Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Advice from Axiom Owners Minimum Gauge for M80s / VP180?

I have 10awg for my power cord,and you guys were rubbing me...now it's speaker wires! Cardas is all I say to that!

Justin, please don't get sucked in by the 'monster'. You're only paying for the name, and the proceeds go to their lawyers so they can sue anyone who uses 'Monster' in their name. Almost any decent copper wire from Monoprice, Home Depot, Axiom, etc. will do the job.

Justin, if you haven't studied it already, note that the info on speaker wire found here is essential reading. This is an area of audio plagued with charlatans selling magic wire at absurd prices. There's essentially no meaningful technical complexity involved here, and if your runs aren't unusually long you have nothing to gain by changing your present setup.

As to the surrounds, the side surrounds in a 5.1 setup can benefit by being located slightly(maybe 2')farther back than directly to the side of the listening position, to lend a little more phantom back surround in the absence of actual 7.1 back surround speakers. With 7.1 they can be directly to the side, with the back surrounds spread about as widely as the distance that they're behind the listening position. The surrounds can be placed about 2-3' above ear level.

I appreciate the healthy amount of replies from everyone. It sounds like the general consensus is more or less what research has suggested. If it ain't a total P.O.S. it's not really worth switching unless I actually need new cable for new runs.

Joe in Ct: Just so you know, I'm with you on the Monster topic. I picked that roll up because it was dirt cheap on Amazon for a 100' roll. I tell my customers ALL the time that my wimpy looking HDMI cable is as good as whatever the dude at Best Buy tried to sell them.

I love showing people Monoprice HDMI cables for a $1.59 right after they bought 30-40 dollar ones.

I will say that the cheapest of the cheap might be too cheap just because of general build quality. I have seen a couple bad cables from monoprice/amazon. Doesn't happen to often but does happen. I guess while I trust cheap HDMI cables I'd still recommend to not the the absolute cheapest one.

So THIS explains why you've been chased out of the Best Buy parking lot 3-4 times a week!

nothing wrong with Mono's 12 awg, quality wise.

I have never heard about a bad mono price hdmi. They don't feel cheap at all.

I guess for the value of those cables... even if 1 in 50 is bad, and it's probably less than that, you still made out like a banshee.

Here's a multi photo sort-of panorama around my room. My toughest area to work with is the left channel surround and the rear surrounds if I add them. What's everyone think about placement of surrounds?