New media room/HT

[shadyJ]

You don't really need to use CL2 for that, unless you have a very aggressive building inspector. For a 5 ft run, who cares, I would just use regular speaker wire.

 

[rojo]

If the price difference between CL2 and not-CL2 is negligible, I'd go ahead and run CL2. Aside from cost, there's no reason not to. Even outside the walls it makes a nicer looking patch cable. I use the black-jacketed Nimbus series wire, just because it's pretty. For me, that it's rated for use in-wall, in risers, wherever, is just an unintended bonus.

 

[slipperybidness]

If the price difference between CL2 and not-CL2 is negligible, I'd go ahead and run CL2. Aside from cost, there's no reason not to. Even outside the walls it makes a nicer looking patch cable. I use the black-jacketed Nimbus series wire, just because it's pretty. For me, that it's rated for use in-wall, in risers, wherever, is just an unintended bonus.

I tend to agree with you, and avoid giving a weasel insurance company any reason to try to weasel out of their obligations, just in case anything ever did go wrong with your home (like a house fire).

 

[tiggere]

I went ahead and ordered the CL2 for the surrounds...they wont be used for quite some time anyhow as I have to have the built-ins quoted and the lead time to do the work...will use the other wire to set up a 3.1 in the other room while I wait...

I bought the nakamichi banana plugs to terminate the speaker wires as there were a lot of positive posts about them...

I assume I need to order a subwoofer cable as well? Is the 15' monoprice one good enough?
(https://www.monoprice.com/Product?p_id=6306)

 

[tiggere]

FYI - Choice Series speaker cable from Monoprice is UL listed as CL2 on the outer jacket...

https://www.monoprice.com/product?p_id=2747

I can post a pic if anyone needs to see it before ordering...

 

[Pogre]

That's what I use.