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It sure will. Why don't you give it a try? (Assuming here you aren't plugging this in the wall!)

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Absolutely. Just bear in mind that speakers are low-impedance loads, so the resistance of the wire must be considered. To minimize losses in the wire, you want to use a pair of wires that will have a resistance that is 5% or less than the impedance of the speaker. So, if you have a 4 ohm speaker and you want to run a copper pair 20 feet from the amplifier to the speaker, you need to use #16 (AWG) wire, as a minimum.

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