and length to be optimal? I have extra speaker wire but it is not the same gauge and brand as what I am currently using and am trying to avoid having to go buy more of the same.
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Question about BiAmping a speaker
- Thread starter Udo
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Though I am not an expert on this, I would not think it matters from a first approximation. The wire gauge (or diameter) mostly depends on the current that you will be passing. So long as the wires are rated for higher than the expected current you will be sending, I would not think it is a problem. Most cables are thick enough that unless you are sending welding sort of currents, you should be ok. And for most wires, unless you have a outrageously long cable, the internal resistance of the cable should be minimal to the 4-8ohm resistance of the speakers themselves.
On the other hand you may want to wait until someone more knowledged answers the question.
On the other hand you may want to wait until someone more knowledged answers the question.
No. Zenshi is correct. Tweeters do not need nearly as much current as woofers. Use the higher gauge wire to bi-amp the tweeters. If it is a long run, however, ( > 10 ft), I would use 14 gauge or lower, even for the tweeter. Wire is cheap. Why bother skimping?
The wiki says you can use much smaller wire, but it all really depends on the quality of the speaker and amp. I figure that good wiring is so cheap, it's not worth buying the cheap stuff.
Test it out yourself: since you probably have enough lower gauge wire for the woofers, try connecting it all to one speaker (woofer / tweeter). Connect the smaller gauge wire to the other woofer / tweeter. Change the balance to L/R and hope your ears are balanced.
The wiki says you can use much smaller wire, but it all really depends on the quality of the speaker and amp. I figure that good wiring is so cheap, it's not worth buying the cheap stuff.
Test it out yourself: since you probably have enough lower gauge wire for the woofers, try connecting it all to one speaker (woofer / tweeter). Connect the smaller gauge wire to the other woofer / tweeter. Change the balance to L/R and hope your ears are balanced.
Makes no difference, just use the right gauge wire for your run.
If you were using 2 different amp's, one to power your mid's & highs and one to power your woofer then yes 2 sets of wires are required.
Don't buy into fancy wires either, the gauge is important and nothing else.
If you were using 2 different amp's, one to power your mid's & highs and one to power your woofer then yes 2 sets of wires are required.
Don't buy into fancy wires either, the gauge is important and nothing else.
Considering the energy is traveling down those wires at a portion of the speed of light you won't need to worry about that.OK, will do.
I'm just thinking that it might be important for timing so the signal reaches each driver at the same time.
Use the extra amp for something else, bi-amping is a waste of an amp
To address the question, no. The speaker wires don't have to match up as most speaker wire is oversized for the amount of power that's going thru them. That being said if you do have different sized wires, use the smaller gauge wire for the tweeter.
To address the question, no. The speaker wires don't have to match up as most speaker wire is oversized for the amount of power that's going thru them. That being said if you do have different sized wires, use the smaller gauge wire for the tweeter.