joeboo6113 Posted June 7, 2007 Share Posted June 7, 2007 Just wondering what speaker cable everyone was using for their h/t. I am quite interested in the bettercables line of speaker cables so if anyone is using them please respond with an opinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay481985 Posted June 7, 2007 Share Posted June 7, 2007 homedepot 14 gauge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverSport Posted June 7, 2007 Share Posted June 7, 2007 people use everything here from ZipCord (lamp cord) to the expensive stuff...I have tried many of the lower end stuff to midgrade Mon$ter wire...couldn't hear a bit of difference...just don't buy the clear jacketed silver and copper colored stuff at Home Depot/Lowes/Menards/etcetera...I have had it turn green on me...good luck Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted June 7, 2007 Share Posted June 7, 2007 Iv'e Been using zipcord for years> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilMays Posted June 8, 2007 Share Posted June 8, 2007 Duel runs of Kimber 8TC to mains and center speaker. Cost at around $12 per foot. 56 ft x $12 = $670 +/-. AR Masters Series to Surrounds around Rear Center $250. Total speaker cable costs roughly $1,000 with tax. Look on other peoples faces while reading this who used zipcord....priceless! I sure wish I had that money back and simply used 12 guage "regular" speaker cable at perhaps $50 as I could tell no REAL difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldbuckster Posted June 8, 2007 Share Posted June 8, 2007 16 quage Monster Wire............got 100' roll for $20. delivered to my door.....Can't beat that with a stick.........Funny, my Scott manual states 22 guage is fine..............that's kinda light, and the manual is 47 years old...........18 gauge is the very lowest I'd use, period......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Adams Posted June 8, 2007 Share Posted June 8, 2007 Duel runs of Kimber 8TC to mains and center speaker. Cost at around $12 per foot. 56 ft x $12 = $670 +/-. AR Masters Series to Surrounds around Rear Center $250. Total speaker cable costs roughly $1,000 with tax. Look on other peoples faces while reading this who used zipcord....priceless! I sure wish I had that money back and simply used 12 guage "regular" speaker cable at perhaps $50 as I could tell no REAL difference. You know Phil.....and I mean this in all sincerity.....it says a lot about you that you would be willing to be honest enough to say what you did. Let's face it, most people, after spending that kinda moola, would've either tried to justify it to themselves that they heard a difference or they wouldn't admit they didn't hear a difference. And FWIW - I'm in the buy a nice inexpensive speaker wire (Radio Shack) camp with a personal preference of the 14ga flavor. [] Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arky Posted June 8, 2007 Share Posted June 8, 2007 Yeah Phil, what a honest statement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryO Posted June 8, 2007 Share Posted June 8, 2007 PhilMays: Duel runs of Kimber 8TC to mains and center speaker. Cost at around $12 per foot. 56 ft x $12 = $670 +/-. AR Masters Series to Surrounds around Rear Center $250. Total speaker cable costs roughly $1,000 with tax. Look on other peoples faces while reading this who used zipcord....priceless! I sure wish I had that money back and simply used 12 guage "regular" speaker cable at perhaps $50 as I could tell no REAL difference . Thanks for the honesty. I don't feel so ashamed I couldn't tell the difference in the high dollar wire. I thought something was wrong with me. I'm running 14 guage GE wire now from HH Gregg. About $16 for 100' if I remember correctly. Harry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MatrixDweller Posted June 8, 2007 Share Posted June 8, 2007 I'm using some generic 12 gauge oxygen free (OFC) wire to my surrounds and center. I've bi-wired my fronts with some CL rated 14 gauge OFC cable. I use gold plated banana connectors on all ends. The banana plugs just make things easier. I got a deal from a friend who works at an audio store so everything was practically free. I did notice a slight change when going from 16 gauge (crappy bargain cable) to 12 gauge on my surrounds (25ft). One thing you have to be careful about is whether the cable gauge is rated for one wire or both. I've seen some 12 gauge that's pretty thin and after measuring found it was the combined value. Really though, any (true) 14 gauge should be fine for most purposes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spkrdctr Posted June 8, 2007 Share Posted June 8, 2007 Use Radio Shack or Monster cable 14 ga wire, whichever is on sale. It is fairly cheap and works very well. Many times the 12 ga and thicker cable will not work on recievers as it is too thick. It becomes a royal pain. 14ga is perfect! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkp Posted June 8, 2007 Share Posted June 8, 2007 HD 12 guage wire. I have had it for about five years now and see no evidence of the "green plague." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CECAA850 Posted June 8, 2007 Share Posted June 8, 2007 http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=102&cp_id=10239&cs_id=1023902&p_id=2748&seq=1&format=2&style= Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Islander Posted June 8, 2007 Share Posted June 8, 2007 For mains, 8 gauge Karma Kable from Knukonceptz. Big cable may not be needed with Klipsch speakers, but it made a noticeable improvement with my previous mains. I'd think good-quality 12 gauge fine-strand cable would be a good compromise between size and price. With fine-strand cable you will need to use banana plugs or some other type of connector, since it's not stiff enough to connect easily to binding posts, unlike the coarse-strand Home Depot stuff. For surround, since I needed so much (over 200 feet) and the sound quality was not as crucial as with the mains and center, I used 12 gauge Home Depot wire. Most still looks pristine, but some looks a little green... Cable is pretty inexpensive compared to the rest of the system, so it makes sense to buy some decent quality, so you can listen without feeling you cheaped out and compromised the sound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HudsonValleyNoah Posted June 9, 2007 Share Posted June 9, 2007 Same deal as OldBuck; NewEgg sent mine w/ Monster Crimp-less Banana Ends (and free shipping.) Monster speaker wire products are costly, even on sale, but are easy to work with and are of high quality. I buy Monster ONLY when it's on sale. ~Noah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverSport Posted June 9, 2007 Share Posted June 9, 2007 I picked up my Mon$ter cable speaker wire when they had the closeouts at Radio Shack a while back...it was cheaper than the no name stuff...good luck with your choice... Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shepjk01 Posted June 9, 2007 Share Posted June 9, 2007 Another alternative is blue jean cable they carry belden and canary cable. Great cable and there customer service is excellent. You can either order the cable raw and terminate it yourself or have them do it for a little more. Prices range from 38 cents to 1.05 a foot for raw cable and they have a calculator do determine the cost of terminated cables. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay481985 Posted June 9, 2007 Share Posted June 9, 2007 I have the beldin 8 guage and I like to use barewire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mas Posted June 9, 2007 Share Posted June 9, 2007 One caveat regarding BlueJeans Cable. I recently speced various sources for Canare quad star microphone cable and Neutrik black and gold XLR connectors. Their price was ~$76 while the exact same cable with the same fittings was available from other companies (and even from Canare itself!) for $42. And that was Canare's retail LIST price! ...Not exactly a competitive price! It pays to shop around, and I have since discovered that I can source almost everything BlueJeans's makes with the exact same materials for much less. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arky Posted June 9, 2007 Share Posted June 9, 2007 mas: That's interesting to me since i've always bought from bluejeans. Would you post or pm the best pricing companies you researched. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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