Industrial looking speaker wire

gwdgs
gwdgs Posts: 13
edited December 2009 in Basic Hookup/Wiring Questions
I just checked the price of the big name speaker wire in 12 g. It was
about $1.50 a foot.

I had a system that a little tougher more industrial look would be fine.
I went to Lowes and bought a yellow 50ft ext cord 12g 3 wire.
http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=productDetail&productId=67439-66906-UTP511830&lpage=none

I cut the ends off of the cord, cut the cord in half, stripped the
wires. It looks great. Sounds good too.


Any a/r stereophile people read this , it will drive them ****. Sorry.
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  • halo71
    halo71 Posts: 4,604
    edited December 2009
    I am a little confused by this post. Guess its better than lamp wire ehh?
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited December 2009
    I hear it corrodes quickly.
    "He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you." Friedrich Nietzsche
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  • Knucklehead
    Knucklehead Posts: 3,602
    edited December 2009
    Face wrote: »
    I hear it corrodes quickly.

    Probably right...I doubt if its oxygen free.
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  • KASR
    KASR Posts: 450
    edited December 2009
    Knucklehead wrote: »
    Probably right...I doubt if its oxygen free.

    It'll be perfect in my setup I've got on the space station!! :D
    Living room:
    Optoma HD20
    Elite Sable 100"
    Marantz NR1501
    Polk RM6750
    Polk Monitor 50 x 2
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    Toshiba HD-A20 x 2
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  • Hawkeye
    Hawkeye Posts: 1,313
    edited December 2009
    gwdgs wrote: »
    I just checked the price of the big name speaker wire in 12 g. It was
    about $1.50 a foot.

    I had a system that a little tougher more industrial look would be fine.
    I went to Lowes and bought a yellow 50ft ext cord 12g 3 wire.
    http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=productDetail&productId=67439-66906-UTP511830&lpage=none

    I cut the ends off of the cord, cut the cord in half, stripped the
    wires. It looks great. Sounds good too.


    Any a/r stereophile people read this , it will drive them ****. Sorry.

    What do you use the 3rd wire for? You probably should have bought the green one (envy).

    ****? Not hardly, I know what I have and know what you have. I'll keep mine:D
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  • Knucklehead
    Knucklehead Posts: 3,602
    edited December 2009
    KASR wrote: »
    It'll be perfect in my setup I've got on the space station!! :D

    The
    sound must be outta this world!...Sorry...that was bad.:o
    Polk Audio Surround Bar 360
    Mirage PS-12
    LG BDP-550
    Motorola HD FIOS DVR
    Panasonic 42" Plasma
    XBOX 360[/SIZE]

    Office stuff

    Allied 395 receiver
    Pioneer CDP PD-M430
    RT8t's & Wharfedale Diamond II's[/SIZE]

    Life is one grand, sweet song, so start the music. ~Ronald Reagan
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  • Knucklehead
    Knucklehead Posts: 3,602
    edited December 2009
    double post....
    Polk Audio Surround Bar 360
    Mirage PS-12
    LG BDP-550
    Motorola HD FIOS DVR
    Panasonic 42" Plasma
    XBOX 360[/SIZE]

    Office stuff

    Allied 395 receiver
    Pioneer CDP PD-M430
    RT8t's & Wharfedale Diamond II's[/SIZE]

    Life is one grand, sweet song, so start the music. ~Ronald Reagan
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  • Hoosierbronco
    Hoosierbronco Posts: 60
    edited December 2009
    You want industrial --- try "seow" cord next time , called S-O cord sometimes. Plus you can get it in two wire.
    Plasma : Panny 54G25
    Receiver : antique Sony :mad:
    BD/DVD/CD : OPPO BDP 93
    Fronts : Polk Monitor 10B
    Center : CSi5
    no rears yet , no sub ... Looking at RTia3's first then 9's and a NAD T 747 ... maybe
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  • bigaudiofanatic
    bigaudiofanatic Posts: 4,415
    edited December 2009
    Lamp cord is not bad. Shoot I use to think monster cable was good enough. Now I just bought new wires and I think it will make a difference. Plus they look better. (^_^)
    HT setup
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