Good value speaker cable advice please.

itsmeagain

Ok. Ive just bought myself a 2nd hand av receiver (denon 2309) and a set of eltax cinemaxx 5.1 speakers to play my sony 370 blu-ray player through. Ive never had any additional sound system before and want to make sure that i only run speaker cables once. The in fashion cable for the last few years is the qed silver anniversay at £5 per metre - ouch!

Does anyone know an equally good cable for less please? Any advice would be appreciated.

rdpro

check out richer sounds if you have one locally, or look here: http://www.richersounds.com/products/hi-fi-separates/accessories/speaker-cables

fwor

rdpro wrote: »

check out richer sounds if you have one locally, or look here: http://www.richersounds.com/products/hi-fi-separates/accessories/speaker-cables

I've used the largest size Cambridge Audio cable (the predecessor of the current 400) for front and centre speakers, and a thinner gauge for the rears, and it sounds just fine.

Owain_Moneysaver

6A twin mains flex (0.75mm). £21 +VAT per 100 metres from electric wholesalers.

If your system is more than 100 W per speaker use 13A mains flex.

googler

£5 per metre isn't expensive, not if you want the 'best' ....

http://www.russandrews.com/product.asp?lookup=1&region=UK&currency=GBP&pf_id=3225&customer_id=PAA0260083410583TJGTGMSLFTQOMIET

timbim_2

Owain_Moneysaver wrote: »

6A twin mains flex (0.75mm). £21 +VAT per 100 metres from electric wholesalers.

If your system is more than 100 W per speaker use 13A mains flex.

It's a good shout, much tidier cabling for portable kits.

danthemoneysavingman

if you need flat cable, useful for rear speaker cable runs, QED Qontour is good and c.£2 a metre

itsmeagain

Thanks for all the advice. Is this any good? http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/CASPEAK79.html

fwor

What? It's not even ~oxygen free~ copper!

Yes, for rear effect speakers it should be fine.

For front and centre channels and your current speakers - should be Ok. It might be a limiting factor if you upgrade the speakers at some point in the future, but unless you are burying the cables in a wall, no big deal to replace it then.

Avoriaz

itsmeagain wrote: »

...The in fashion cable for the last few years is the qed silver anniversay at £5 per metre - ouch!

Does anyone know an equally good cable for less please? Any advice would be appreciated.

Ebay has QED and other decent quality speaker cables available for low prices.

seedyh

googler wrote: »

£5 per metre isn't expensive, not if you want the 'best' ....

http://www.russandrews.com/product.asp?lookup=1&region=UK&currency=GBP&pf_id=3225&customer_id=PAA0260083410583TJGTGMSLFTQOMIET

ppfft that nasty cheap stuff?

http://www.highendcable.co.uk/Nordost%20ODIN%20Speaker%20Cable.htm

:rotfl:

I normally use QED, not stupidly expensive and very good.