Good wire for surrounds?
I'm making a lot of decisions about new wire for my front pair. I'm a poor guy so my listening room is my living room and my 2-channel audio is my home theatre. lol. Anyway, in another thread I'm picking up a great many ideas about how to terminate some good wire I bought from Dave. Because it's a short run and I have the extra wire, I'm going to give the same treatment to my center.
Now, for the surrounds. I'm primarily a 2-channel music listener so i'm not going to run 30 feet of AudioQuest Type 4 wire to my surrounds but i am thinking the FXi A6 deserve something better than spliced 35 year old leftover sections from the Jenson install in my '66 Falcon.
I've got 28 foot runs. I'm thinking twisted pair at 12 or 14 gauge. I'm hoping below $1.50 a foot. Well below I hope. Do you guys know a wire and a quality supplier for a reasonable deal?
Now, for the surrounds. I'm primarily a 2-channel music listener so i'm not going to run 30 feet of AudioQuest Type 4 wire to my surrounds but i am thinking the FXi A6 deserve something better than spliced 35 year old leftover sections from the Jenson install in my '66 Falcon.
I've got 28 foot runs. I'm thinking twisted pair at 12 or 14 gauge. I'm hoping below $1.50 a foot. Well below I hope. Do you guys know a wire and a quality supplier for a reasonable deal?
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"ES - Kind'a simple but I like it"
Sony ES STR-DA4300ES 7.1
Sony ES SACD SCD-C2000ES
Sony 400 Disc CD CDP-CX455
Infinity BU-2 Sub-Woofer
Polk Audio RT800i Towers
Polk Audio CS400i Center
Polk Audio FXiA6 Surrounds
Sennheiser HD 280 Pro Headphones
DH-Labs T-14 Speaker Cables
Panamax Max 500 DBS Line Conditioner
Panasonic TH-50PZ85U 50'-Plasma
Play Station III - BluRay
Logitech Harmony 550 Remote
Logitech diNovo Mini Keyboard
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Blue jeans cable has 12 and 10 ga wire that is in wall rated for not alot of cash. Should be great for surround use.Mains.............Polk LSi15 (Cherry)
Center............Polk LSiC (Crossover upgraded)
Surrounds.......Polk LSi7 (Gloss Black - wood sides removed and crossovers upgraded)
Subwoofers.....SVS 25-31 CS+ and PC+ (both 20hz tune)
Pre\Pro...........NAD T163 (Modded with LM4562 opamps)
Amplifier.........Cinepro 3k6 (6-channel, 500wpc@4ohms) -
Canare 4S11 comes highly recommended. Never used it personally, but it has great reviews. It's a twisted pair construction, and can be had for .96 a foot here.The nirvana inducer-
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Blue jeans cable has 12 and 10 ga wire that is in wall rated for not alot of cash. Should be great for surround use.
People here talk so informally/are so familiar with their favorite products that I didn't put 2 and 2 together. I just spent 2 days and 10 or 12 hours surfing for 12 awg twisted pair for my 30 foot surround runs. I searched like hell for Belden but couldn't find anything. I followed another lead and went to Blue Jean Cable and discovered (this is too simple) that Belden is a brand name sold by Blue Jean. Doh. Perfect, 12 awg twisted pair and bloody reasonable too. I paid $45 after shipping for 70 feet of wire. Thanks a bunch my friend. Exactly what I wanted....Link to my System Showcase...
"ES - Kind'a simple but I like it"
Sony ES STR-DA4300ES 7.1
Sony ES SACD SCD-C2000ES
Sony 400 Disc CD CDP-CX455
Infinity BU-2 Sub-Woofer
Polk Audio RT800i Towers
Polk Audio CS400i Center
Polk Audio FXiA6 Surrounds
Sennheiser HD 280 Pro Headphones
DH-Labs T-14 Speaker Cables
Panamax Max 500 DBS Line Conditioner
Panasonic TH-50PZ85U 50'-Plasma
Play Station III - BluRay
Logitech Harmony 550 Remote
Logitech diNovo Mini Keyboard -
FOR SALE: 2 - 50 ft rolls of Monoprice 12awg speaker wire. Un-opened. LOL
Cheap..........Link to my System Showcase...
"ES - Kind'a simple but I like it"
Sony ES STR-DA4300ES 7.1
Sony ES SACD SCD-C2000ES
Sony 400 Disc CD CDP-CX455
Infinity BU-2 Sub-Woofer
Polk Audio RT800i Towers
Polk Audio CS400i Center
Polk Audio FXiA6 Surrounds
Sennheiser HD 280 Pro Headphones
DH-Labs T-14 Speaker Cables
Panamax Max 500 DBS Line Conditioner
Panasonic TH-50PZ85U 50'-Plasma
Play Station III - BluRay
Logitech Harmony 550 Remote
Logitech diNovo Mini Keyboard