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Anyone know if I can use #12 low voltage lighting wire for outdoor speakers? Thanks, Jovan.
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It's partially discussed here with a picture showing the difference between 12 gauge low voltage wire and standard speaker wire. Search for low voltage on the page once you pull it up. My uneducated guess is that it should work fine, in the end, it just needs to conduct electricity with as little impedance as possible. The length of the run would also play into the answer to your question. Jason
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Go for it, low voltage wire works fine.
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By the way, I have to ask... "Red Orc" Where does the name come from?
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Jovan, the "low voltage" language refers to the lighting, and isn't intended to indicate that the wire itself is somehow different from other 12ga copper wire. It's the same, with a heavier, more weather-resistant outer jacket than some, and carries power to speakers just as well as it does to low voltage lights.
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Thank you all, that is what I was thinking. This is my first true HiFi system. I thought that there might be some magic picsie dust in some speaker wire. I have one other question for now, there will be more I'm sure. I have the M80's and VP150, driving them is a Onkyo 806 and Emotiva XPA-3. Before the Onkyo I had a Marantz SR6001 sound was awesome! Now with Onkyo it sounds a bit hollow, weak, any ideas? myrison. Red Orc is a character in a book I read years ago.
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Red Orc is a character in a book I read years ago. Does that make you a (well-)read dork? Kidding!
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Do you have some sort of equalization turned on on the Onk?
Did you calibrate everything?
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Suboptimal equalization from the Onkyo or inaccurate auto-setup adjustments would be my first guess as well.
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