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Those stray strands of copper need to touch to cause a problem. But if they touch the back of your amp, or other wires lay on top, the may eventually cause a short. Do you have Radio Shack in Oz? They carry a dual-banana plug, part xxx-308 that makes it easy to do a neat wire job. Buy one set...

I'm afraid your salesman knows little about basic electronics. The thicker/thin wire draws the same current. It's the speaker at the end that changes it's impedence and changes the current draw. Try running all 5 small, then try just the center as LARGE. And once again - check the wires...

Hi Robert. Welcome to HTF! First, your speaker wire: The longer runs of speaker wire should be thicker, not the short runs. Several speaker sites recommend the following based on the run-length: 1-10 ft: 16 ga 11-20 ft: 14 ga 20+ ft: 12 ga It's not a power thing. A long run of...