Hi Modest Cargo,

Below is a link to an excellent article on the subject of speaker wire.
The author is Roger Russell, who was the director of Acoustic Research at McIntosh Laboratory and the original designer of McIntosh loudspeakers. I wish you all the best in your purchase; the Axiom M3s are an excellent speaker for the money.

http://home.earthlink.net/~rogerr7/wire.htm

Regards,

Dan