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Re: speaker wire deteriorates?



"itsme213" <itsme213@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> I installed a bunch of in-wall speaker wire about 5-years
ago when building
> my home. I used a decent speaker wire from Home Depot.
Unfortunately I ran
> out (of both wire and energy) and had the security wiring
company run the
> speaker wires for last speaker pair.
>
> Now it seems I have to crank up the amp quite a bit higher
than before for
> that last speaker pair.
>
> Does speaker wire deteriorate that badly? Would they have
installed
> something really crummy?

Did they use real speaker wire, or maybe the 24 ga. stuff
they used for the alarm wiring?
Smaller wire would result in less volume.

Bob



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