Monoprice 103844 250ft 12AWG CL2 Rated 2-Conductor Loud Speaker Cable (for In-Wall Installation), White

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  • Adrenaline Seeker

    Greater than one week

    Wired my theater system with this speaker wire after many hours of research. I was looking for in-wall rated wire that was oxygen free with a high strand count that could handle longer runs with low resistance. IMHO, It is a great value for the money. It has worked very well for all my in-wall and atmos ceiling speakers. I am very particular and wired my system to meet the Dolby standards for height and angle to the listener. I understand that there is some controversy about different kinds of speaker wire and the marketing hype surrounding them. This is just a high grade speaker wire without the hype. I purchased higher end speaker wire for my 2 front channels and used this for all the surround speakers and I couldnt be happier with its performance. I highly recommend this product.

  • makalotieno

    > 3 day

    Attention Pretentious Audiophiles. This cable is cheap and awesome. Buy it.

  • PappaT

    Greater than one week

    I managed to grab a 250 roll of this 12 AWG cable only $80. Been wanting 12 AWG cable given that I have about 50 runs through my walls to my rear surround speakers. Just couldnt justify the cost so I watched and waited. This is a great cable. Glad I managed to snag it cheaper than normal!

  • D. Jones

    > 3 day

    I bought it for wiring up a deck for sound. The electrician seemed impressed with it, so theres that. The staples didnt break the wires and it was very flexible. There were no breaks in any of the stretches. Monoprice seems to have a sizable chunk of their offerings on sale at any time, so it was priced lower than the comptition. If you can get it on sale, it is afforable and works great for in wall cabling.

  • donotbotherme

    > 3 day

    This wire, at 12ga., is more limber than other wire I purchased that was 16 ga. For me, that makes it easier to work with. The bad thing was that it arrived late and the spool was damaged, which turned the roll into a bird’s nest.

  • Tom

    Greater than one week

    High quality wire at a great value. Works great for in-wall or is pretty good for interconnect situations as well. I would recommend buying a separate wire striper sized specifically and exclusively for stranded wire. If you see little one-inch strands of copper building up around your worksite, you need to change your stripping tool.

  • Jonathon Bentley

    > 3 day

    great wire at a great cost. I ran these through my walls for full 5.1 bi ampe setup and it works great. quality wire and sheathing to protect the wire and get quality sound.

  • Matthewm23

    > 3 day

    Installed for klipsch theater set up. Enough for 12 runs in a 20x12 room with 250ft

  • Josh H.

    > 3 day

    This was the best quality for the best price I could find for the CL2 rated 12AWG. Beware of some of the other cables you find on sale on Amazon that say 12AWG but are actually 14AWG (read the reviews)

  • JB

    > 3 day

    Solid copper speaker cabling. Didnt think the foot markings would be as helpful as they ended up being! The white jacket is quite loose around the two wires but didnt cause a problem with my install. Durably coated yet easy to strip.

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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