Best Amp Wiring Kits: Power Your Stereo the Right Way | Autance

This kit was designed by professional audio installers along with sound engineers, with authenticity and simplicity in mind. Many of the wires included have transparent insulation, specifically so that one can see how many wires are in the insulation, how large those wires really are, and which wire goes where.

With nickel-plated connections, and oxygen-free copper wiring, this kit will keep your signal free of distortion caused by corrosion, keeping your sound quality high, while ensuring your wires last a long time. The flexible wiring keeps individual strands inside from snapping, and they are longer than most kits, so as to give you the length necessary for a full four-door install in even a large vehicle. Some of the wires are also silver-tinned for extra resistance to breaking down. They are on the pricier side, however.

This amp wiring kit from InstallGear is definitely budget-friendly, though that is reflected in the quality of materials. It uses copper-clad aluminum wiring, with extra large wires, for a better signal transfer, but only includes enough speaker wire for approximately two speakers, at only 17 feet long. This means that this will not cover all the speakers in larger audio systems, or larger vehicles.

Sacrificing some quality with lower-end materials, however, is used to keep the price low, which it absolutely does. And while this kit may not perform as well as some others, it will perform better than most other budget options on the market and when you’re starting your audio journey, inexpensive and pretty good are good to have together.

The Rockford Fosgate name is well known among vehicle audio enthusiasts, and has been for years. The brand makes a good product, and people buy it, as reflected in the higher price than others on this list. Most importantly, you are getting what you paid for. Using oxygen-free copper with a thick exterior sheath keeps your connections strong and the elements from corroding the wire.

This kit will handle most of folks’ needs, so long as that need is for a kit for a car or small truck and the lengths necessary for a large SUV aren’t included. And you’ll likely need to purchase more kits to fill out such vehicles. However, the audio quality from this wiring kit will surprise nobody who’s used Rockford before, as it offers premium sound. But it’s expensive and really for those who have no problem paying extra for the company’s fidelity and power.

We chose this kit from LeigesAudio for its light weight and low cost. This is a kit that does exactly what it promises and not much more. While it won’t funnel tons of power through your vehicle’s audio system, it’s certainly enough for most setups. The signal is carried by oxygen-free copper, while power is transmitted along 4 gauge copper-clad aluminum cabling.

In the kit, you’ll get 17 feet of the 4-gauge wiring, along with another 17 feet of 16-gauge wiring, as well as a 80-amp fuse, all the ties, looms and terminals needed, and another 17 feet of 18-gauge wire. It’s also one of the lightest kits on this list, which makes for easier installation. There are some issues, though. The power cable is thinner than most, which may lead to power issues down the road.

The Stinger kit is intended to provide all the power to your amp that you’ll ever need for a higher-end output. This wiring kit comes with full oxygen-free copper wiring, with power provided through fully 1/0 AWG cables, more than enough to power a big subwoofer. Just note that this kit does not come with speaker wire or RCA cable. You will need to add those after the fact, unlike with other kits.

And while this kit lacks some of the features of other wiring kits on this list and available online, namely the speaker and RCA wires, but is cheaper because for it, freeing up funds for you to choose your own speaker and RCA cabling. That said, it’s not as cheap as we’d expect and adding those speaker and RCA cables are going to push this closer to the edge of most budgets.

This wiring kit from Elite Audio is so over-the-top, for those just looking to lightly upgrade their audio kit, you probably don’t need this. However, if your goal is to install a massive subwoofer and a huge amplifier, this may be exactly what you need. Seriously, even the speaker wires on this kit are oversized as where most speaker wire is 16 or 18 AWG, this one has a long 20 feet of 12 AWG wire and the fuse on this kit is 250 amps.

Relative to the other kits, this one is up there in price, and for good reason. The total weight for this behemoth of audio is nearly 12 pounds of pure copper. It comes with copper terminals, ferrules, heat-shrink tubing, and zip ties to complete any install. That said, all that weight adds, well, weight. And weight hurts your economy and could mean you need additional bracing in your doors.