Speaker wire/cable recommendation

boston1450

I am looking to upgrade my speaker wire (heavy guage wire now) to a better quality thinner wire/cable. I will need around 35-40 feet each They are for my rears.
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I have recently been upgrading my cables in all my set ups for 2 channels & i got back into HT & have just finished putting in new fronts & center cables. Im old school & used plain ole clean heavy duty speaker wire in past. I have seen alot of clean white'ish thinner kinda speaker wire/cable & it looks great & no idea if its better quality BUT its time to do something with rear speaker wires. I really dont have a budget BUT always trying to be conservative on cost (throw it out there-under 500.00). Like i stated - each side will need to be 35-40ft long & i would like to have banana pins on each end.... Any suggestions on what & where i should start looking would be helpful. Thank you in advance.
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My HT set up consists of
Paradigm
Monitor 7's fronts-cc370-atoms rears-pdr10 subwoofer

afterburnt

I have a half mile of Fuerez from Douglas Connection on everything now. I am pretty happy and it did not cost a lot. I have Sewell Deadbolts for terminals.

boston1450

I will check his site. Do the Deadbolts come for Doug also ? How do those go on ?

marvda1

for the type of sound you get out of rears i don't think it will be worth the money to go to better cables. and besides the thicker gauge wire is better for the longer runs.

boston1450

They work well like they are (from what i hear-but havent compared). I like the looks of cleaner wires & wasnt sure if there was a better quality wire or cable for a decent price. Probably with these old ears i wouldnt notice a difference. Thanks for the info guys

afterburnt

boston1450 wrote: »

I will check his site. Do the Deadbolts come for Doug also ? How do those go on ?

I got em from Amazon here is a link they go on pretty easy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxlaFn19JiA

boston1450

Thank you for sharing. Ive acctually seen that video before. Never bought or tried them though. Alot of stuff out there like those can be had cheap

BlueFox

I used the spade version for building the ground jumpers to connect the gear to the Triton ground.

afterburnt

boston1450 wrote: »

Thank you for sharing. Ive acctually seen that video before. Never bought or tried them though. Alot of stuff out there like those can be had cheap

Sewell told me that all of part dealing with the wire are copper only the barrel is brass

westmassguy

Randy, the thin white HT wire is most likely for in-wall installation. The Jacket has a UL fire rating. If your wires are exposed, you don't need that. Keep in mind, the longer the run, there more resistance you're adding. That resistance will affect the output rating of your Receiver/Amplifier. Those rating have to be taken with a grain of salt anyway. Higher resistance means a portion of the signal is converted to heat, and less signal actually reaches the speakers.

boston1450

Thanks for the input all. I will stick with the heavy gauge wire im using now & order some banana plugs & enjoy it like this for now-being they are rear surrounds. Im using Canara 4s11 4ft on fronts & 6ft on center (as i built shelf above tv) angled to listening sweet spot. All with lock banana's on them & they seem to sound decent & look clean-so the Mrs's isnt complaining

westmassguy

The Canare 4S11 is what I use. It's a little bright until it burns in.

boston1450

^^^^ Im working on it

tonyb

westmassguy wrote: »

The Canare 4S11 is what I use. It's a little bright until it burns in.

I find it a tad bright and thin sounding even after it burns in. That's my ears though.

westmassguy

tonyb wrote: »

westmassguy wrote: »

The Canare 4S11 is what I use. It's a little bright until it burns in.

I find it a tad bright and thin sounding even after it burns in. That's my ears though.

Coming from cheap,12 gauge Rat Shack cable, it was a big improvement for my 2As, along with the Interconnect. I'll be experimenting with higher end cables once my Son's College tuition is paid off in about 5 more years.

msg

I really do like the Furez for speaker wire. I've still got to burn in some cables, but it sounds pretty smooth and pleasing to me, even when new.

I'm *only* (italics still not working?) using the Sewell Silverback banana connectors right now on some of my diy builds, but I prefer the double-set screw type used in the Silverback over the fan-and-foldover method that I think is used on the Deadbolt? I don't know, just seems to me that the double set screw will make better contact to the body of the plug. I've even considered flowing solder in after.

These bananas
http://amzn.to/1OdVRRv


And then I heatshrink 'em

pearsall001

Monoprice wire & the Sewell bananas are excellent. That's all you need for the HT application.

boston1450

I used something similar to those on heavy guage wire & they seem to work pretty good. I started this thread because in this hobby it seems some look for better performance & cables to me seem to do better & they sure look neat & cleaner when ya got live with them & wife likes cleaner-non clutter look

gce

I went with Blue Jean BJC Ten White (5T00UP) (White jacket, 10 AWG) for my rears. It's about a buc a foot so it wont break the bank. For surrounds I think it sounds great.

Nightfall

I have entry level MIT's running to my rear speakers but they're also only 20 foot runs and not 40.

WLDock

gce wrote: »

I went with Blue Jean BJC Ten White (5T00UP) (White jacket, 10 AWG) for my rears. It's about a buck a foot so it wont break the bank. For surrounds I think it sounds great.

Yep, can't go wrong with The BJC cable....especially for in-wall installs. 12 AWG here...I need to buy some more to re-wire my new place. Going in-wall myself to clean things up. Well actually I've been wanting to try the Furez FZ122AS 12AWG....I might go that route.

motorhead43026

Good cable the FZ122AS.

helipilotdoug

PM me for the Furez 12/2 cable. Being a Club Polk member you will get a 10% discount.

[Deleted User]

Jumping in late, was it worth it? What was the change?

Nightfall wrote: »

I have entry level MIT's running to my rear speakers but they're also only 20 foot runs and not 40.

[Deleted User]

I need to do this for my surrounds and wides...
Good to know!

helipilotdoug wrote: »

PM me for the Furez 12/2 cable. Being a Club Polk member you will get a 10% discount.

WLDock

helipilotdoug wrote: »

PM me for the Furez 12/2 cable. Being a Club Polk member you will get a 10% discount.

Cool Doug...will do!