What is the best gauge speaker wire to use with Bose 301 speakers?? null

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MackBolan · Accepted Answer

All speakers work best with the largest gauge wire possible, 18 being the "standard". See my review on this product. While it will work fine for any speaker that you can attach manually, it is over priced in my opinion & in fact by searching it out. So be it Bose or any other brand, if it takes separate wire, use 18 gauge braided speaker wire of any brand & you'll be fine.

Answered by MackBolan 10 years ago

rsgolfer · Answer

Speaker wire is dependent on the length of the run to the speaker and the quality of the sound you want from the speakers. You can spend thousands of dollars on exotic speaker wires for a little definition in the sound. The manual states that up to 20 ft an 18 gauge wire is fine with 16 and 14 gauge for longer runs. I would buy the lower gauge and put connectors on the ends for general use and if you are not a critical listener then the 18 gauge is probably just fine.

Answered by rsgolfer 9 years ago

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Doc911 · Answer

Check the instructions that came with the speakers.

From Bose Manual:
Based on a maximum frequency response deviation of ± 0.5 dB

Gauge Length
18 (0.82 mm2) 20 ft (6 m)
16 (1.3 mm2) 30 ft (9 m) 
14 (2.1 mm2) 50 ft (15 m)

AudioTim · Answer

I have a pair of Bose 301 series 1 and used the cheap insegnia 18 gauge wire. Works great. But of course my speakers are old and aren't going to sound super great because I have better speaker wire. The only reason you might want to go out and get great speaker wire is if you are running it a really long distance.

Answered by AudioTim 9 years ago

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Onagimi · Answer

14 gauge is good but if you want to get a higher gauge that's fine also.

DonC · Answer

18 gauge always works for me.

drrc · Answer

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calmengor · Answer

The rule of thumb when utilizing different gauges of speaker wire is: The longer the run is from your audio amplifier to the speakers the lower the gauge as it relates to the amount of ohms be put out by your audio device. For example:

22 gauge wire can be used for the following ohms/distances: 2 ohms/3 feet; 4 ohms/6 feet; 8 ohms/12 feet
10 gauge wire can be used for the following ohms/distances: 2 ohms/50 feet; 4 ohms/100 feet; 8 ohms/200 feet

Keep in mind that there are seven different gauges of speaker wire so the above is only an example.

Although it should be noted that speaker wire runs more than 50 feet should be avoided even if the cable size is adequate, as the longer the runs over 50 feet will greatly diminish the quality/fidelity of sound.

StereoWire · Answer

It does not matter as long as you stay consistent. One wire will have a white stripe the other will not. Positive to positive through with the white wire or red connector to red red connector with the white striped wire is my suggestion.

Answered by StereoWire 10 years ago

djaem32 · Answer

Aside from the fact that you shouldn't listen to Bose speakers...ever, the best gauge speaker wire for most solutions is 16AWG. I would consider the AudioQuest speaker wire in the Magnolia section.

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