Speaker Wires

[Breah]

I purchased a HTiB back in 2004 that came with satellite speakers and the speaker wire to hook them up. I would like to purchase some more speakers and the wires to go with them. The speaker wire has 22 AWG on it. Where can I find a place to buy it ready to hook up? I like Monoprice but they do not have 22 AWG. Could I use a different AWG? Thanks.

[hakstone]

Originally Posted by Breah

I purchased a HTiB back in 2004 that came with satellite speakers and the speaker wire to hook them up. I would like to purchase some more speakers and the wires to go with them. The speaker wire has 22 AWG on it. Where can I find a place to buy it ready to hook up? I like Monoprice but they do not have 22 AWG. Could I use a different AWG? Thanks.

Not sure what you mean by 'ready to hook up' but you can find speaker wire at any walmart or lowes. Probably want to get as close to 22 awg as you can.

[Pelican170]

Why stick with 22 guage? id get larger if buying new wires...

[Blu-Dog]

Originally Posted by Breah

I purchased a HTiB back in 2004 that came with satellite speakers and the speaker wire to hook them up. I would like to purchase some more speakers and the wires to go with them. The speaker wire has 22 AWG on it. Where can I find a place to buy it ready to hook up? I like Monoprice but they do not have 22 AWG. Could I use a different AWG? Thanks.

That's the thinnest guage I've ever heard of using. Toss it and get new wire. The thinnest you should use would be 16 AWG, which is common and not expensive at all. Check with Home Depot and Lowe's, don't pay Best Buy prices for it.

Even better would be 12 AWG, but you probably won't need it with HTIB gear.

[Breah]

Thanks fellas for the help, I appreciate it. I guess I will look into replacing all the wires with better ones.

[hakstone]

Just make sure the new gage will fit on however it's attached to the terminal.
I've had problems getting 12 awg in some posts.

[roar]

Originally Posted by hakstone

Just make sure the new gage will fit on however it's attached to the terminal.
I've had problems getting 12 awg in some posts.

Agreed... I would be stunned to hear a 7 year old HTIB that came with 22AWG would take 12AWG on either the speaker or receiver end.

It is more the comment where Breah is looking to add more speakerse... does the HTIB actually have more speaker inputs than speakers that were supplied? I've never heard of a HTIB that shipped with less speakers than it could support before.

[Breah]

Back in 2004, I bought a Sony Ht-6800 HTiB. It came with 6 satellite speakers at the time. I recently upgraded the receiver to a new sony 7.1 system. Instead of buying 7 new speakers, I just need one. The speaker's model is SS-MSP88. I am have a little trouble finding one of these to buy. Thanks again guys.