so you're jumping into the world of do-it-yourself home theater which is
awesome but how do you go about choosing the right components well one way is to
start by thinking of one of the most fundamental concerns for any home
theater novice or veteran which is electrical impedance a measure of how
much a speaker or wire will resist electrical current this is important
because too little power will make your nice new speakers
sound like garbage you see all speakers have an impedance rating which is
measured in ohms you might be familiar with ohms if you're into shopping for
headphones freestanding speakers however have a much lower impedance rating than
said headphones would since they need a lot more current to drive them most
speakers are rated between only six and eight ohms so additional impedance
introduced through improper wiring can
impede the performance pretty badly
fortunately though knowing what kind of speaker wire to buy isn't terribly
difficult well it's true that consumers can be bedazzled and befuddled by
marketing hype the things that are really very important are also very
simple it's just length and width you can think of speaker wire kind of like a
water pipe not a great analogy but either way just as it's easier to push
lots of water through a short fat pipe compared to a long skinny one
runs of shorter thicker wire have a lower impedance and therefore carry
current more easily which is important for any speaker worth its salt and
especially important for higher-end speakers with impedances of four ohms or
less thinner wires can be passable for very short runs but if you're trying to
install something in a larger room or want any kind of surround setup it's
important to pay attention to the gauge of the wire which is a standard
measurement of thickness that can be a little confusing since a smaller gauge
number indicates a thicker wire if you're rocking 8 ohm speakers for
example readily available 16 gauge wire will give you good performance up to 50
feet but keep in mind that since speakers can have variable impedance
depending on what frequency they're playing at any given time it's not a bad
idea to pick up wire a little bit thicker than you need in order to
compensate you should also try to stay away from wire runs longer than 50 feet
regardless of the thickness as it can cause you to lose a little bit of the
higher frequencies due to copper's electrical properties so what does this
mean for the average home theater user if you take a typical room size of about
20 by 16 feet and put your display on one end and use conservative estimates
for wire length and thickness a 60 foot spool of 16 gauge wire would serve you
just fine for your rear speakers while you can get away with just about 30
total feet of 22 gauge for your front center and subwoofer this assumes you
are using a typical 6 to 8 ohm speaker setup and if you went with a higher set
of say 4 ohm speakers you'll want to go with 14 gauge for the surround channels
and 20 gauge for the stuff up front and that's an at least for all of those okay
luke i've got it short thick wires are good but are those the only things that
matter those the only things i have to worry about well it makes sense to make sure that
your wires are insulated well to protect against interference and maybe you
should try using pin or banana connectors rather than just sticking
bare wires into your speakers that can help ensure that you have a solid
connection however spending hundreds of dollars on premium cables in all
likelihood will not lead to any sort of improvements in terms of sound quality
so save the money you would have spent on that stupid snake oil and maybe put
it towards some shiny new tv that you can watch tech wiki on with the room
shaking sound you've always wanted dollar shave club get razors and other
bathroom supplies shipped directly to your door for only a few bucks a month
you need other stuff too like dr carver's shave butter one wipe charlie's
post shave moisturizer and travel sizes of a bunch of different things they have
a variety of razors all the way up to their six blade executive just in case
you need to remind yourself that you run things while you shave your face no need
for vibrating handles or any other crazy nonsense just high quality razors and
other bathroom supplies right to your door once a month go to dollarshaveclub.com
Linus and sign up in the us canada or australia don't forget to like the video
or dislike the video if your setup sounds terrible and you don't like my
advice check out the comment section down below where you should leave an
idea for something we should cover down there
also check up there channel's super fun i
like giving them call outs super funds awesome berkel sitting right
there probably working on it right now so like hopefully he can hear this and
it energizes him to make a really good next episode that you guys can check out
up there don't forget to subscribe both these channels this one that one whatever you
want i'll see you next time