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Which speaker cable and brand is best to use in Media room (3.4x3.6m) for Home theatre setup.
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Hi Samara 1..
The most important thing when it comes to speaker cable is the gauge of the cable..The longer the runs of cable the heavier the gauge..
For the distance of your room ( presuming that the speakers and equipment will be at opposite ends of the room) 14 gauge copper cable is all you need..
Remember that you have a positive and negative connection to consider, so for each speaker the cable will be twice the length of the room...
I hope that helps..
great thanks @Prof
any plug points required to connect the speaker cable to speaker
what type of plug point is better as this is DIY kindly advise
Hi @Samara1
The best wire to use oxygen free wire depending on the quality of your system this maybe a waste of money like what I did. And still will suit old school set ups. Honestly ordinary speaker wire will run any system I have never seen a system fail due to poor cabling.
I fully wired years ago Oxygen free monster wire it was a great installation at $$$ expense. I had the bees knees reciever and it good play any movie format. The problem is I think about 10 movies out of the 400 I have actually worked well taking advantage of the full 7.1 channels In the end it was a waste of money.
Food for thought. that runs with Smart tv setups for all sound needs. Movies effects music etc.
Today the best home solution into the future is a front sound bar that has 7,1,2 sound system
7 is front speaker dialog. 2 side speakers, 2 wall facing speakers and two rear blue tooth speakers. No cabling required any more.
The 0.1 is the sub woolfer.
The 0,1,2 the 2 is two roof facing speakers that bounce sounds off the ceiling.
Hi @Samara1,
Here's a 14 gauge speaker cable as specified by @Prof.
If you can draw us a diagram of the room and show where the speakers will be positioned on it, we'd be better able to estimate the length of cable needed.
Mitchell
Any plug points will depend on what speakers and Receiver/Amp you have..
The simplest type is just a push terminal and you push a bared wire into it..and release it..These are just as effective as any..
The only problem that might occur is that the terminal hole is not large enough to take all the strands..in which case you may have to remove some of the strands...
On the more expensive speakers and amps you may find that they have screw down terminals and these work well for heavy gauge cable..
thanks @MitchellMc
below plan is my media room (3400mm x 3600mm) (excluding desk & Robes) and ceiling height is 2.7mm
so how much Speaker cable is required for 5.2 or 7.2 channel
Hi @Samara1
I still higly recomend Sound bar 7.2.2 if its inputs will match your output ussually HDMI Cable these days but other inputs can be found on other models.
If you dont know if you want 5,1 or 7,1 sounds like you dont have the amplifier yet? as it will be one or the other/? Or your not adding side speakers.
Are you planning on running the wires under the carpet? through the roof or the walls too? As this will change length required.
Your room might let you lay them around the walls on top of the floor.
So sit your speakers where they are ment to be positioned ie Fronts, sides and rears and maesure along the walls from the speaker to the amp or tv position for each line. Now measure extra height if the speakers are mounted up the wall or are on stands. Now add the height of the amp outputs to cable length. Now Add a spare meter to the cable length as it is bad to be short bt longer is ok.
Formala for each cable length
( Wall lengths + speaker height+ amp height + add a spare meter= 1 cable length)
Now do this for all other channels and add them up.
It may be cheaper to buy a 100m roll on discount some where/
Bunnings has below and will suit any domestic speaker system. You could put quadruple the copper of this wire at big $$$ but the human ear wont tell any difference.
I/N: 4430107
$78.94
Hi @Samara1,
We'd need to know where on the walls you are positioning the speakers in order to try and estimate the amount of cabling required. @Jewelleryrescue has provided some great information on how to work out the length.
Mitchell
@Jewelleryrescue @Prof @MitchellMc
Great thanks guys you are amazing and kind to help.
small media room 3.4mx 3.6m x 2.7m(ceiling). Sorry for the long list of Questions as still not clear on this ☹
1) i am planning to wall mount the rear speakers as i dont have spacing on floor level as i will place couch opp to TV.
2) Front Speakers can be placed on top of bottom cabin or floor as i have to decide the cabin work yet.
3) this is how i thought to go for 5.2 channel. so please correct me if this is wrong and add or modify for 7.2 channel.
4) I asked electrician to do wiring points as above and advise me if any changes required here.
5) Do I need to select the home theatre package first in order to do this wiring. Which is the better way to buy like buying whole package from home theatre shop or buying speakers, amplifiers, TV or Projects separately from shops
6)What configuration for speaker or amplifier setup to buy and Which is best place or shop to buy these speakers, amplifiers in Sydney.
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