Monster THX Speaker Wire

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Philip

Enthusiast
I just bought some Monster THX speaker wire for about $50CDN/100 ft at Future Shop. Can anyone tell me why there is two different color wires twisted together for each conductor? One looks like copper but I am not sure what the other one is (see the Monster website above)
 
gene

gene

Audioholics Master Chief
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Its just standard 16AWG Zip cord from what I can see. I would personally opt for 10-12AWG Zip cord instead since it will have lower resistance and inductance.
 
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Philip

Enthusiast
I thought it might be only for looks, I was wondering what the gimmick might be.

Gene

I went for #16 AWG since my speakers and reciever only have the push/spring style of connector and #16 is all that fits. Once I upgrade all my speakers and reciever to something good i am going to run #12.

Thanks for the replys.
 
gene

gene

Audioholics Master Chief
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Thats fine and the cable you have now should be ok for reasonably short runs. Its not a bad cable and the price isn't outlandish. Hey there are some exotic cables that I have measured that would fair poorly against those and at a much higher price. At least THX checked them out to ensure they weren't fancy tone controls ;)
 

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