I was just wondering that if, for example, you are running too small of a power cable to you subwoofer amplifier does it not get to its full potential? And, if you get the right size will it be louder? Your thoughts and recommendations would be appreciated.
Your subwoofer amp requires a given amount of power to run. Provided it is getting that amount of power, and provided it is free of ungrounded interference, it will produce as clean as sound as possible. A bigger power cord wont produce more power in itself, it would simply offer less resistance. And in this case, you wouldn't be gaining anything. Bigger cables only affect applications where you are delivering signal. Again, less resistance allows more of the signal to get through, offering (perhaps) better sound quality. Even in this case, it wouldn't have any affect on volume.
nope, gives you better current and better connection. think of a taking straw you use for stirring Coffee compared to one of those jumbo straws. Youll get alot more liquid through the jumbo straw. So basically with thicker wiring the power is already there when it needs it instead of sucking it from the alternator.
If you are running to small of a gauge of wire and it is causing resistance you will get better and more sound by running the appropriate wire. Going bigger than it needs doesn't make it better.
An 800w rms amp at full power would drop about 1/2 volt through a standard length of 4 awg wire, reducing the 800w to 771w. That same amp running through the same length of 8 awg wire would drop 1.2v, producing 726w. The audible difference would be virtually impossible to detect, and the gap would be smaller at a more moderate volume.
