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Posted 17 March 2024
Amazon Basics 12-Gauge Speaker Wire 99.9% Oxygen Free Copper 61m OFC
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I've had the smaller variant on a price tracker and forgot all about it (purchased my cable elsewhere!).
The 30.5m (12-gauge) option is £35.66 today amazon.co.uk/dp/…h=1
The 30.5m (14-gauge) option is £22.99 amazon.co.uk/dp/…h=1
Hate to say it, but the UK reviews for the 12-gauge, 61m option are all Vine reviewers!
As ever with audio products, opinions differ about any notable difference in audio quality, and also how easy the cable is to work with, whether it's suitable for in-wall installations: see here
I've had the smaller variant on a price tracker and forgot all about it (purchased my cable elsewhere!).
The 30.5m (12-gauge) option is £35.66 today amazon.co.uk/dp/…h=1
The 30.5m (14-gauge) option is £22.99 amazon.co.uk/dp/…h=1
- 61 m of 12-gauge speaker wire for connecting speakers to an A/V receiver or amplifier
- 99.9% oxygen-free copper (OFC); delivers high-quality undistorted signals to and from audio equipment
- Color-coded (red and black) for clear polarity; durable yet flexible white insulated exterior jacket
- CL2 rated for in-wall use; comes wrapped around a hard plastic spool for convenient dispensing
Hate to say it, but the UK reviews for the 12-gauge, 61m option are all Vine reviewers!
As ever with audio products, opinions differ about any notable difference in audio quality, and also how easy the cable is to work with, whether it's suitable for in-wall installations: see here
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sorted byDo Speaker Cables Make a Difference 🎶from UTILITARIAN TV (June 2022):
I see this review a lot (surely 'Virgil' should be a Vine reviewer ) - is it a meme and I'm just not getting it?
edit: Also, seems this is the same cable but the 14 Gauge 99.9% OFC 30.5m / 100ft variant (he also has concerns that this doesn't say 'CL2' on the wire, for wall installation legal requirements. This was also highlighted in the Amazon reviews).
Amazon Basic In Wall Speaker Wire Review from ADD is multitasking (November 2020):
"Interestingly, the New Scientists recently commented on the London Heathrow Hi Fi Show, saying that among the cables selling for up to £30,000 for 6 metres, they found Quad demonstrating their latest speakers to great enthusiasm. The orange cable to the speakers looked oddly familiar. When asked about it, Tony Faulkner, the recording engineer demonstrating them (who'd used the speakers as monitors while recording Saint-Saen's complete works for piano & orchestra, Gramophone's Record of the Year), said of the cables:"
"Yes, they would look familiar if you have a garden. Before the show opened we went over the road to the DIY superstore and bought one of those £20 extension leads that Black & Decker sells for electric hedge-cutters. They are made from good, thick copper wire, look nice and sound good to me. The show's been running for three days and no one in the audience has noticed..."
However not all cable is the same. It's nieve to believe ANY old cable will do. It won't.
The reasons are mathematical.
If your system is pants then pants cable won't matter, but if your setup is decent and your speakers can produce a good frequency range then decent cable will maintain the quality of your audio.
Analog signals are subject to various effects. Over longer runs these effects exacerbate.
A powerful amp with powerful speakers at the other end needs something in-between to carry the current.
If you use thin bell wire you WILL lose base response at the lower end of the range. I've tested it in side by side tests and it's audibly different to a decent speaker wire.
No need for wire thick as welding wire, but wire that carries current needs to be appropriate for the job especially at high volumes and big bass, as this is when the amp is pushing some decent power down the cable.
This wire would be fine for most setups.
This cable is overkill, you don't need 12 gauge unless you are making really long runs, then you 'technically' lose resistance, then whether you can actually hear anything with human ear is debatable & subjective. For most runs 14/16 gauge is fine, cheaper and way less unsightly
Been proven for years.
I remember the good old days when a comic like WhatHiFI would review digital interconnects and make some insane claims that it improved the colours or more rounded sound. (edited)