Speaker Cable

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Hi I was wondering if someone could give me some advice.

I am refurbishing my lounge and have stripped the walls back to the blockwork, so it is the perfect time to cable in my speaker cables ready for my surround sound system I intend to buy.

I have been looking at the Monitor Audio RS6 AV12 setup but may have to go with bookshelf speakers instead of RXFX's as my staircase is directly behind my sofa and my lounge door is directly to the side of the sofa also. Anyway I'm not here to talk about them, I'm here to ask about cables.

I was wondering if someone could recommend a good speaker cable I can first fix in ready for when I make my final choice on speakers and amp, bearing in mind the speakers I fancy and the amp I am considering is a choice of Onkyo TX-VR808 or Pioneer SC-LX83 (depends on what I think if I can find someone to demo them).

I know people say you get what you pay for, but I've never been a fan of spending money on something you can't see, so something that won't affect the sound quality but won't cost the earth either, would be a perfect balance for me.

Cheers

Steve

 

[Anonymous]

Unfortunately my topic didn't seem to get much of a response, maybe I might get a bit more help if I suggested a cable instead?

A supplier is offering QED XT Evolution speaker cable for a discounted price, would this cable be suitable for the amp/speaker set up I mentioned earlier, or would that set up be classed as too bright as reviews say not recommended for use with bright systems?

Also does anyone know what terminations are on the back of Monitor Audio RS6 AV12 set up, as wondering whether to have the cable terminated?

Cheers

Steve

 

[Anonymous]

Perhaps if you used the site search facility you might have more luck

Speaker cable advice has been flogged to death on the forum

 

[Anonymous]

I'm sure that will be ok.

What lengths of cable do you need as I found I needed over 10m for my rear speakers?

Chord Rumour 2 installation cable is another option which might not be quite as bright as the QED but it is more expensive.

I would terminate with bananas at both ends normally as if you sell on this will get the best price. Terminations are less important if you are installing the cable in the walls and you might consider sockets in the walls and then a short run of the same cable from the wall socket to the amp/speaker.

 

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the help guys, really appreciate it.

I have been thinking about this overnight, and was considering 1st fix cabling into walls and as you mentioned angelface59, putting wall sockets on when second fixing, and then short terminated leads to the units.

As far a lengths are concerned to the rears, I have had a quick calculation, and running the cables through the ceiling and up and down walls, the cables will be about 10-12 metres each I would have thought.

The only thing I am worried about with the XT Evolution cable, has come about reading other topics on here while searching, and that is how weird this cable is constructed, and the problems people have had terminating it with plugs on the end?