Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Home Theater need help with cable wire + where to place my qs8

i will be going with the m60ti, ep500, vp150, qs8.
now, i need to purchase speaker and sub wire.

1.) can someone help recommend what i should get. Please remember that i am from Canada. And instead of refering me to ebay or blue jean, etc, can someone please tell me the EXACT BRAND AND MODEL or provide a link. The thing is i took a lot on ebay and there were dozens of various kind of speaker and sub wires. I have no idea what i should get.

2.) i took a few pictures of my tv room, i need help placing my surround speakers + where to hide all the wires.
would anyone be willing to take a look at these pictures and give me there comment. Should i post these pictures on maybe yahoo photo or on this board, or should i email them to you.

if anyone wants to give me there advice on the phone, i can provide my phone number.

thanks

Any 12 guage or 14 guage wire should be fine for your speakers. A coax cable should work for your sub. You need to just determine your lenghts. bluejeanscable.com not only ships to Canada but has great cables at good prices. Their website will also answer most your cable and wire questions.

As mentioned below, any 12-14 gauge wire will work, do you have a home improvement store around you like Home Depot, Lowes, or Menards, or similar? They usually carry bulk speaker wire priced per foot.

http://www.monoprice.com has great prices and I believe ships to Canada.

You can post your pics on many websites like photobucket for free, and then just put the link to them on your messages here for us.

There is a good article on the home page of Axiom's website regarding placement of surrounds and subwoofers. http://www.axiomaudio.com/archives/subsandsurrounds.html

"If you are using multidirectional, quad polar type surround speakers like the QS8s, generally from 12 inches to 5 feet above the level of your ears when you are seated will often produce the best sense of surround envelopment. Multidirectional surrounds like the QS8s or QS4s tend to be very accommodating and "unfussy" as to placement and it isn't even necessary to have them at identical heights or distances. Every room is different, of course, and some experimentation with a couple of stepladders to support the surrounds while you listen is useful. With direct-radiating surrounds, higher is usually better, but keep them at least 3 inches away from the ceiling to avoid boundary effects from the ceiling. "

1.) do i need to use banana plugs or spade lugs with all my axiom speakers or should i use the raw wire???

2) For all my speakers (fron speaker, surround, center), is this good enough BJC Twelve White (5000UE) (White jacket, 12 AWG)from bluejean.com???

3.) For my subwoofer, is this good enough Canare LV-77S Subwoofer Cable from bluejean.com??? anyone know if they come with the plug that connect to the coaxes.

thanks

Monoprice does ship to Canada. They give excellent service and saved me a bundle.

I paid $23 Canadian for a DVI-HDMI cable, delivered to my door (Burlington ON). No taxes, no brokerage fees. It saved me from spending a monstrous $137 at Futile Shop.

For the most part copper is copper, coax is coax, just don't get caught up in the name brand hype like Monster.

Some use bare wire hookups like I do, some use banana plugs, some use spade. For me I like having the least ammounts of links in the chain, so I use barewire hookups.

anybody wants to give me the model number to the speaker wire and sub coaxes from monoprice that i should get. is this what you guys are talking about for speaker wires: 12AWG Loud Speaker Cable - 50ft. they don't seem to have the rubber cover, is that important???

I'll try and post the pictures up in a few minutes and maybe someone can help on placement and hiding the q8s.

Thanks

Bannana plugs and spade lugs are mainly for convenience of connection, bare wire is just as good. I'm using both the exact wires and coax that you mentioned from blue jeans and are very happy with them. The coax cable comes ready to use with plugs. Shipping should be fairly inexpensive since they partner with the USPS.

http://photobucket.com/albums/f19/blackorp/?sc=1&multi=4

hope this works. and appreciate any input

i would buy these
http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZshaneraymond

if i buy new/different cables i will probably buy these...

or these..

http://www.axiomaudio.com/speaker.html


i would also reccomend a floor rug, to deaden your room.