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speaker cable recomendation axiom vs thx ultra
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I just got my brand new epic 80 500. I am using a denon 3808. I still have not connected the equipment. I bought axiom cable, but now I wonder if I should buy the Monster Ultra Series THX 1000 Speaker Cable for front and center speakers and use the axiom cable for my rear speakers.
A long time ago I had an equipment that sounded pretty bad with rca digital cable but when I use the monster cables , it was like I just bought a new set of very expensive speakers. The difference was that big.
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Re: speaker cable recomendation axiom vs thx ultra
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You'll be fine with the Axiom cables all the way around. While the Monster Cable features the words "Ultra" and "THX" it is more an indication of price rather than performance.
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Heck, you'll be fine with lamp cord all around, as long as it's sufficient gauge.
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Any quality speaker cable will do fine. I would stick with the Axiom. You will not notice a difference between the two. Monster is mostly a name, kind of like Bose, in that they have an extensive marketing campaign. Don't buy it- it's too expensive. Instead, stick with Axiom cable and go buy some nice interconnect cables from Monoprice.com. Excellent quality for low direct price.
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Use the axiom speaker wire you have, Monster will give you no better sound.
Dave
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Re: speaker cable recomendation axiom vs thx ultra
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Hello! I certainly would go with the Axiom cable instead of Monster or "lamp cord".
I personally would go with Kimber Kable or Purist Audio Design. Many in this forum would disagree with me, and that is OK!
For speaker wire, I wouldn't use anything less than 12AWG.
Have a great day!
Mike
Last edited by F16Thud; 02/27/08 04:05 PM.
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Re: speaker cable recomendation axiom vs thx ultra
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If you haven't seen it already, here's a great article that gets techinical about the science of speaker wire. I use 14 guage from Home Depot myself (about $0.40/ft I think), and it sounds the same to me. http://www.roger-russell.com/wire/wire.htmIncludes the quote: "...So what do our fifty hours of testing, scoring and listening to speaker cables amount to? Only that 16-gauge lamp cord and Monster cable are indistinguishable from each other with music..."
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Just to think how many times that link has been in an Axiom post!!
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Sure. You could use just about any banana plug, whatever floats your boat. I use ones from monoprice, Home Depot, and Blue Jeans myself. Doesn't matter--it's just a chunk of metal that touches two other chunks of metal (the cable end and the binding post end.)
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