Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Stereo There's NO turning back now!!

Sorry guys, typo there. I can just picture the bulging eyes. I really meant -15!! Between -10 to -15 is how I REALLY like it. But most of the time I have it between -18 to -25 in my 15 x 12 bedroom. Is THAT unusual? Does wire gauge affect anything? Right now I have connected through 16ga bare ends. Haven't had time to run to get banana plugs.

Whew. That's a relief.

At -10 to -15, it's "pretty loud" right?

How long are your wire runs? If they are not too long, going to 12 or 14 probably won't make a noticable improvement in volume. I tend to use 12 gauge on everything, but the generic kind at partsexpress.com, not the esoteric kind. I'm not a believer.

I think bare ends are fine. [insert bawdy witticism here].

Banana plugs will probably only help you if you plug and unplug things a lot. Other than that, I am personally not convinced they make a quantifiable improvement in the sound. But I will be burned at the stake for audio heresy eventually, I suppose.

I do not move things around a lot but I might eventually invest in some plugs just to experiment a little bit. Right now I'm a little tentative on raising the volume on the m60s driven by the denon 1604, on a 16ga cable. What do ya'll think would be 'toomuch' ?

Also 'pretty loud' kinda depends on time of day and what I'm doing at that moment, on a sunday morning it couldn't be loud enough but on a thursday night before bed its plenty loud.

Roti, too much won't be until the 1604 would grossly distort(the cable has nothing to do with it)on some extreme peak. Nobody can tell you when that will be. Bear in mind that at a comfortably loud listening level the M60s will be using about 1-2 watts from the 1604. On very brief extreme peaks 50 watts or more can be used, but your ears may give out first. It depends on the volume of your listening room, how far away you are, and how high the peaks are on the music that you're playing.