Speaker Wire length?

[royong99]

<font color='#000000'>Hi all,

Am interested to get myself a set of KEF KHT 2005.2 speakers. Anybody currently using it? Would like to find out what is the speaker wire length provided for the front speaker pair as well as for the rear speaker pair. tks.</font>

 

[Guest]

<font color='#000000'>What you essentially need is the shortest runs of the largest
cable possible for the front speakers. &nbsp;Do not get sucked in by
the quasi-&quot;new age&quot; technobabble spewed by people who want to sell you vastly overpriced accessories at a massive profit margin. &nbsp;12 guage oxygen free copper cable will probably do it. &nbsp;
For the rear surround channels, 16 guage of a convenient length will do fine. &nbsp;There is bass produced there but is is mostly ambient in nature.</font>

 

[gene]

<font color='#000000'>Just to add my 2cents, you can buy 10/12 AWG Sound King wire from parts express for under $.50/ft.  I recommend using 12AWG for the rears if you have the space to route them.  Your system will benefit from 10/12AWG long runs of swire over 16 awg mostly because of the decrease in resistance.

Take a look at the review I did on 12AWG Sound King wire for more details.

Speaker Cable Faceoff</font>