speaker wire and new receiver question.

[DTbull]

Hi All , new to this site and i must say its awesome!


I have a Yamaha RXV-2500 Receiver being delivered on Monday.

But I received my Yamaha NS-AP 9500 home theater speakers today and it came with 18 guage wire. Should I replace it with 12 guage? Would it make a difference? Thanks Dave

 

[toquemon]

Hi All , new to this site and i must say its awesome!


I have a Yamaha RXV-2500 Receiver being delivered on Monday.

But I received my Yamaha NS-AP 9500 home theater speakers today and it came with 18 guage wire. Should I replace it with 12 guage? Would it make a difference? Thanks Dave

1. Due to the articles exposed here, the high-quality (but not expensive) stranded 12 AWG wire is the goal because it has the most desirable properties of a good cable (reasonably low capacitance, inductance and resistance).

2. You can try it, because it's not expensive, what can you loose? a couple of bucks?

 

[flyv65]

Hi All , new to this site and i must say its awesome!


I have a Yamaha RXV-2500 Receiver being delivered on Monday.

But I received my Yamaha NS-AP 9500 home theater speakers today and it came with 18 guage wire. Should I replace it with 12 guage? Would it make a difference? Thanks Dave

First, why in the world would you have a Yammie 2500 delivered before you knew if you won the Audioholics give-away, and second; yes, replace the 18 ga zip cord with 12 ga, particularly if you've got longer runs to cover (see numerous speaker wire articles, shoot-outs, etc. on this very site).

Bryan...I'da waited to see if I won, myself...

 

[DTbull]

Thanks for the quick replies. I will go out and get some 12 gauge wire.
has any one used the ns-ap9500 yamie speakers ??? i hope i didnt make a mistake matching it up with the 2500.

By the way,,, if i do happen to win the giveaway, some one out there is going to get one hell of a deal on a new 2500 receiver! lol

 

[mtrycrafts]

Thanks for the quick replies. I will go out and get some 18 gauge wire.

???? You have 18 ga, right.

You need 12 ga or 14 ga. Home Depot has it for as little as $.30/ft.
Or, low voltage landscape wire will do as well. You can also double up the 18ga to the front if the length is not long, and just buy for the rears.

 

[DTbull]

oops! i ment 12 gauge,,,