General contractor put in a French door in our redone family room; unfortunately in the process, cut one of the 2 pre-existing in-wall speaker wires to the rear channels. He transferred the wire (12G) into the basement, and used some cheap 16 or 18G lamp cord to connect the 2 cut ends - using standard orange wire connectors.
I know I don't want the change in cable guage, but is this a kosher way to connect cut speaker cable? Can I expect any sound distortion from this?
I'm planning on running cable to put up 2 additional QS8s for a 7.1 system, and am debating redoing from scratch the 2 pre-wired channels (placed by previous owner). I was wondering if it's better to use as is (easier) or start from scratch - a royal pain.
