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February 9th, 2010 | 
Author: monster Speaker Cable
Does quality matter with Speaker Wire?
Does the thickness or gauge of the wire matter with Home Theater set-ups? Should all of the wire be the same? Can anyone recommend good quality wire at a reasonable price? I need about 100 feet, and I am not spending $100 for Monster Cable.
Also, I have those metal prongs (don't know what they're called) that connect to the speaker wire to make it easier to feed the wire into the receiver. Are these good? Does the quality matter with them?
Buy good quality 16 or 14 gauge copper speaker wire and you'll be fine. You do want polarized wire which simply means that one side will have a designation (like a white stripe) to hook up the positive and negative correctly. It is important to get the polarity right. Home Depot sells both 14 and 16 guage. The 16 is fine for runs up to 50'. If your runs are longer, go with the 14 guage. The metal prongs are fine if you connect them properly and securely to the wire but I'd skip them. It's easy enough to hook up the wire without them and it elliminates a potential loose connection at that point.
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