Speaker Cable

pepp77 · 1 Dec 2016 at 13:27

I currently have a Sony STR-DN1050 Amp and the Onkyo surround sound speakers that were bundled with my original Onkyo amp connected by the original cables that came with that bundle (fairly certain it was this unit).

I have just purchased a set of each of Q Acoustics 2010i for the rears, 2020i for the fronts and 2000ci for the centre.

As I am going to be changing the room this is all setup in I thought it made sense to consider changing the speaker cables at this point as it should allow me to get better cable and also to get it run into place before all the furniture is in the room.

I have had a quick look and it talks about strands and AWG and other stuff and so I just do not know what to get.

I think I will want about 20-25 metres in total, 1m for the centre, 2m for each of the the fronts and about 6-8 metres for the rears (all depends on routes).

Any advise on what I should be looking for, not wanting to spend a huge amount but also not a skinflint.

pepp77 · 2 Dec 2016 at 12:17

ignore this, misread the size.

pepp77 · 2 Dec 2016 at 23:18

Cheers guys, will take a look at some of these. Does van damme come in white?

pepp77 · 5 Dec 2016 at 10:51

To update people I ordered 25m of https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product...sfl_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A1XZHHHB9BX0S3

Should do the job.

pepp77 · 5 Dec 2016 at 22:03

Now I just need to decide what to out the rear speakers on as my current holders for my current speakers (basically these things - https://www.amazon.co.uk/B-Tech-BTV910-VENTRY-Cinema-Speaker/dp/B003REOAM0/) will not do with the 2010s.

pepp77 · 10 Dec 2016 at 19:10

Trying to decide whether to go for the B-Tech BT77 as mentioned above or the Q Acoustics 2000WB mounts for the 2010s.

You would think the official ones would be a no brainer but some reviewers suggest when angled left/right and down they look weird. Then if I change speakers I would also have to change the mounts.

Thoughts?

pepp77 · 11 Dec 2016 at 11:31

Psycho - Can you advise on the movement you get with the BT77s. What sort of left/right movement do you get and is there any up/down movement?

pepp77 · 21 Dec 2016 at 15:07

Psycho Sonny said:
sorry for the long wait.

I have them angles slightly downwards a few degrees and left right movement is pretty much free. I have one angled pretty much all the way to the left and the other one slightly to the right.

They are superb for the money. Can upload pics if you want?

Hi Thanks, think I am getting them for Christmas now anyway so not to worry

pepp77 · 21 Dec 2016 at 18:38

pioneer2000 said:
Well I've just swapped out some CCA for OFC on some Kef R500's and the difference is negligible.

Not entirely sure how something like van damme can be justified.

What length of run was it?

pepp77 · 4 Feb 2017 at 16:54

maj said:
Bumping this as I need to ask a probably rather silly question. I'm wanting to replace the speaker cable I bought from ebay as it has no markings on it to distinguish it between black and red plus I want something decent that I know isn't a fake. This was mentioned on the previous page but I can't work out if one role would cover 2 speakers and that's all I need or if I'd need to order one roll for each speaker. If this does 2 speakers then 5m is too long so would need to look at a smaller role. Mock if you want at my dumb question

That is a single roll of 10m. You could do as many speakers as you want by cutting it. It could do 10 speakers if you only need a metre length or 2 speakers if you need 5m length, etc.