Good inexpensive speaker cables and interconnects?

[Ohmage]

Hello,

Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated!

thanks,

Ohmage.

 

[MacManNM]

Home depot sells some good 12ga speaker wire. This will work for whatever you need. Digi-key sells some solder on banana plugs that will accept 12ga for $0.25 ea

 

[Buckeyefan 1]

I purchased my 12ga from Home Depot, and terminated them with digi-keys banana plugs. The wire has not tarnished (over 5 months) as some say it will. You shouln't pay more than $.30 a foot for 12ga wire, and shouldn't buy anything less than 14ga wire for runs over 25ft. Good advice, Mac.

 

[avnetguy]

Seems CAT 5 network cable is a good way to go.
http://www.audioholics.com/techtips/setup/interconnects/DIYSpeakerCablesp4.html

Steve

 

[Buckeyefan 1]

Sorry, forgot to post this.

Shoot, I forgot to post this. Some killer deals here.

http://www.partexpress.com/webpage.cfm?&DID=7&WebPage_ID=81&promo=21

 

[Rock&Roll Ninja]

The wire has not tarnished (over 5 months) as some say it will.

For about $3 an electrical-contractor supply store will sell you a tube of corrosion inhibitor especially designed for copper wire.

But of course its black, smells bad, and doesn't have an 'audiophile' name like "Rare earth sleepy-time voodoo bullschit electrical contact midrange protector", it'll more likely be called "Copper wire corrosion inhibitor".

 

[jaxvon]

For speaker cable, Westlake Electronic. Search for 5000UE (12ga) 5T00UP (10ga) for Belden stuff, or 4S11 for some good Canare speaker cable.

For IC's, check out Knu Konceptz. They have 4m Component Video cables on sale right now for $18!

 

[claudermilk]

I'll second the Westlake recommendation for raw speaker cable. For the bananas I went to Orange County Speaker. For the other interconnects I use Blue Jeans Cables. Impact Acoustics is recommended a lot around here as well.

 

[patnshan]

For banana plugs, I just installed some of these
http://www.impactacoustics.com/product.asp?cat_id=115&sku=29785
Very nice, tight connection. Plus you get a discount being an audioholics member.

Pat

 

[j_garcia]

I am not a fan of the setscrew type bananas. I like the PE 091-330. They use a small separate piece of metal that does not twist as you tighten the screw down, so it doesn't score/gouge the wire as you tighten. They are also side entry, so the wire just hangs down or to the side rather than sticking straight out.