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What Gauge of Wire Should I Use?
Here's what we would recommend for the following applications:

For runs up to 100 feet for background music, you should use 16 gauge wire. Most homes under 2500 square feet would do fine if they are pre-wired with 16 gauge wire.

If it's approaching or exceeding 100 feet, you should use 14 gauge wire.

Gauges of wire are measured inversely. For instance, a 22 gauge speaker wire is very small; as a 12 gauge speaker wire would be large.
Most consumer electronics these days will accept 14 gauge wire. Some of the higher end equipment available even go as far as accepting 10 gauge wire.
 
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