Best quality in speaker wire

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Originally Posted by Beta Man

I think there are some good recommendations, but nobody has stated the "Best" one yet.....

Assuming the Monster XPHPCIBIG is this same one :

http://www.amazon.com/Monster-XPHPCI.../dp/B00006345D

It says in the description:


If this wire is in fact already CL3 rated, I say "Use it"

No need to order more wire, unless of course you don't have enough etc..... If you don't, just order another spool for your rears etc.... I doubt mixing the speaker wire would be noticeable (I.E. Left speaker this cable, Right speaker new Bluejeans/Monoprice cable) but it wouldn't hurt to keep the L/R/C on the same kind of wire, and surrounds/rears on the same, etc.... in the event that you don't have enough of this to run in-wall.

Just verify that the XPHPCIB or whatever, is, and always has been CL3 (since Amazon's descriptions have been wrong in the past)

Save your money... you got wires

Monster is a scam and a company the runs horrible business practices that has been exposed for making erroneous and outright lies for it's claims, especially for it's HDMI cables. Any company that sells 5 feet long HDMI cables for over $300 dollars shouldn't be trusted. Out of a moral stand point it's best people boycott Monster till they change their business and marketing practices.

More honest companies are Bluejeans Cable and Monoprice. Bluejeans uses the broadcast industry Belden cables and are of higher quality and made mostly in the U.S., not China where Monster's are made.

When it comes to CL3 rated, I believe CM rated is a higher standard which Belden is CM rated.