When I bought my first entry-level audiophile speakers, I knew I needed some reasonably good wire to maximize the sound quality and power delivery, but there were so many options -- many expensive -- that sounded suspiciously like snake oil. Electrons are pretty simple little spheres and don't even move through the tube that fast, only the signal and energy moves quickly. The wire is just a tube, that's it. I just needed a wide enough tube to deliver the energy wave with enough shielding to avoid random electromagnetic interference from the cable jungle in the nexus behind the AVR, as well as separating the left and right channels from crosstalk. And it needed to be flexible and well-made, no kinks or or splits.
I discussed it with the audiophile store I bought my speakers and they suggested this wire for my front speakers since the signal only had to go less than 10 feet, so 12 AWG was plenty for my 110W setup. I cut this up into a piece for left, right and center channels and capped it with some GLS Audio Black Chrome banana plugs.
The result? Great sound with no interference, easy install of banana plugs, and robust kink proof electron tubage for my three front speakers. Why pay a fortune for some premade Monsterly expensive cable when there's Monoprice? They also make an incredibly robust, thick, shielded headphone extension cable for a great price if you're on the lookout for that as well. I have been exceedingly happy with all my Monoprice purchases.
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Monoprice Access Series 12 Gauge AWG CL2 Rated 2 Conductor Speaker Wire/Cable
Get the most out of your home audio system with high quality, oxygen-free, pure bare copper speaker wire from Monoprice!
This speaker wire features two conductors made of high purity (greater than 99.95% pure), oxygen-free bare copper. Pure Bare Copper is a superior conductor to the copper clad aluminum (CCA) conductors used in most other inexpensive speaker wire. CCA is only about 68% as conductive as pure bare copper. This additional resistance is added to the impedance of your speakers and can negatively effect the sound.
For the wire to have no audible effect, the total wire resistance should be no more than 5% of the lowest impedance of your speakers. Even speakers rated for a nominal 8-ohms, may dip to as low as 4-ohms at some frequencies, which further reduces the total cable resistance allowed in the wire. Using Pure Bare Copper speaker wire ensures that the total load put on the amplifier remains as close as possible to the impedance curve of your speakers.
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| Sold By | Amazon.com | Amazon.com | Amazon.com | Amazon.com | Amazon.com | Amazon.com |
| connector type | Hdmi to Dvi | Speaker Wire | Bare Wire | Bare Wire | Bare Wire | Hdmi to Dvi |
| connector gender | Male, Female | Male-to-Male | Male, Male | Male, Male | Male, Male | Male, Female |
| cable length | 50 feet feet | — | 100 feet | 100 feet | 3000 inches | 50 feet feet |
| gauge | 12 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 16 |
| compatible devices | Speaker | Speaker | Speaker | Speaker | Speaker | Speaker |
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Great value for pure copper speaker wire
This is a very good speaker wire. 12ga of many fine strands means low loss and good flexibility. It is loosly twisted inside a jacket to help reduce inductance (more BASS friendly). Combine this with Monosaudio spade plugs (shown in picture) and AmazonBasics Speaker Connector Banana Plugs on the Amplifier end and you will have a nice set of quality audiophile speaker cables that will also look great.
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Reviewed in the United States on June 21, 2020
This is a very good speaker wire. 12ga of many fine strands means low loss and good flexibility. It is loosly twisted inside a jacket to help reduce inductance (more BASS friendly). Combine this with Monosaudio spade plugs (shown in picture) and AmazonBasics Speaker Connector Banana Plugs on the Amplifier end and you will have a nice set of quality audiophile speaker cables that will also look great.
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