Help guy (again)

[jimme a]

Hey Everyone
all of you guys have been so helpful to me with pointing out great deals and helping me learn about audio and pick out my new system...

Marantz - SR5002 receiver 90w x 7ch
4 X Polk monitor 50's for front and rear from that newegg sale
cs1 polk center channel
Polk PSW10 10-Inch Sub

should be a nice entry level system for me i hope ...

my question pertain to the wires i need .. hdmi is taken care of, but im clueless of what other wires to buy for the speakers. Can someone point me to the right speaker wire to purchase>? and should i buy those banana plugs?
help a clueless noob once again

thanks again in advance !

[Beta Man]

Buy as much 12 gauge wire as you need from monoprice.... for instance, if you think you'd need 100 feet total, go with this ....

http://www.monoprice.com/products/pr...seq=1&format=2

If you want to go in-wall you'd need something like this

http://www.monoprice.com/products/pr...seq=1&format=2

As far as banana plugs... they're basically just for convenience..... although some would say they provide an audible improvement..... if ou're going to lose the signal between the wire/speaker, you'd be just as likely to lose it between the wire/plug....


But for the cost of them, I'd just get them if I were you

http://www.monoprice.com/products/pr...seq=1&format=2

[jimme a]

thanks alot... how about from Sub to receiver, which wire/cable to i need to buy for that?

[Big Daddy]

Originally Posted by jimme a

thanks alot... how about from Sub to receiver, which wire/cable to i need to buy for that?

Subwoofer cables are the same as digital coaxial RG6 cables. Here is a link
http://www.monoprice.com/products/se...ofer&x=31&y=21

Scroll down and choose the cable of appropriate length.

[jimme a]

thanks guys ... im going to measure around the room and figure out how much speaker wire i need ... another retarded question lol .. i notice each speaker has 2 pairs of inputs (red/black x2) ...
do i them need to figure out my wire distance and times that number by 4?
or actually would it be 2x?

[Audiophile_At_Birth]

Originally Posted by jimme a

thanks big ... im going to measure around the room and figure out how much speaker wire i need ... another retarded question lol .. i notice each speaker has 2 pairs of inputs (red/black x2) ...
do i them need to figure out my wire distance and times that number by 4?
or actually would it be 2x?

that's if you want to "bi-amp" them, which means you have power driving the highs and power driving the lows vs just one power source powering the whole tower. Would recommend it for the fronts.

[jimme a]

interesting ... ok cool, ill do that for the fronts in that case .... so i would figure out how much wiring i need for the fronts and then x4 ... then figure out rears and x2, right?

[ak808]

Well in order to properly bi-amp you need 2 seperate outputs on your receiver. It honestly makes no sense to bi-amp if you have only one set of outputs for the right, center, or left speaker. In this case you'd be putting 2 sets of wire (4 wires total) to one set of outputs.

[crackinhedz]

Marantz SR5003

coupon code: AFLAUD25

[Beta Man]

Originally Posted by crackinhedz

Marantz SR5003

coupon code: AFLAUD25

Nice..... you're on fire with the deals lately!

And to the OP..... I wouldn't waste your time Bi-Amping, although many here swear by it for some reason or another......

Most of the speakers in question have the build quality of a Yugo..... you wouldn't put High-Octane in a Yugo (and that would probably yield more noticeable results than Bi-Amping many of these speakers)


EDIT:


wasn't speaking of your speakers..... just in "general" with many of the recommendations here..... I just got back from the bar when I posted that....so it came out kinda rude, but wasn't intended as such.

[jimme a]

a yugo?
damn