Speaker cables

blimbos
blimbos Posts: 3
edited September 2003 in Speakers
Need some suggestion on buying cables for my Polk Rti100 speakers I got from CC.

Cheap but good quality, I s there a real diff between Monster and other kind of cables, apart from being expensive.

How about those clearance cables from www.Partsexpress.com?

Thanks in advance

blimbos
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  • Ceruleance
    Ceruleance Posts: 991
    edited September 2003
    cables should be the last step to a good system, and I wouldnt spend much money on them at your stage, the biggest thing would probably be the gauge (go for 12). Monster cables low level cables (read: XP etc.) are just twisted copper like everyone elses. As you start getting higher up in price and technology actually becomes an issue, then thats a different story. I doubt you will hear a difference between monsters low level cables and a cable of comparable gauge. I didnt look, but Im guessing whatever you picked out at PE is perfectly fine.
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  • jkratzer
    jkratzer Posts: 148
    edited September 2003
    I'd highly recommend the following:

    For in-wall applications:

    http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/pshowdetl.cfm?&PartNumber=100-764&DID=7

    For non in-wall applications:

    http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/pshowdetl.cfm?&PartNumber=100-155&DID=7
    My 7.1 setup consists of:
    Denon 3803
    Panasonic DVD
    RTi70s front
    CSi40 front center
    RTi28s side surround
    FXi30s back surround
    PSW202 Subwoofer - Hey, it's my first sub!
    RCA 46" 4:3 RPTV
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited September 2003
    Thats a good comment, buy something you are comfortable with now, worry about cable technology later.
    CTC BBQ Amplifier, Sonic Frontiers Line3 Pre-Amplifier and Wadia 581 SACD player. Speakers? Always changing but for now, Mission Argonauts I picked up for $50 bucks, mint.
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  • mantis
    mantis Posts: 17,200
    edited September 2003
    The Rti100's would benifit from using Monstercable MCX Bi wires.This is a great affordabe prebuilt cables.They sound pretty good.Your looking like 90 bucks.
    I owned the older models rt1000p's and used MCX.Then I swapped out for Monstercable M1.4s bi wires and man did they sound good.Depending on length your looking at 250.00 for 10's and 300.00 for 15's.
    Dan
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  • bigsexy1
    bigsexy1 Posts: 557
    edited September 2003
    But Mantis, you can't bi-wire the 100s! You should know that by now, or do i have to sic you know who on you?

    Seriously, I used to also have the 1000s, and when I bi wired them, i could tell an improvement in the sound, and I was just using cheap Home Depot 12 guage.
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  • Double_S
    Double_S Posts: 56
    edited September 2003
    I use Canare Star Quad 4s11. If you do a search on the web you will find places that sell them. You can either build them yourself or buy from someplace that builds them for you.
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