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Thread: What cables/wires to buy? |
    
Anonymous |
| Posted on Wednesday, January 08, 2003 - 02:43 pm: |
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i will soon be a proud owner of the onkyo hts650.since the wires and stuff that come with system is crap, i was wondering what kind of wires and cables i should get. i already have 50 ft. of 16gauge monster cable, but i dont know if that will be enough for all speakers. but i already decided getiing more from home depot ,since i think they will provide the same amount of quality signal. but i wanted to know what brand of optical and sub cable you guys recommend besides monsters. they are just too expensive. svideo cable too. |
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rob p |
| Posted on Wednesday, January 08, 2003 - 07:37 pm: |
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i have acoustic research cables...optical, sub and speaker wire and have very pleased with them so far. i paid $121 for 2 optical cables, 2 of their audio/video packages & a spool of wire. i remember seeing s video cables at best buy. |
Anonymous |
| Posted on Wednesday, January 15, 2003 - 07:56 pm: |
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Try Radio Shack's Gold Series. |
po |
| Posted on Thursday, January 16, 2003 - 08:32 pm: |
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Definitely, go Radio Shack. Comparable quality at half the price of Monster's.
-po |
Anonymous |
| Posted on Wednesday, May 07, 2003 - 03:08 am: |
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Do _not_ go with Radio Shack, and definitely not with the gold series (in which you get the same build quality as the regular stuff, with a 100% markup for shininess). RS cables will have connectors break over time, and in the case of speaker wire, they will oxidize within _weeks_. I definitely agree about the AR cables; AR is the best balance I've found between build quality and price.
As for the speaker wire, don't buy it from the same company you buy your A/V interconnects from: they'l sell you 16-guage stuff (ture of both AR and Monster). Go for 12-guage wire from a company that specializes in speaker wire, and don't pay mors-sean $2 per foot under any circumstances. |
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