Bulk cable for rear speakers


Any recommendations for good unfinished cable that will be 20 to 30 foot run from my amplifier to the rear speakers? I guess I need a spool of cable.

jumia

Showing 2 responses by holmz

If one is bi wiring then the Mogami 3104 is a great choice.
(And even more so if one has SpeakOn connectors.)
And 3103 in a pair, rather than a quad.

If one likes cotton insulation, then the Jupiter cable is not bad. 

@jumia So for an AVR…

  • If it was a 2 channel, I would move the amp and run longer ICs.
    • I would not run cotton insulation in a wall, but out in the room, the Jupiter cotton insulated is not too bad in price.
  • For HT then the 3104 might be better.
    • Ideally everything has SpeakOn connections.
    • The 3103 is a pair, and the 3104 you at least have a spare set or can double it up.
    • (The Furez mentioned would likely be similar)
    • I went with an AVP, so I could put the amp in the back and not run 30’ of cable, but I doubt it makes any difference.
      • If your AVR did have a set of RCA output that would do the rears, then I would run longer ICs and run a rear amp.

jumia Your last statement is subjective, and the pricing is value driven for the level of performance. Their products satisfy some of the best quality components and speakers, but as I said, Canare is okay for more basic applications.

Objectively; isn’t a rear set of HT speakers a basic application?
(We are generally pretty distracted by the visuals to notice a lot happening in the HT sound at the back.)

The front speakers, and a 2 channel especially, speaker cables and the rest of the chain, make a more noticeable difference - than sound during a movie.

 

Hence; I think cheaping out on the rear speaker cables makes a lot of sense.

Putting the rear cables into a plastic conduit, so that different ones can be pulled through the wall later without destroying anything also makes sense. And putting in larger sweeps make pulling a cable through a lot easier than a tight 90.