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

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  • N. Peek

    > 3 day

    I needed some quality speaker cable for a new home theater installation and immediately went to Monoprice for my cable. They make very good cable and their prices are amazing for what you get. Ive seen reviews in A/V magazines that say this cable is just as good as those costing ten times more, and from what I can tell its just as good as the Monster cable one of my friends insists on using. I went with 12AWG not because I needed it at this time, but because I was trying to future proof my cable install ( its a pain to run this stuff after your walls are covered!) Like other cable types this one also has the foot increments on the cable so you know how long a run was and how much cable you have left. Overall great cable, you will not be disappointed in this or any other Monoprice cables.

  • Scott

    Greater than one week

    There is not much more I can say. It is a nice wire that does a great job. I will be buying more if I need it.

  • Srinivas

    > 3 day

    it was working great..

  • Keith F. Rosenfeld

    > 3 day

    As seen in the attached photos, the spool is crap - the end disks are cheap cardboard that falls apart and the central round core is cheap plastic that breaks even in shipment. All 4 250 boxes arrived with broken plastic center cores and one cardboard side broken off. So, if you try to pull, the wire unspools all over the floor. (See second photo.) I have had the same problem of crappy packaging on their 1,000 foot Cat6 network wires. If you carry them by proper grip holes, the cardboard tears and installation is a total PITA. If you only want to use them at home for a single install, go for it. But, if you do this for a living, take a pass and buy a higher quality product. You should not run your business with these products. Ive been buying Monoprice for many years and they seem to have really cut a lot of corners and cheapened things over the past 24 months. There is definitely some value for the money, but the aggravation and problems are starting to eliminate any competitive advantage they have.

  • Johnny D.

    Greater than one week

    Very nice product! Has marking at every foot in length which helped with installation. High grade copper wire.

  • jscharf42

    > 3 day

    Great product

  • scruffee

    > 3 day

    This is stuff is awesome! Im having a house built now with distributed audio in several locations. The builder has a guy he uses, and while he does good work...he uses CHEAP wire. I didnt want that crap in my walls. I upgraded all the wire...I should have just bought the 500ft spool to begin with.... BUY THIS STUFF! You wont regret it! Great wire!

  • dnsh

    > 3 day

    Easy to work with. Flexible. Sleeve removes easily where needed. Very good sound quality everywhere I’ve used it.

  • Brew Time

    > 3 day

    Great quality speaker cable for the price.

  • 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)

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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