Internal Wiring Question?

I just recently purchased a nice set of L96's with mint cabinets. I had the LF drivers(LE 10H-1) re-coned and re-foamed to factory specs with a genuine JBL kit. Before reinstalling the drivers, I realized that the factory driver leads to the crossovers are very thin. Can one gain any performance or advantage by replacing this wire to a heavier gauge?? We tend to use thick/heavy, usually expensive speaker cables with gold terminals, etc.....then ultimately the signal has to run through this very thin wire! What am I missing?? Does it help to "upgrade" any of the internal wiring??

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Originally Posted by gmarascortt

Does it help to "upgrade" any of the internal wiring??

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Couldn't hurt. :dont-know:

Why not try it on one speaker and then compare the two?

I'll let you be the guy. I'm not altering mine. :D

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Originally Posted by gmarascortt

"...Can one gain any performance or advantage by replacing this wire to a heavier gauge?? We tend to use thick/heavy, usually expensive speaker cables with gold terminals, etc.....then ultimately the signal has to run through this very thin wire! What am I missing?? Does it help to "upgrade" any of the internal wiring??

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By "very thin wire" you could also mean the voice coil wire, right? It shouldn't take a heavy wire to get enough current to the voice coil given the short distance. I would take care to inspect the connectors to be sure they are clean, have a snug grip and are still well attached to the feed wire.

Nice find on the L96....

At distances of 1-2 ft, the gauge of the wire means nothing. Heavier wire will serve only to make the user feel better.

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Originally Posted by rdgrimes

At distances of 1-2 ft, the gauge of the wire means nothing. Heavier wire will serve only to make the user feel better.

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I mostly agree with this statement... that said, making sure you have clean solid connections means a lot, should also make you feel better, and will restore performance if the connections have become compromised over the years.


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Originally Posted by DavidF

By "very thin wire" you could also mean the voice coil wire, right? It shouldn't take a heavy wire to get enough current to the voice coil given the short distance. I would take care to inspect the connectors to be sure they are clean, have a snug grip and are still well attached to the feed wire.

Nice find on the L96....

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Originally Posted by rdgrimes

At distances of 1-2 ft, the gauge of the wire means nothing. Heavier wire will serve only to make the user feel better.

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Originally Posted by Mr. Widget

I mostly agree with this statement... that said, making sure you have clean solid connections means a lot, should also make you feel better, and will restore performance if the connections have become compromised over the years.


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Thanks everybody! All wiring is original and in great condition, tight connections, etc ...just a general question for improvement in any JBL speaker. Not trying to re-engineer a great sounding pair of speakers!;)