SuperjazzyJa
18 Wheel Member
Let me first indicate that my wife is certainly notan audiophile, audio enthusiast, etc. Her motto is, "As long as I can hear it, that's all I care about."
I know there has been much debate about whether or not the guage of speaker wire makes a difference. My experience was that about 3 1/2 years ago, I replaced my 16 Awg with 12 Awg and noticed a huge improvement right away. After a couple of days, I notice even more improvement. Whether that increase improvement is the wire, my ears or both, I couldn't tell you. A day or 2 later, I was listening to "Billy Joel's Greatest Hits Vol 1" when my wife walked in. She had heard Scenes From An Italian Restauranton my system before, with the 16 Awg wire. This time, she froze! After about a minute, she pointed out many things she'd never heard before in that song even on my system. I said, "That's why I bought the 12 guage speaker wire." She said, "Oh, okay." in a tone clearly suggesting the light had come on and never question my need to upgrade or tweek again.
I know there has been much debate about whether or not the guage of speaker wire makes a difference. My experience was that about 3 1/2 years ago, I replaced my 16 Awg with 12 Awg and noticed a huge improvement right away. After a couple of days, I notice even more improvement. Whether that increase improvement is the wire, my ears or both, I couldn't tell you. A day or 2 later, I was listening to "Billy Joel's Greatest Hits Vol 1" when my wife walked in. She had heard Scenes From An Italian Restauranton my system before, with the 16 Awg wire. This time, she froze! After about a minute, she pointed out many things she'd never heard before in that song even on my system. I said, "That's why I bought the 12 guage speaker wire." She said, "Oh, okay." in a tone clearly suggesting the light had come on and never question my need to upgrade or tweek again.