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#39255 - 03/31/04 04:08 PM speaker wiring for a home theatre
baron24 newbie Registered: 03/31/04 Posts: 1	this may sound silly, but has anyone wired speaker cable around a baseboard heater? are there any fire/melting issues? thanks.
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#39256 - 04/01/04 02:57 PM Re: speaker wiring for a home theatre
sbcgroup1 hobbyist Registered: 10/29/03 Posts: 24	I've melted other things like drum cases and such around baseboard heaters. I would try to avoid running wire around or near a baseboard heater. -sbc
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#39257 - 04/01/04 04:52 PM Re: speaker wiring for a home theatre
ravi_singh connoisseur Registered: 03/14/02 Posts: 1351 Loc: Montreal	avoid it - they melt my former roomate and i did a test, it melted the plastic (not through it, but it was deformed) and it stunk. We used generic (phoenix gold i think?) 16ga cable
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#39258 - 04/01/04 08:23 PM Re: speaker wiring for a home theatre
Ray3 connoisseur Registered: 02/02/04 Posts: 2742 Loc: Rochester, NY	Actually, once melted, deformed plastic is broken in over100 hours or so, it sounds pretty good.
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#39259 - 04/02/04 02:13 AM Re: speaker wiring for a home theatre
jakewash shareholder in the making Registered: 12/26/03 Posts: 10364 Loc: Calgary, Alberta	Only if the speakers are broken in as long! _________________________ Jason ----------------- TTTHHHPPPPPTTTT! My HT
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#39260 - 04/02/04 02:30 AM Re: speaker wiring for a home theatre
Raindance veteran Registered: 11/30/03 Posts: 170 Loc: Minnesota	It seems as though audio equipment, much as fine wine, only gets better with age.
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#39261 - 04/02/04 03:17 AM Re: speaker wiring for a home theatre
pmbuko shareholder in the making Registered: 04/02/03 Posts: 16016 Loc: Leesburg, Virginia	Not all fine wine gets better with age... _________________________ -- Let me tell you a story about why I believe anecdotal evidence. --
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#39262 - 04/02/04 09:05 AM Re: speaker wiring for a home theatre
Ajax axiomite Registered: 12/30/03 Posts: 6145 Loc: Cleveland, Ohio	But I do! _________________________ Jack "People generally quarrel because they cannot argue." - G. K. Chesterton
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#39263 - 04/02/04 09:17 AM Re: speaker wiring for a home theatre
Ray3 connoisseur Registered: 02/02/04 Posts: 2742 Loc: Rochester, NY	No Jack, he said "wine", not "whine".
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#39264 - 04/02/04 09:28 AM Re: speaker wiring for a home theatre
Ajax axiomite Registered: 12/30/03 Posts: 6145 Loc: Cleveland, Ohio	Oh, get to work Ray! And leave we gentlemen of leisure in peace. _________________________ Jack "People generally quarrel because they cannot argue." - G. K. Chesterton
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