Should wires going to the sub be of a heavier gauge than to the main speakers, or does it not matter? I was going to experiment but figured I might save my energy and ask the officials. Years ago I did have heavier gauge to the sub but can’t recall my findings.
I believe Paul said wattage didn’t matter since only information was being sent to the sub, would that mean the gauge wouldn’t matter either?
Or would you say Paul was incorrect and considering the distance from the amps (30 ft), the wires to the sub should be heavier?
Indeed. One should be careful. A “passive” sub requires wattage to drive it while an “active” sub (which has its own built in power amplifier) requires no wattage from the source.
Then it doesn’t matter. REL ships with 22 gauge wire at like 50 feet (20 feet?, it’s long I don’t remember exact).
The way high level actives work is the input is very high impedance. REL is 100,000 ohms as example. The amplifier does not see this as a load at all but the amp can track the signal for its own internal amplification.