Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Stereo speaker cable makes a difference!

you have a rich friend

KC- about your friend that spent around a thousand bucks on a sub cable.is that the same one that spent 1200 on the sub?he would have been better off getting another sub

Too true! LOL

Guys, check ou these websites: www.1388.com (they sell speaker cable that goes for THOUSANDS of dollars per foot, & (get this!) CRYSTALS to put on your speakers to improve the sound...there's one born every minute. Also www.jenalabs.com, for cryogenically frozen speaker wire at thousands of dollars a foot!!

I checked out that 1388 site. That's ridiculous, but I'm not surprised by any audiophile product claims anymore. The amber on the speaker is just unbelievable.

I have some 12 gauge that I will throw in my freezer over night. The next day I will microwave it to seal in all the good stuff that happened in my freezer. When it's done in the nuker I will rub it against my lucky dollar for exactly 30 minutes to remove all the bad karma. (All you dirty minded people, stop right there..........) When that is all said and done, I will give it to my dog Skippy who will proceed to bury it out in the backyard. This will let the earth work it's magic on the cable. All this and more is yours for only $1199.00 per foot. RCA's are extra and if you want them treated with the same method as the cable, please add on another $429.99.

pfft. What a newbie, you don't get earth's magic unless a cat buries it.

I got some generic 12 ga holding up an Italian Cypress - I'd love to see the Mapleshade Double Helix do that.

Unfortunately when I sheet rocked 11 years ago, I had to run 30 ft lengths for my rear speakers and I used a thin gauge wire. The good news is they are monster brand wire and they always have sounded good. My question is , as I am now going to upgrade to the qs8 soon I hope, am I going to suffer a lot of sound quality with this thinner wire? 16 gauge is my guess of what I have.(Thinner than 12 right?)Will this matter that I will use heavier wire on all other speakers? I hope not because I may be stuck! Thanks for your help

Yes 16 gauge is thinner than 12 gauge. OK. Here it is. The ubiquitous Wire Table. As you can see 16 gauge will be OK up to a 37 foot run with 6 ohm speakers (QS8s).

I think it will be OK to use a different gauge wire with your other speakers, but to be sure, someone more knowledgeable than I will have to confirm or deny that.