Philips Spooled Speaker Wire - 100ft - 16 gauge by Philips
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Digital camera reviews of Philips Spooled Speaker Wire - 100ft - 16 gauge
Digital camera Review: Wire Gauge Vs. Speaker Wattage
Summary: 5 Stars
It seems like a LOT of people (including me) over spent on speaker wire because they listened to others and simply didn't know better.
Here is a VERY simple table to help you potentially save quite a few $$ and buy the right speaker wire that fits your speakers. Wire gauge ties directly into the wattage it can handle. Amazing what a little research turns up instead of listening to "know-it-all" salesmen.
Use 16 gauge for 50-100W speakers
Use 14 Gauge for 100-150W speakers
Use 12 Guage for 150W+ speakers
I don't know anyone running 150W+ per speaker in their how, so save a few bucks and buy what you need (which for those of us who'd like to have hearing when we're 60), would probably suit quite well with 16 gauge.
As you can imagine there's nothing special about Monster speaker cable. Copper is copper. Slap on a branding and great marketing and it's no wonder they screw over thousands of stupid people with a 3-10x markup on cables, wires, connectors, etc...
Digital camera Review: 16 Gauge Wire works well!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is speaker wire. It works well, sounds good, and is available at a great price. I wouldn't advise paying $100 for monster cable when this sounds great at $16. Don't let anyone hose you over on some unnecessary expensive speaker wire. Digital camera 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.
Digital camera Review: Great value
Summary: 5 Stars
This is just speaker wire so not much to it. Used it to connect my home theater (bought two rolls), sounds great and was cheap!Digital camera 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.