Are speaker cables really worth the money some people charge??????

[admin_exported]

What are peoples thought on this as I need some speaker cable but i will need quite a bit too.

 

[Anonymous]

Forgot to add what is the least number of strands etc, I am a new person to home cinemas and to me wire is wire?

 

[Petherick]

Least number of strands is 1 (no, seriously, some use single-core cables!) and be prepared to either be ignored or to be responsible for starting yet another 'debate' about cables...

 

[Oldboy]

In my humble opinion speaker cable is the most cost effective upgrade to any system but of course many will disagree, i noticed an instant improvement to the sound of my system when i bought the QED silver anniversary XT cable for example and although it was a little pricey to run it to all my speakers i'm very happy i went to the trouble and expense.

Let the cable debate start yet again and as Harry Hill would say....FIGHT!

 

[John Duncan]

It depends on the system you're plugging it in to.

 

[fr0g]

I would say get the cheapest AWG 14 OFC for any system. The (recently) oft quoted Van Damme pro cable at 2.5mm thickness will be 99% as good as anything else...imo. It isn't "cheap" (£3 a metre), but having used that and stuff costing 4.5 times as much I wouldn't hesitate to recommend it.

And although I am not quite in the "all cables sound the same" camp, I would say it is the LEAST cost effective upgrade to any system as the differences are subtle at best (so long as you are not upgrading from bell-wire).