I know I'll probably take just a little heat for this, but... Home Depot 25' 12ga (yup, orange extension cords) should be sufficient and it's definitely a little more affordable than some of the other things mentioned above. And we're not talking about the 12ga speaker wire that you can now buy there - buy a couple of 12/2 extension cords, fix the ends, and connect up. You can probably Google to find the former references to a past audio show in England where a certain speaker manufacturer was showing their wares using essentially that cable (and where we learned of this trick). I've had those flat interwoven cables, proper fat speaker cable, etc. and we have to admit that the darned 12/2 is as good as all that ('specially if you're over 30 and by definition have non-teenager hearing).
Speaker Cable Questions
Opinions please:
(a) For lengths of approximately 25 feet, is 10 gauge wire preferred over 12 gauge? I suppose 10 gauge is always preferable to 12, or is it?
(b) Everyone on this forum knows how expensive "quality" cables are. While I haven't checked extensively, I have yet to see any of these quality cables available in 25 foot lengths. if they were I would have to mortgage the house to buy into them. So the question here is what are the "best" (somewhat subjective I know) cables at 25 foot lengths? (cost no object answers as well as costs commensurate with an Musical Fidelity M6si amp welcome).
(a) For lengths of approximately 25 feet, is 10 gauge wire preferred over 12 gauge? I suppose 10 gauge is always preferable to 12, or is it?
(b) Everyone on this forum knows how expensive "quality" cables are. While I haven't checked extensively, I have yet to see any of these quality cables available in 25 foot lengths. if they were I would have to mortgage the house to buy into them. So the question here is what are the "best" (somewhat subjective I know) cables at 25 foot lengths? (cost no object answers as well as costs commensurate with an Musical Fidelity M6si amp welcome).
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