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Re: which size of OFC loudspeaker cable should I use?



I'm using the screw posts too but only because I was too lazy to solder
connectors on the ends.  I hooked it all up when we first moved in and I
was looking to do it as quickly as possible so I could make a dent in
the "honey - do" list.

From:Robert Green
ROBERT_GREEN1963@xxxxxxxxx

> "BruceR" <brNOSPAM@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>
>> don't hrow your money away on overpriced cables like Monster
>> and others.  You will not hear a difference.
>
> Sure you will.  You'll hear a lot more quiet since you'll have far
> less money to buy new CDs if you spend it all on oxygen free,
> directionally rated superwire. :-)
>
> I agree, BTW.  16AWG *stranded* would be what I would run for less
> than 75'. If I were wiring up a high-powered HT receiver too big
> speakers that I knew I would be driving the maximum I'd use 14AWG
> stranded.
>
> How do you handle the connection at the receiver/amplifier?  I've
> just been using the screw posts but now that my fingers are getting
> creaky I'd just as soon switch to banana plugs soldered onto the wire
> ends.
>
> --
> Bobby G.




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