...As long as the run from your amplifier to your speakers is under around 20' you should have no problem whatsoever, longer than that I'd stick with 12 or 14 guage. Just be sure the wire is copper on both sides and not some garbage like zinc or something which is not a good conducter.
Pardon my ignorance.
I'm running Athena Audition Series speakers out of a Sony STR DE185 Amplifier. I bought it secondhand with some 14-gauge speaker wire. I recently bought more wire, but it was 16-gauge.
Can I use 16-gauge instead? Or will my amplifier, speakers, or apartment blow up?

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