Any suggestions for in-wall cabling?

Unfortunately, there are not many manufacturers who have focused any attention towards a high quality in-wall. Another important consideration is shielding because of the length of the runs.

Also, if you are interested in conforming to National building codes, (BOCA, Building Official Code Administration) you must use a wire with a CL3 certification.

Lat International offers a 2 wire and 4 wire version of their in-wall speaker cable. It meets all of the above mentioned criteria and is reasonably priced @ $99.00 per 100ft roll for the 2 wire, $156.00 per 100ft roll of the 4 wire (Bi-wire) .

LAT makes a very good quality product for the money. It is probably one of the best wires available for your application.

You can look up LAT in the "manufacturers list". on the Audiogon home page. Click on "speaker wire" and look under "SS in-wall".

Best of luck, Ed.

i just asked the same questions and here is the answers that I received:
use a 4 cond. speaker cable by parts express (partsexpress.com) it is built for high quality audio in-wall installations. it is also very inexpensive ($63/100')
as for the RG-6, i bought a quad shielded cable also from parts express that is suppose to offer much better sheilding for video signals
parts express was very easy to deal with and items arrived in a few days.
good luck.

also, while your walls are open you should run some conduit just about everywhere you can. This is for future considerations, ever perhaps for fiber optics.

If you run some of your cables through the conduit you can always pull it out and substitute as you like.

All are good suggestions. I assume that the LAT cabling is superior to Monster?
Parts Express does have said RG6 cable, will get that from them, along with the myriad wall plates and F-pin to RCA converters etc. etc. etc.

Duly noted concerning the conduit. Will have to see about that for the main wiring bundle in the living room.

Thanks y'all!

jon

Breitlingdj, I try to avoid the "good, better, best" scenarios on this forum. In this case the word "superior". Although, if LAT is using the same method of construction, and the same quality of raw material that he uses in the rest of his cabling, Yes, I would have to assume that it is of a better quality than the Monster.

LAT uses seven 9 purity copper and silver in the construction of his wiring. PTFE teflon is used in the outer sheath of his wiring, and his wire is braided, not twisted, for rejection of RFI/ EMI.

I use LAT wiring exclusively for both my 2 channel system and my HT. I have tried many different cables including several different types of Monster. The first and most noticable characteristic of LAT, is that it is DEAD QUIET.

I also find LAT to be the most natural sounding, yielding NO sonic signature. I won't say there is not "better" sounding out there, but I will say that there is "different" sounding.

But that's just MY opinion.

That seems a fair assesment. Thanks.
I do think that the "good, better, best" scenario is also quite relative - and usually quite a personal thing. Most folks here know more that I and have far more experience...thus my asking about what I can do to improve where I can!
I do always want to find the best i can get for my money, as we all do!

I definately will pursue the LAT cable, as it seems to be both reasonably priced and high quality. Thank you to all of you guys for the input.

Jon