Would 12 gauge speaker wire be a good choice for my home theater?

Joesph Smithmyer: Depends on if the wire is copper or aluminum. THe heavier guage the less bass you lose. thin wire drops low frequency. go with a heavy copper threaded wire, 12 is pretty good. distance is also a factor.

Daren Ventrice: The guy that gave you the distance answer is the best answer. The gauge is important depending on the lengths of the wires.

Mercedez Trabue: 12 ga is what I use for all my speakers.A speaker site (not one selling expensive copper) once recommended this guide for thickness based on run-length:1-10 ft: 16 ga11-20 ft: 14 ga20+ ft: 12 gaBut buying a spool of 12 ga and using it everywhere is simple.Good oxygen free speaker wire can be bought in spools from PartsExpress.I actually agree that you have to be careful to not leave copper strands sticking out with thick wire. Banana plugs or pin-connectors from Radio Shack are a way to manage thick wires into barelly bigenough binding posts or spring clips....Show more

Kara Tab! ian: Hi there, while most people will think receivers are needed, actually you have a few options, audio amplifier, which works the same, but you are limited on performance, unable to use optical cables for Hight Definition audio, but if you can't tell the difference then.., the speakers you bought are very good, personally i have work with them an the sound is neat, however, because they do not come with a receiver, i think for +/- $800 that is a shame, anyways, keep your opinions open, depending on what you have and what would you be adding to your home theater, personally i think a 5.1 receiver will do the work, they are cheap, reliable and easy to set up, also you can save some money by connecting everything to the receiver....Show more

Hilde Heskett: There is no reason to use a 12 guage wire on a home theatre system, you're not pushing 1000 watt car subs! Stick with a good 16 gauge wire that has an all copper oxygen free braided strand, it will be more than fine.! Besides, unless you want to solder the ends of the 12 gauge w! ire it wont fit well in the receiver or speakers. You will end up with freyed wire ends and end up damaging your equipment.

Giovanna Cramblit: Go with a 16 gauge. Unless you're running very powerful speakers, 12 gauge is overkill.