Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Stereo buying speaker wire?

Could you please suggest a good speaker wire? I'd prefer 12 gauge.

thanks.

I use this. It's surprisingly flexible for a thick wire, but it ain't pretty (IMHO). In addition to the 100ft. roll for $37.50, it also comes in rolls of 50ft. for $22.95, or 500ft. for $179.80.

If you find it too ugly, you could use this. It's an "in-wall" wire, but it can be used like regular speaker wire. It's better looking (IMHO), and is even cheaper.

I've had nothing but good experiences dealing with Parts Express.

Others will recommend just going to Home Depot and getting some of their inexpensive wire.

i really dont know why you guys dont ever suggest the axiom bulk wire. heck, it says axiom on it and its sold by axiom, and has free shipping and its not really THAT expensive. you can get 25 feet for less then 25 bucks.

haoleboy-


as far as recommending AXIOM speaker wire.. i think it is pretty well believed that 'over priced' speaker wire in general isnt really worth the money. now, the axiom wire is around $1 dollar a foot, and the home depot stuff is $.30 cents a foot.. if you have 100-125 feet total, like i will have to run, you are talkin a difference between $60-$80 bucks.. thats a lot of money to me.

and its not that the axiom wire is bad, per say, but the home depot stuff is just as good at 1/3 the price..

bigjohn

Simple.

You can get 100 feet of Axiom speaker wire for $100, or you can get 100 feet of Sound King 12 guage bulk speaker wire, which is rated as some of the best wire at that price, for $70 less. http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?&DID=7&Partnumber=100-155 shows it as being $37.50 for 100 feet, which makes it $62.50 less than the Axiom bulk wire for the same amount of wire.

That wire is really good, and a thick guage too. And if you'd like the fuzzy feeling of using better wire - instead of buying one pair of insanely priced wire, use all the extra wire you'll have left over in the 100 foot spool to bi-wire the speakers, since I doubt you'll use 50 feet of wire for two speakers.

If you don't mind adding your own connectors or just using bare wire, this is what I use:

http://www.markertek.com/SearchProduct.asp?off=0

It's better looking than most bulk stuff, but costs a bit more at 50 cents a foot. It's just a plain round black wire that's decently flexible. It's 4 wires at 16 gauge - so you use 2 twisted pairs each for the + and -, which results in 13 gauge equivalent. After adding some connectors and shrink tubing, mine look quite "professional."

Audiofan:

I was turned on to these:

Knukonceptz
Karma 12AWG Speaker Kable

Knukonceptz
Klear Kable Blue 12 Gauge Speaker Wire

http://knukonceptz.com/



Sutter Cane

Is SoundKing very flexible? I have to run wire through several corner, so highly flexibility is important to me.

thanks.

Hi audiofan

Dunno about the soundking, but the monster mini flat is extremely flexible. Sounds great also. It's the only monster speaker cable I like.

I bought 100' at Lowes for $26. Works fine for me. I hear no difference between it and Munster I had from my previous HT set-up.