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Originally Posted by stich626
yes it would.. but 16 guage is tiny.. and forces the amp to work harder.. the harder the amp needs to push the more distortion you have , even when played low volume..
I like 12 guage for most stuff. unless it's gonna be pushed..
my truck the wire to the 6by9 are 14 guage because I needed to get to sets of leads in the door.. and 2 pairs of 12 didn't fit.. and without sounddeadner, any little distortion will not be an issue with the sound coloration that will be going on..
the seperates have 10 guage going to them from the amp.. to the crossover.. overkill, maybe but I didn't buy seperates, to loose the sound from the wire..
it depends on what your needs are.. just tunes.. any wire will do.. 20 guage.. fine, just don't expect any bass control or crisp highs..
it al depends on what you call sounding ok to you.. with 6by9's low end that drops off like a rock (most) limiting them more with thin wire. is silly..
the more sound deadner you add the more you find that the little details make a huge difference..
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I think rockc just wants to put an amp to a pair of 6x9 for some added power from his 13 watt rms head unit to hear it over the exhaust and road noise and call it a day. For that the 16 ga will be fine. I use 16 ga for anything under 75 watts rms in a driver and /or competition systems. Ive had no complaints of any distortion (with top of the line amps and speakers) and had nothing but a clean and crisp sound. I set the gain and crossover points so they are not maxed out like some people like to do for some reason. 2/3 or a scoche more is plenty. Now if you are running a JL audio 5 channel amp with 100 watt rms to all 4 speakers then Id step it up to a 12 ga even though the lows woub be cut at by at least 90db and that 500 watt subwoofer channel Id step up to an 8 ga. I dont think rockc is going for that elaborite of a system.