Monoprice 102820 100ft 14AWG CL2 Rated 2-Conductor Loud Speaker Cable (for In-Wall Installation) CL2 Rated | 2-Conductor

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  • Julia Leuschke

    > 3 day

    Used this to wire rear speakers for my Polk TL250s. I went through the wall and ceiling and needed in-wall rated wire. I looked all around for the least expensive option and found this to be a great buy. Im no audio file, but the sound is amazing. No loss that I can detect and no buzzing. I would recommend this for in wall wiring.

  • Robin Ward

    > 3 day

    its wire

  • Ellis Guy

    > 3 day

    This is the third AV speaker system Ive installed in my home over about a 4-year period. The first two were fished through the walls and over ceilings, terminated in boxes inside the walls with jacks and connected with banana plugs. The most recent installation is surface mounted with runs along the casings and up the walls behind draperies for simplicity. In all cases Ive used Monoprice cabling. The first system is larger with more wattage, so I used 12 gauge cables. The other two are smaller, so I used 14 gauge cabling with good results. This is twisted solid copper wire, not copper-coated aluminum, which seems to be the case with some lower-priced competing products. Im very happy with the results in all cases. If there is any issue, it may be that the wire ends have to be tightly twisted when attempting to make a connection with the standard blade clamps present on many AV receivers and speakers. Also, getting the wire connected to banana plugs presents similar minor challenges. None of this is a deal breaker and anyone with rudimentary wiring skills will not encounter serious difficulties. It is recommended that the installer have available a few basic wiring tools, such as a good wire cutter or heavy wire cutting pliers, a quality wire stripper and a tool capable of cutting a moderately bulky cable. In some cases, soldering the connections to banana plugs might be advisable. Ive purchased at least 750 feet of this cable or the heavier 12 guage and would purchase again if I decided to install yet another (fourth) AV system.

  • Brandon

    > 3 day

    Purchased this for my home theater room 7.1 really good wire great coating and flexable enough for in wall installation

  • Singlespeed

    > 3 day

    Very heavy-duty with a jacket almost as rugged as Romex. Nice to have the length printed on the jacket at 1-ft intervals.

  • Eric/Sheena F

    > 3 day

    Great product. My only advice would be to also consider the 4 conductor wire for installations of more than one speaker.

  • Jordan

    > 3 day

    Perfect for running through drywall or baseboards.

  • AJ

    > 3 day

    Superb cable for in wall wiring. I have used it to wire a pair of atmos height speakers and the surround speakers as well as the center channel. Very easy to run and clip this cable. No complains. Will buy again.

  • Kyle O.

    > 3 day

    Good price. Havent had poor quality monoprice products yet.

  • Robert Smith

    > 3 day

    Good quality wire, easy to pull and work with.

Get the most out of your home audio system with high quality, oxygen-free, pure bare copper speaker wire from monoprice!

this speaker wire features two conductors made of high purity (greater than 99.95% pure), oxygen-free bare copper. Pure bare copper is a superior conductor to the copper clad aluminum (CCA) conductors used in most other inexpensive speaker wire. Cca is only about 68% as conductive as pure bare copper. This additional resistance is added to the impedance of your speakers and can negatively effect The sound.

for the wire to have no audible effect, The total wire resistance should be no more than 5% of the lowest impedance of your speakers. Even speakers rated for a nominal 8-ohms, may dip to as low as 4-ohms at some frequencies, which further reduces the total cable resistance allowed in the wire. Using pure bare copper speaker wire ensures that the total load put on the amplifier remains as close as possible to the impedance curve of your speakers.

for example, a 16AWG 2-conductor pure bare copper speaker wire has a total resistance of 0.803 ohms per 100 feet (both directions must be considered). by comparison, a 16AWG 2-conductor CCA speaker wire has a total resistance of 1.181 ohms per 100 feet. Assuming 4 ohms is the lowest impedance of your speakers, a speaker wire run can be no more 0.2-Ohms total. 20 feet of 16AWG pure bare copper would be 0.1606 ohms, well under the 0.2-Ohm limit. On the other hand, 20 feet of 16AWG CCA would be 0.2362 ohms, well over the 0.2-Ohm limit.

each conductor is jacketed with color-coded PVC for easy polarity identification. The entire cable assembly is jacketed in a white, CL2-rated PVC material. The CL2 rating indicates that the cable complies with fire safety and insurance requirements, making it safe for use inside the walls of residential class buildings.

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