Can’t see much about this in our ice section.

Basically on a budget install is it worth it?
I know you can spend £10+ a metre if you wanted which I guess on a decent install would be worth it.

But for a tight Yorkshire man like me, im sure this or at push if I felt flush this would be more than enough!

Maybe we can get a bit of a discussion going about the premium stuff too.

Phil

The Maplin stuff seems a little on the weak side if you're gonna run a fair few watts (but OK if just using Head-Unit power), the other stuff I'd use as a minimum but prefer to use 14 awg if money allows on speakers and 12 awg min on subs.

One the I will say though, ICE shops charge FAR too much for all cables, so Fleabay/Maplin/CPC is the way to go.

I once did an install with silver-plated cable for all speakers except the subs, cost £800 just for the cable!

Decent hi-fi speaker cable can be had for around £5/m. A good example would be QED Silver Anniversary, which is a silver plated copper cable.

On offer at car audio direct

http://www.caraudiodirect.co.uk/connect-s400-p-3413.html?cadid=fa0fe058682cb2cce3eed188a4b7ab54

I'd recommend popping into your local Richer Sounds, and just get a reasonable (flexible) cable cheap there. Having cable which is fairly solid (i.e. a few of the QED cables are not very flexible) could give issues when installing in a car.

It's worth using some entry level home hifi stuff in a car install, not much point using mid range/high end unless you're running some serious hardware (and even so, there's only so much you can achieve in a car setup). Save the real cash for your home hifi kit.

Cheers Simma, I have taken your advice.

How much do I need though, 6m enough?

Depends where you will place your amp and how you route the cables. But to do all speakers with the amp in the boot I would say 3m each side for the fronts and 1m each side for the rears.

Cheers

Was just going to run from the head unit from the moment. I guess 6m will be on the safe side.

should be fine mate, always easy to get more anyway!

It's deffo worth it, my bass arrived with new cables!
Std. cables are crap, even for a basic head unit.