Inexpensive speaker cables: any experience?


I’m currently running some entry Kimber Kable speaker cables and looking at possibly upgrading. In my research I’ve come across some “budget” options on eBay. I assume they’re not great but curious if anyone has any experience with some “no-name” or “budget” cables? 
 

Thoughts on these? 

Thanks!

paulgardner

Showing 1 response by clwinbe

I’ve spent a lot of time fooling with cables in addition to building high end speakers professionally. It seems silly to hook up $300-1k cables to a speaker that uses plain copper speaker wire internally.  The same thing applies to power cables. $1200 power cable that connects to a wall outlet that’s been wired with the cheapest copper the builder could buy. 

 

I use a quality oxygen free 10 gauge wire on my 4 ohm speakers, and 12 gauge on most everything else. Ray Kimber’s wire excels in long runs or in a noisy environment.  Most speaker wire runs are short distance. You don’t need a heavy gauge for that. Folks spend gobs of money on wire because it makes them happy knowing they have the “best”.