Why I buy this one ?
- Oxygen-free copper, 16 gauge

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Price : $27.10 Usually ships in 24 hours

What our customer's say!

"Good wire for a good price", I believe this is good speaker wire for the price. In fact I am buying more...

"No excuse for indistinguishable strands.", Speaker wires come with two strands. The strand going to the + or - pole on the receiver MUST go to the same pole (+ or -) on the speaker, which means that you MUST be able to identify each strand at each end. This is the way speaker wiring has worked for well over 50 years (since the inception of stereo).

So how on earth can a company be lazy/stupid/careless/sloppy enough to market a 100' long spool of "speaker wire" with no way of distinguishing the two strands at each end? That's what I got when I ordered this product. The picture on the spool I received actually shows the two strands as being different colors - one dark and one light - but they were not.

If you do not happen to own an Ohm meter, you must first cut the wire to length, split the strands into two at each end, wrap one wire/strand with tape, then manually track that strand all the way (as much as 100') to the other end and mark it with tape so that you can be sure of connecting your speakers in phase (assuming you didn't miss a twist in the wire somewhere along the line).

Since the quality of wire has to be pretty much the same in different brands' plain rolls of basic 16-guage speaker wire, I have to downgrade this to 1 star for this inexcusable omission. I agree with the person who said to buy from Home Depot or Lowes so that you can see what you are getting.

"hard to distinguish the 2 strands", They strip easily and the sound quality is fine. My only gripe is it's very hard to distinguish between the two strands. There's a very faint white line on one of the strands. The surface is very reflective and the it's hard to seperate the white line from a light reflection. The manufacturer should put a black line on one of the strands or use different colored wire or insulation like other manufacturers.

"Don't get ripped off by marketing tactics. This is great wire!", This is decent quality 16 gauge speaker wire. It works fine for all but the highest end systems. It is so sad that companies like Monster Cable have everyone fooled into thinking you need to buy special wire to hook up speakers. 99.999% of people can't tell the difference in sound quality with most speakers, and you probably won't either. use that extra $100 and buy a better receiver or speakers if you have money to burn. That is where the real sound quality is anyway.

"Buy at your Local Lowes store", After checking the price and shipping cost of this product on amazon, I decided to pay a visit to my local Lowes store. Here is what I found out:
Amazon: $16.77+$11 for standard shipping (just one above the super slow shipping)

Lowes: $20 + 1.50 tax.

Read this reviews before You buy...

"Awesome product!", This speaker wire is excellent..... if you buy this stuff at the store you get soooooooo ripped off... this is an excellent deal!! Buy it here on amazon.. you wont regret it

"No Suprises, good price, good wire.", A fair price for a good product. 16-AWG wire came in good condition with standard super-saver shipping option. It arrived before estimated date. This is a good price for 16AWG wire in such a small roll, and beats Radio Shack prices by far... same size and brand at R-Shack is $24.99 as of this date. You need wire?...order it.

"Wire me baby!", This wire is great for your surround/stereo equipment.

The plastic coating is flexible and thick. The coating strips easily. The wire holds its shape when twisted.

Can you believe 100 feet of wire at this price? This is an amazing deal.

Buy 2 spools if you're wiring a 7.1 or higher system.

"Why buy Monster cable when you can get this for 1/2 the price!!", Just got this 16 gauge wire today and used it on my Onkyo TX-SR705 install, with banana plugs and they work beautifully. Highly recommended, you cannot beat this price for what you get, I got 2 spools for the price of what 1 Monster Cable spool would have been.

"Not 16 Gauge - More Like 18", I bought much better quality Phillips brand 16 Ga. wire at Wal-Mart for about the same price. This is cheap 18 Ga. wire.