Philips Spooled Speaker Wire - 100ft - 16 gauge
by Philips Peripherals and Accessories
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Customer Review: Good stuff.
Summary: 5 Stars
It's speaker wire, what else needs to be said? Well, there's speaker wire, then there's serious cable, and this falls in the latter category. 14 gauge stranded copper -- if you can't visualize that, think "lamp cord", only higher quality. You probably have appliances with power cords thinner than this stuff.
Cut it, tin the ends, and you have a nice, solid speaker cable that should outlast the rest of your system. I don't know what kind of loads 14 gauge is rated for, but I sure don't have enough power to cause any problems. If you have other uses in mind, it wicks up solder very nicely and is very easy to work with. The insulation will burn like any other, but it's not too excessive if you are halfway decent at soldering.
Just taking it out of the box, I knew I had some quality cable when I dropped it from the unexpected weight. It reminded me most of the solid copper heatsink from my now dead Athlon machine. This cable is well worth the money.
Customer Review: Good inexpensive wire
Summary: 5 Stars
There's not a lot to say about something so simple. This is exactly what you'd expect to get at under $0.17 a foot for a small roll: flexible 16-ga speaker wire with a good casing (but not in-wall rated). The wire is a little more flexible than I'd expected (a good thing) but still has a tough casing. I find it perfect for making up monitor leads for temporary configurations instead of hauling around and curling up the excess of my "good" wire I use in my permanent configuration at home. At the time of this review the same wire costs 50% more (before tax) at a well-known national electronics chain.Customer Review: Don't get ripped off by marketing tactics. This is great wire!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is decent quality 16 gauge speaker wire. It works fine for all but the highest end systems. It is so sad that companies like Monster Cable have everyone fooled into thinking you need to buy special wire to hook up speakers. 99.999% of people can't tell the difference in sound quality with most speakers, and you probably won't either. use that extra $100 and buy a better receiver or speakers if you have money to burn. That is where the real sound quality is anyway.Customer Review: Cheap / High Quality Wire
Summary: 5 Stars
Like the title says this is pretty high quality stuff for the price - good thick wire - thicker than some 14 gauge stuff. If you're running a 2.1 setup with shorter cable runs this stuff is a no brainer.
I've got one ~40ft run that I'm kinda nervous about, but in general if you're running anything under 20ft anything more expensive is simply unnecessary. Definitely recommended.
Customer Review: 16 Gauge
Summary: 5 Stars
If you zoom in on the picture, you'll notice that it's actually 16 gauge wire. I received it and can confirm that it's 16 gauge. Wire works fine, although the spool that's held together by two bolts and nuts had one of the nuts missing. It's not a big deal though, and my only disappointment was on my end when I realized 100' wasn't enough to hook up my 7 speakers.