Thanks for everyones help.
I've been browsing around ebay and noticed this twisted blue wire that they claim beats all other wire as far as noise reduction. Is it just hype or does a twisted wire perform better that the standard oxygen free copper?
I know it matters a very little difference based on your postings and I appreciate your input, but this twisted blue wire intrigues me for some reason.
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Originally posted by Malcolm:
Years ago, the folks at McIntosh did blind A/B tests. The result was that once you had large enough wire, there was no audible difference between speaker cables. A lot of people will argue with this. People have come up with all sorts of esoteric speaker cables using CAT5 wire, coax, Litz wire, etc. that they claim to be big improvements over run of the mill speaker cable. The cables forum at
www.audioasylum.com has more that you will ever want to know about the topic.
IMHO plain old 12 gauge speaker wire is fine for reasonable runs, say 50 feet or less. I am currently in the process of pulling it in my attic and walls for my HT system. Acutally, its not quite plain old 12 gauge wire. It is plain old 12 gauge wire in a CL3 rated jacket. Cost about $.18/foot.
I would suggest buying the cheap stuff and see if you can hear the difference. At worse, it is a cheap experiment. At best, it could save you a good deal of money.