speaker wire

[bouche]

http://www.monoprice.com/products/subdepartment.asp?c_id=102&cp_id=10239

I'm looking to order a spool of speaker wire for a home theater. what should I get?

[rubberdinghy]

Something that looks like this:

[Freak By Night]

Forget Monoprice.

Go to Future Shop or Best Buy and get some "Monster" brand cable.

Monster is the most expensive, so it totally must be the best.

[Jaimoe]

And if you can find a good indie store, all the better.

[Ms.Huxtable]

I like that RubberDingy. It's all about concealing the wires! You're thinking from a woman's perspective.

[bouche]

i'll order 100ft of the concealable wires. hopefully that's enough. i have no idea though how to conceal wires behind drywall.

[rubberdinghy]

http://www.forteelectric.com/SnakeWire.html

[questcequecest?]

i'll order 100ft of the concealable wires. hopefully that's enough. i have no idea though how to conceal wires behind drywall.

try concealing them behind baseboards. if you mount your speakers on the wall, you can still hide the wire behind the wall, between the baseboard and speaker height.

[SaggyBalls]

it's all about gauge and shielding.

If you can get something thick and well protected your signal won't lose its strength.

The thicker the better, Monster or not. If you can save yourself $100 on a spool would you prefer a name or would you prefer the concert tickets or DVDs you'll use it on?

[headymamamyrna]

Give our friend Chris a call..

Thats his speciality!

[boiler]

I can get you some DH-Labs T-14(14 guage) for $4.00/ft (normally goes for $5.50 /ft) + taxes

I can also get QED Silver Anniversary 14 guage for $3.66 / ft + taxes.

Also, if anyone is interested in any solid state equipment, my brother just scored some incredible stuff. Old solid state stuff, still in boxes. If anyone is interested, let me know I can get great deals right now. turntables also. This shit will make you cry.

[bouche]

Give our friend Chris a call..

Thats his speciality!

holy shit myrn. that's a not a bad card to pull. he'd probably love to use that as an excuse to hang out. I know I would!

[phishtaper]

Monster is the most expensive, so it totally must be the best.

Good one!

[bagochips]

We've always believed that the perceived quality boost that comes from using high-end cables is really just a trick of the mind (read: justifying the ridiculous cost of premium cables to yourself) -- if you've dropped enough cash, you can probably hear anything you want. Still, our belief is one thing -- cold hard proof is another, and it looks like a group of 12 self-professed "audiophiles" recently couldn't tell the difference between Monster 1000 speaker cables and plain old coat hangers. Yeah, coat hangers. The group was A-Bing different cables, and unbeknownst to them, the engineer running the test swapped out a set of cables for coat hangers with soldered-on speaker connections. Not a single one was then able to tell the difference between the Monster Cable and the hangers, and all agreed that the hangers sounded excellent. No wonder Monster has to rig HD displays. Still, we bet people still fall for the hype -- oh hey, if you're looking for the ultimate in sound, we've got half a meter of oxygen-free, triple-wrapped double-insulated Sonically Shielded AmpliSized Egyptian Llama cable here that we'll part ways with for just a couple grand.

http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/03/audiophiles-cant-tell-the-difference-between-monster-cable-and/

[timouse]

i've always understood that the larger the crosssectional area of the conductor, the better the sound. (within reason). so it would stand to reason that 11ga solid coat hangers would kick ass as speaker wire

most audio heads i've met use lamp cord (14ga 2 connector stranded wire).

[bagochips]

Marketplace did a show on this last year some time. They tested the various "grades" and brands of speaker wire in a lab and found absolutely no difference in performance that was measurable.

[bouche]

what's the differenct between 2 conductor and 4 conductor speaker wire?

[questcequecest?]

4 conductor is used to bi-wire, or bi-amp...

you run a separate signal to each crossover within the speaker cabinet. if your speakers have two sets of binding posts, this is possible.

[bouche]

would i need them for these?

http://www.polkaudio.com/homeaudio/products/individual/floorstanding/rtia7/

Inputs Dual (bi-amp)5-way binding posts

[questcequecest?]

i would, just for kicks!

i think the difference is negligible, but can't hurt anyway.

the reasoning goes that the hi-range drivers get a full spectrum signal, and the mid-range drivers also get a full spectrum signal.... not just what's leftover after the high-range crossover extracts the high frequencies. capiche?

further, my amp has assignable channels, so i have four channels powering the two front speakers... essentially a bi-amp configuration, but more correctly called bi-wiring.

weirdness is a bit of an audiophile i think, perhaps he would have some input.

[AD]

weirdness is a bit of an audiophile i think, perhaps he would have some input.

or bi-input

[bouche]

Wouldn't my receiver need to support the split channels? It doesn't look like it to me.

http://manuals.harman.com/HK/Quick%20Start%20Guide/AVR146-RearPanel.pdf

i have this...

http://www.harmankardon.com/product_detail.aspx?cat=REC&sType=C&prod=AVR+146

[questcequecest?]

you can run two sets of speaker cable (or one set of 4-conductor) from a single set of terminals on your receiver. no problem... it's about having the full breadth of signal, not necessarily additional power.

i do this with my centre channel, and it sings like a bird.

[bouche]

so I'd have to jam 2 wires into each terminal on the receiver?

[questcequecest?]

oui.

receiver:

speaker: