Thanks Al, looks like he has plenty of products in his warehouse. I will give him a call tomorrow and ask if he can help me out.
John

 

16 gauge should be plenty if you keep it below 6ft or so.

 

Yeah, that is what I told. But people are also telling me if it's like above average equipment/decent power (300 RMS) and you want the best, to might as well go 12 gauge.

I called Guru and AudioWave and they were $.60/ft. I think I might do that, they are 10-15 minutes away and $3. Or I might just do 16 gauge, lol I don't know. I can try the 16 gauge and if it gets warm/hot, then I'll try 12 gauge. If it sounds good, I'll keep it. Thanks for the help guys.

 

Huh, a new Lowes opened up near me and it was on my way home, so I thought I'd drop by and check if they had it. They had 18-12 gauge and 12 gauge was $0.64/foot. So I got 5 feet for $3.50 and called it a day. The wire is noticeably stronger and thicker than the 16 gauge. Might as well pay a few extra bucks to make sure it would work and not worry or have to redo the wiring later on.

 

Man that guy is a dick

 

Only thing I'd caution about getting wire from Lowes/Home Depot/etc is that the wires are made for use in a house and not for carrying sound. Usually these wires have only a few strands of copper wire.

You want to get the wire that has a lot of little copper strands for your car audio. Though it will seem as it's not as tough since it's not stiff, it's SO much better for car audio.

 

Yeah, I see what you mean. I think there is something like lamp wire which is similar to speaker wire but a lot thinner/weaker. But this 12 gauge looks pretty meaty, It has a lot more strands than the 16 gauge I got. I'm going to take a picture and post it in a bit and let me know if you think it's fine or not.
John

 

Here are some pics, let me know what you think. I think these would be plenty, almost all speaker wire looks like this, even higher end audio brands such as Monster, JL, RF, etc.
John

1st is 12
2nd is 16
3rd is both

 

Yeah...that looks like legit stuff. Should work for your audio with no problem

 

Alright, sounds good. Thanks guys.