With h/us offering around 50Wx4 per channel (well, probably not RMS @1000khz, 1%thd).

Is there any gain to be got in cabling them up to decent sized power and earth cabling, rather than relying on the standard loom?

Jeremy.

 

Depends largely on how good your existing wiring is in the loom, i.e. did the car originally come with a stereo delivering similar power or are you going to try and run twice as much power through cabling that wasn't intended for that much?

Although speaker cable comes with different quality levels as well as different power handling abilities, I've haven't come across "high quality" power cabling before, just fatter stuff for higher power handling.

There's a similar conversation already in full flow here:

http://bbs.scoobynet.co.uk/showthread.php?t=308829

FYI, 4x50w is generally 4x27w DIN. I'm not sure what the DIN rating means (is it another name for RMS I wonder?) but it seems to be roughly the same as RMS output.

 

if the manual says it needs a direct feed from teh battery, or a better +ve connection, then if you are using the internal amp you should follow this. Generally speaking there is no real gain (unless you are experiencing interference) as the only thing this is doing is making sure the wires can cope with increased ampage due to teh demands of a higher power amp. The conventional loom may not be able to handle this, so may result in shorting out through the plastic melting due to high current causing high temperatures on a wire that can't take it.

cheers

si