Haris Ellahi
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What is gauge? Is a higher gauge better or a lower one for a speaker cable?
The dashes in the table mean 'go ahead and use it'I think he actually means that runs over 50 feet should be avoided, at least based on what he says here:
http://home.earthlink.net/~rogerr7/wire.htm#longerwires
However, Russell also says few people are likely to be able to perceive the difference caused by 50+ foot speaker wire runs.
My opinion is that with 8 Ohm speakers one could probably get away with runs over 50 feet, but it's probably good to avoid them simply because of the level of resistance (and signal attenuation) that comes into play at those lengths.