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Old Jun 16, 2009 | 07:06 PM
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Question Speaker Wire Source?

What's a good online source for some 16 or 14 gage speaker wire? I'm not looking for the highend expensive stuff but just some two conductor stranded wire that I can use to hook up some old speakers out in the shop. I'll need about 150-200 feet total. Thanks for your help!
 
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Old Jun 16, 2009 | 07:26 PM
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Chicken shack (radioshack) usually has some inexpensive but quality speaker wire in those gages on big spools.
 
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Old Jun 16, 2009 | 07:28 PM
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Lowes, Home Depot, Ace Hardware stores... ask for "lamp cord". Comes in different gauges, colors, and is fairly cheap relative to "speaker cable", and works the same.


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Old Jun 16, 2009 | 07:52 PM
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If you want to avoid distortion, try the twisted pair communications cable. It's a little more expensive, but works great.
 
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Old Jun 16, 2009 | 09:31 PM
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Online the best place is monoprice.com Without question. Good stuff good prices and fast shipping although it comes from the west coast.

You can order at 10 PM on a Sunday night and they will email you a tracking # in about 10-15 minutes.

Great prices on TV wall mounts, HDMI, and no I don't work for them, but have bought a bunch of stuff and have never been disappointed.
 
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Old Jun 16, 2009 | 10:02 PM
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mono is a great source, but speaker wire, I'd buy at the local ace
 
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Old Jun 17, 2009 | 08:16 AM
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I know you said keep it cheap but I couldnt help myself, I found these a few years ago

Anjou Speaker Cable
Its only $7250 for a 12 foot not too bad, but while your at it you will need some really good RCA cables to hook the reciever up with, these should do

Anjou Analog Interconnect
not too bad at $2100 for a 4 foot interconnect


Just kidding though I dont know how anyone could ever buy something like these
 
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Old Jun 17, 2009 | 08:28 AM
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Wow, Patrick. Whoever buys that sh...tuff needs to seriously reexamine their life priorities. Talk about audiophile snobbery! I bet those guys have fine-tuned their cabbage so their farts smell like strawberries.

I'm with the others--monoprice.com or RadioShack.

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Old Jun 17, 2009 | 09:07 AM
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reminds me of a block amp they had at frys, the thing that was funny was that the plug for the amp looked like a garden hose and was labled as 11AWG im thinking thats pretty silly the best your gonna get in a house is 12AWG in the walls. That silly amp was $5500 too and weighed 110lbs.
 
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Old Jun 17, 2009 | 09:24 AM
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Go to your local hardqware store and get some lamp cord.Same as the speaker wire but has a higher voltage rated insulation. Otherwise radioshack would have it but could cost more.
 
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Old Jun 17, 2009 | 01:06 PM
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Originally Posted by stormyrider
Go to your local hardqware store and get some lamp cord.Same as the speaker wire but has a higher voltage rated insulation. Otherwise radioshack would have it but could cost more.

Hummnnn...thought I said that in post # 3..........


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Old Jun 18, 2009 | 01:17 AM
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Originally Posted by alchymist

Hummnnn...thought I said that in post # 3..........


“To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them”
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You did, but it needed repeating.
 
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Old Jun 18, 2009 | 03:02 AM
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My local home depot has it for cheap by the foot or roll.
 
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Old Jun 23, 2009 | 05:14 AM
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Scrapped vacuum cleaners - they have really long cords.

Sometimes it's cheaper to buy extension cords than to buy the cable alone. Two snips, four strips and you have speaker cable.
 
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