Inwall Speaker Cable & Bi-Wire Question:

Sorry Bill. I forgot to get back to you. See hcmaudio.com or the audioquest site for some great deals on those cables.

I have just done my rear surrounds with Audioquest Type 4+. It can be had for less than $3 per foot. I would use that or Type 2 (cheaper, thinner). Both are good values for their sound quality and are rated for inwall use. BTW, most small rear surround speakers are not biwirable.

Chris

KimberKable makes some nice in-wall cable (12 gauge) but be careful about the gauge requirements on the speakers and, if applicable, in-wall volume controls -- the latter are usually 14 gauge so require some extra work with the Kimbers. Audioquest also makes some good cable and is on sale if you look out for the banner here on Audiogon (I'll check to get details tomorrow). If it's for rear channels, those may both be overkill (in that case, Tweeter has some decent cable for less money -- four 16 gauge wires you can tie together to 13 gauge and it sounds very nice).
I've looked at a lot of in-wall speakers lately and have not seen bi-wired capacity so that may be a moot point. Shouldn't be a problem to tie the runs together to one speaker if you set up the cables for bi-wiring but can't find the bi-wireable speakers. In fact, thicker cable lowers resistance. But, be careful about how much gauge the speaker can handle. If you use two runs of 14 gauge per speaker, that's a combined 11 gauge wire (two runs of the same gauge result in that gauge minus 3). It may not fit without removing strands. Good luck.

You can pretty much use any cable you want in the walls. Especially if it is a new construction. Much easier to run wire that way. Use the cable that sounds best to you.

As far as bi-wiring, it won't hurt the sound any using a bi-wire cable, but it will be more expensive when you could buy the same cable not bi-wired. (as long as it's available.)