Re: bASS isms

[Frank Olson <use_the_email_links@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Bob La Londe wrote:
> "Frank Olson" wrote in message
>
>>> I usually recommend 14-gauge since most of my clients' homes have runs
>>> in excess of 100 feet.
>> Uh-huh...  sure they do.  What are they wiring??  A barn??
>
> I have a few 100ft+ runs in my house Frank.  I also have some even longer
> out to my shop from the house.  Also, while turning a stranded wire into a
> solid wire is not generally reccomended on those applications where 14ga is
> needed for VC operation I like to carefully twist and tin the tips of the
> wire so it goes very nicely into the connectors on the VC.  I don't usually
> do a lot of residential audio anymore (I refer it to an audio guy I know),
> but I have done quite a lot of it in the past, and we always ran 14 ga to
> the VC from the amp, bridge, or controller except in very small homes.
>
> I'm disagreeing with either of you guys, just pointing out that the
> generalization arguement goes both ways.

I suppose.  But then BAss just loves to "generalize"...  :-)