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Bose wiring

Jun 14, 2005 12:12PM PDT

I have Bose Speaker Wiring ran in my living room under the carpet and I am interested in a different speaker system. The Bose wiring however appears to be a proprietary design with a plug in adapter into the small cube speakers. Can I cut the plug off of the wiring and use this existing wiring with any speakers....or do I have to re-wire the living room?

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My guess is that...
Jun 15, 2005 3:39AM PDT

the plugs maybe proprietary but I don't think the wiring is that complicated. I say if you think you can do it, go for it.

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Bose wiring
Jun 15, 2005 8:00AM PDT

But Bose has special copper that only works with Bose speakers! OK, OK I'M JUST kidding. Go for it. John

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2 conductors
Jun 17, 2005 7:44AM PDT

All you need is 2 individual conductors (wires) for each speaker. You need to keep track of the polarity for the hookup. That is the positive from your receiver or amplifer to the positive on the speaker, and negitive to negitive. Commonly one wire of the pair is marked with a red or white line, or ribbing on the jacket. If the plug has tabs of 2 sizes, you could use that to mark the wire as well. Cut off the plug and strip about 1/2 to 3/4 inch of the insulation off the wire. If you hook it up with the wires switched on one speaker, + and - switched vs. the other, it will sound "weird", but it won't damage anything. PS: Basically wire is wire. Heavier gauge is better and oxygen free copper is better. With decent equipment, you can hear the difference.