Home Theater Forum - in-wall wiring

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in-wall wiring

ryeung@earthlink.net

2007-01-06, 8:28 pm

I've my new house pre-wired. But I'm a newbie to home-theather. When
we
picked our options, the builder never asked us what kind of wires (for
speakers)
would we like to use. So now I'm worried (after talking to friends),
perhaps a bit late.

Question is, what kind of cables do builders typically use for
pre-wiring (i.e. thicker
guage?)? The reason I ask is that based on the locations of the 5.1
speakers, I'm
concerned that if I place my A/V receiver too far from the distribution
panel, the total length of
the speaker wires might be too long.

Total length here is defined as: length from receiver to panel + length
from panel
to farthest speaker. Length from receiver to panel could be 20ft or
so.

Thanks,
Raymond

RickyBobby

2007-01-14, 3:25 am

<ryeung@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:1167979800.879711.233160@v33g2000cwv.googlegroups.com...
> I've my new house pre-wired. But I'm a newbie to home-theather. When
> we
> picked our options, the builder never asked us what kind of wires (for
> speakers)
> would we like to use. So now I'm worried (after talking to friends),
> perhaps a bit late.
>
> Question is, what kind of cables do builders typically use for
> pre-wiring (i.e. thicker
> guage?)? The reason I ask is that based on the locations of the 5.1
> speakers, I'm
> concerned that if I place my A/V receiver too far from the distribution
> panel, the total length of
> the speaker wires might be too long.
>
> Total length here is defined as: length from receiver to panel + length
> from panel
> to farthest speaker. Length from receiver to panel could be 20ft or
> so.
>
> Thanks,
> Raymond
>

You need to get some new friends and stop worrying.

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