Re: i need some advice
Okay, but you don't really need 16 AWG wire for the speakers, especially the center and surround ones. 16 and 18 AWG is for more serious power levels (like 10W or more). For the center and surround speakers 22 AWG is plenty. Hell, I'm using 22 AWG to drive a pair of fairly-large speakers right now. At 1W output, they already make the walls in my room rattle like crazy. The speakers I have a just standard 8 Ohms. With that impedance, and 1W of output power, there's about 350 mA going through the wire. At 8 W output, there's about 1 A though the wire. So you don't really need very thick wires unless they are very long.
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If you had the space, I would suggest you go to a thrift store or Craigslist and pick up a pair of large oldschool late 70's or early 80's stereo speakers, along with an amp from the same vintage (a modern amp will do fine too, though). You'll be pretty amazed, I think. Not to mention if you look around a little more, you can probably get all of that for really cheap. But if you have a sensitive neighbor upstairs, I would suggest getting a nice pair of headphones instead and a good amp to drive them. Better than any surround-sound setup, IMO.
BTW, here's something to test your headphones (or surround system) if you like:
http://gprime.net/flash.php/soundimmersion
Okay, but you don't really need 16 AWG wire for the speakers, especially the center and surround ones. 16 and 18 AWG is for more serious power levels (like 10W or more). For the center and surround speakers 22 AWG is plenty. Hell, I'm using 22 AWG to drive a pair of fairly-large speakers right now. At 1W output, they already make the walls in my room rattle like crazy. The speakers I have a just standard 8 Ohms. With that impedance, and 1W of output power, there's about 350 mA going through the wire. At 8 W output, there's about 1 A though the wire. So you don't really need very thick wires unless they are very long.
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If you had the space, I would suggest you go to a thrift store or Craigslist and pick up a pair of large oldschool late 70's or early 80's stereo speakers, along with an amp from the same vintage (a modern amp will do fine too, though). You'll be pretty amazed, I think. Not to mention if you look around a little more, you can probably get all of that for really cheap. But if you have a sensitive neighbor upstairs, I would suggest getting a nice pair of headphones instead and a good amp to drive them. Better than any surround-sound setup, IMO.
BTW, here's something to test your headphones (or surround system) if you like:
http://gprime.net/flash.php/soundimmersion
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