Speaker Wire - Blu-ray Forum

GuitarGuyBMG · 12-18-2009, 05:22 AM

Where is the best place to get speaker wire at, and what kind would you recommend? I know Best Buy has it, but I imagine there is better quality stuff out there, and I know there is stuff just as good for a fraction of the cost - I'm just looking for a reputable place to get it.

Hammie · 12-18-2009, 05:46 AM

Monoprice.com has good inexpensive speaker wire.

A step up is BlueJeansCables.com. They can put the connectors on the wires already for you.

JasonR · 12-18-2009, 05:52 AM

^^^ What Lou said.

These have caught my eye on the relatively cheap, for what looks to be a very good product.

http://www.anticables.com/order.html

tilallr1 · 12-18-2009, 11:52 AM

^^^ What JasonR said.

rlf3911 · 12-23-2009, 03:30 AM

Yea, ignore anticables.com, thats a tad bit excessive. Go with monoprice.

GuitarGuyBMG · 12-23-2009, 04:02 AM

Is MonoPrice usually slow? I ordered a few days ago and the shipping has been stuck at "Billing Information Recieved" for two days.

solarrdadd · 12-23-2009, 04:05 AM

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Originally Posted by GuitarGuyBMG

Is MonoPrice usually slow? I ordered a few days ago and the shipping has been stuck at "Billing Information Recieved" for two days.

no, my stuff has usually shipped either that day or the next day and i usually receive it in 3 - 4 days but usually 3 from the day it ships. are you pretty sure that everything is ok with your card? have you ordered from them before?

Hangedman · 12-29-2009, 02:24 AM

But Monoprice is quite expensive to Canada... 27$ shipping for Speaker Cables... WTF

gates70 · 12-29-2009, 04:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Hangedman

But Monoprice is quite expensive to Canada... 27$ shipping for Speaker Cables... WTF

Yep and can take up to 2 weeks for delivery...happened twice for me. BUT way way cheaper than getting your stuff at a Future Shop or Best Buy.

MaCruz · 01-04-2010, 11:51 AM

Monoprice FTW

Don't buy from retailers like Best Buy unless you need it NOW.

Johnny Vinyl · 01-04-2010, 12:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Hangedman

But Monoprice is quite expensive to Canada... 27$ shipping for Speaker Cables... WTF

Quote:

Originally Posted by gates70

Yep and can take up to 2 weeks for delivery...happened twice for me. BUT way way cheaper than getting your stuff at a Future Shop or Best Buy.

Check your local high-end audio dealer. They sell speaker cable by the foot and you'd be surprised in that it doesn't have to be expensive.

John

ZIPPO · 01-04-2010, 04:09 PM

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Originally Posted by John72953

Check your local high-end audio dealer. They sell speaker cable by the foot and you'd be surprised in that it doesn't have to be expensive.

John

Some will give you free speaker wire( off the spool ) with a speaker purchase.

Johnny Vinyl · 01-04-2010, 11:24 PM

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Originally Posted by ZIPPO

Some will give you free speaker wire( off the spool ) with a speaker purchase.

Yep...indeed they will!

John

Nielsb90 · 01-05-2010, 08:29 AM

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Originally Posted by John72953

Check your local high-end audio dealer. They sell speaker cable by the foot and you'd be surprised in that it doesn't have to be expensive.

John

Yeah they would have a wide selection..

Just picked up some Vand den Hul - The Snowline speaker cable for my center channel at $10/meter

Hangedman · 01-12-2010, 11:10 PM

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Originally Posted by gates70

Yep and can take up to 2 weeks for delivery...happened twice for me. BUT way way cheaper than getting your stuff at a Future Shop or Best Buy.

I bought from Ebay.. it was cheaper and very good quality.

For everything else... there's Monoprice :P

JimShaw · 01-12-2010, 11:13 PM

Home Depot is where I got mine

Tigertrain · 02-07-2010, 09:17 PM

Bought 75 feet of 12 AWG from Home Depot for $35.00 yesterday.
They have a spools of different size guages.
Seems to be of decent quality.

rogman · 02-18-2010, 02:03 PM

I bought some 'good' Monster wire at Best Buy when I was setting up my home theater. Monster does not label the gauge of the wire. When I opened it I realized it was 16 gauge. Waaaay to thin for my tastes, especially with a 50' run. I returned it and bought some nice thick cable from my speaker company (Aperion). A little (OK- a LOT) pricier than Monoprice, but I'm very happy with it.

Bizdady · 02-18-2010, 03:49 PM

I bought 200 feet of 14awg from Monoprice for about 34 bucks. Moving this weekend so going to rewire my 7.1 but I did make a visit to Home Depot and saw they have some spools 16awg nicely priced.

kareface · 02-18-2010, 04:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Bizdady

I bought 200 feet of 14awg from Monoprice for about 34 bucks. Moving this weekend so going to rewire my 7.1 but I did make a visit to Home Depot and saw they have some spools 16awg nicely priced.

14awg is better then 16 (just making sure you know). Price wise it's really hard to compete with monoprice for quality.

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Originally Posted by JasonR

^^^ What Lou said.

These have caught my eye on the relatively cheap, for what looks to be a very good product.

http://www.anticables.com/order.html

This post is a little old, but I think the cables are a rip off. In most insulators the total electron storage (capacitance) would accounts for less then 10% of a db. It depends on the length of the cable and the amount of energy involved but it's almost impossible to them to release enough stored energy to be audible. The 'break in period' on cables is such BS. I dare anyone to find a peer reviewed paper that suggests that dielectric capacitance becomes more efficient with use. This is a load of hogwash, don't waste your money on it.

12-18-2009, 05:22 AM	#1
GuitarGuyBMG Member Member since:Jun 2009 Location:Clemson, SC Home Theater Gallery:7 Blu-ray collection:14	Speaker Wire Where is the best place to get speaker wire at, and what kind would you recommend? I know Best Buy has it, but I imagine there is better quality stuff out there, and I know there is stuff just as good for a fraction of the cost - I'm just looking for a reputable place to get it.

02-18-2010, 02:03 PM	#18
rogman Active Member Member since:Apr 2008 Location:MI	Speaker cable I bought some 'good' Monster wire at Best Buy when I was setting up my home theater. Monster does not label the gauge of the wire. When I opened it I realized it was 16 gauge. Waaaay to thin for my tastes, especially with a 50' run. I returned it and bought some nice thick cable from my speaker company (Aperion). A little (OK- a LOT) pricier than Monoprice, but I'm very happy with it.

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12-18-2009, 05:46 AM	#2
Hammie Blu-ray Champion Top ranked HT gallery Top contributor Member since:May 2008 Location:Washington, DC Metro Home Theater Gallery:53 Blu-ray collection:545 DVD collection:12 Trading Score:12	Monoprice.com has good inexpensive speaker wire. A step up is BlueJeansCables.com. They can put the connectors on the wires already for you.

12-18-2009, 05:52 AM	#3
JasonR Super Moderator Top contributor Member since:Nov 2007 Trading Score:12	^^^ What Lou said. These have caught my eye on the relatively cheap, for what looks to be a very good product. http://www.anticables.com/order.html

12-18-2009, 11:52 AM	#4
tilallr1 Blu-ray Samurai Top ranked HT gallery Top contributor Member since:Dec 2007 Location:Great White North Home Theater Gallery:410 4K collection:78 Blu-ray collection:2009 DVD collection:2598 Blu-ray reviews: 33 Trading Score:248	^^^ What JasonR said.

12-23-2009, 03:30 AM	#5
rlf3911 Senior Member Member since:Sep 2007 Location:Mansfield, TX Blu-ray collection:251 Trading Score:6	Yea, ignore anticables.com, thats a tad bit excessive. Go with monoprice.

12-23-2009, 04:02 AM	#6
GuitarGuyBMG Member Member since:Jun 2009 Location:Clemson, SC Home Theater Gallery:7 Blu-ray collection:14	Is MonoPrice usually slow? I ordered a few days ago and the shipping has been stuck at "Billing Information Recieved" for two days.

12-29-2009, 02:24 AM	#8
Hangedman Active Member Member since:Jan 2008 Location:Québec, Canada Blu-ray reviews:9 Trading Score:2	But Monoprice is quite expensive to Canada... 27$ shipping for Speaker Cables... WTF

01-04-2010, 11:51 AM	#10
MaCruz Community Gaming Moderator Top ranked HT gallery Top contributor Member since:Mar 2009 Location:Jacksonville, FL Home Theater Gallery:160 4K collection:104 Blu-ray collection:958 DVD collection:18 MA collection:394 Digital collection:570 iTunes collection:527 Prime collection:192 Blu-ray reviews: 23 Trading Score:139	Monoprice FTW Don't buy from retailers like Best Buy unless you need it NOW.

01-12-2010, 11:13 PM	#16
JimShaw Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Jul 2008 Location:Menifee, CA 4K collection:49 Blu-ray collection:1069 Trading Score:141	Home Depot is where I got mine

02-07-2010, 09:17 PM	#17
Tigertrain Junior Member Member since:Jan 2009	Bought 75 feet of 12 AWG from Home Depot for $35.00 yesterday. They have a spools of different size guages. Seems to be of decent quality.

02-18-2010, 03:49 PM	#19
Bizdady Blu-ray Duke Member since:Nov 2007 Location:8 1 8 Biatch!! L.A. Home Theater Gallery:21 Blu-ray collection:209 Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:38	I bought 200 feet of 14awg from Monoprice for about 34 bucks. Moving this weekend so going to rewire my 7.1 but I did make a visit to Home Depot and saw they have some spools 16awg nicely priced.

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