Good speaker cable for under rug?

[MrKlister]

Does anyone have a good suggestion for speaker cable to run under a rug? The run would be about 20'. I'm not totally happy with my current setup. It is a solid core wire that got twisted and stayed that way.

 

[Shinerman]

Partsexpress.com sells it. Not a bad price for a 50ft roll.

http://www.partsexpress.com/webpage.cfm?webpage_id=3&SO=2&&DID=7&CATID=56&ObjectGroup_ID=370

Also, you might look at flat wire from Radio Shack and I think AR makes some as well.

Shinerman

 

[gene]

A Quick Note About Flatwire Cables

Be careful with flatwire cables that sandwich conductors on top of each other separated by a thin layer of dielectric. These cables are very high in capacitance and can cause stability problems. I will expand more upon this in my Faceoff II Cable Article.

The link to Partsexpress cables that Shineman provided look ok since the conductors are arranged side by side like ordinary Zip Cord.

 

[MrKlister]

Thanks for the suggestions. I'll give the parts express cable a shot.

 

[Unregistered]

I may be a bit late but you can check out the following:

DeWire
http://www.decorpeurope.com/dewire.htm
http://www.decorp.com/news/News 2002/audiophile.htm
http://www.audaud.com/audaud/MAY02/EQUIP/equip3MAY02.html

Taperwire
http://www.audusa.com/taperwire page/taperwire.htm
http://www.smarthome.com/8470.html
http://21st-century-goods.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=21st&Category_Code=FW

I use DeWire for my surround speakers and it hides well for on-wall installations over paint or wall paper. But if you are going to use a flat wire under the carpet, the Taperwire is more economical and would suffice.

 

[markw]

When you rent, you become quite resourceful.

A few years ago I used the flat wire from RatShack. It was a side-by-side configutation so it should pass muster here.

The best way I found to use this is to lay it on the floor, put some masking tape over it and make sure that whatever covers it does not move. I positioned it, put some masking tape over it in a few places, and then had wall to wall installed over it (with padding, of course) and it was totally undetectable. It worked like a champ for the three years we lived in that apartment. I have every confidence it would still be working to thia day had we stayed there.

FWIW, RatShack also had some really thin 75 ohm coax (with connectors already installed) that I ran under the rugas well. I used this under the rug to move the cable connection to the other side of the room and it worked like a champ.