Speaker Wire Help


Hi:
I just bought a pair of Monitor Audio Silver 8's and I was wondering what type of speaker wire I should use? I am actually very blown away by all the types of wires out there (gold, silver, copper, different gauges). In addition, I would also need suggestions on the types of terminations? The speakers can handle spades and banannas. What is a good length, I do not want to go to short or too long, if that makes any sense. Also, wondering if I should bi-wire? I am running a Harman Kardon AVR520 receiver, which is one of their high end non-thx receivers. I would greatly appreciate and help on this matter and where to buy. I would like to keep the price fairly resonable, less than $150.
Thanks for your help
mmajoril

Showing 1 response by socrates

With that price range and setup I highly suggest DH Labs T-14 speaker wire, which can be had single run for about $75, biwire or shotgun about twice that. I GREATLY preferred the DH Labls cables over the Analysis Plus Oval 12's and various AudioQuest cables that I tried. The DH labs interconnects are also very good and very cheap.

I would suggest using spades for best contact and alway run the shortest length of speaker cable you can, more only degrades sound. Cables only degrade/color the sound, the less cable the more pure the sound will be (assuming you can hear difference in cables, as many do not)....