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Get the most out of your home audio system with high quality, oxygen-free, pure bare copper speaker wire from monoprice!

this speaker wire features two conductors made of high purity (greater than 99.95% pure), oxygen-free bare copper. Pure bare copper is a superior conductor to the copper clad aluminum (CCA) conductors used in most other inexpensive speaker wire. Cca is only about 68% as conductive as pure bare copper. This additional resistance is added to the impedance of your speakers and can negatively effect The sound.

for the wire to have no audible effect, The total wire resistance should be no more than 5% of the lowest impedance of your speakers. Even speakers rated for a nominal 8-ohms, may dip to as low as 4-ohms at some frequencies, which further reduces the total cable resistance allowed in the wire. Using pure bare copper speaker wire ensures that the total load put on the amplifier remains as close as possible to the impedance curve of your speakers.

for example, a 16AWG 2-conductor pure bare copper speaker wire has a total resistance of 0.803 ohms per 100 feet (both directions must be considered). by comparison, a 16AWG 2-conductor CCA speaker wire has a total resistance of 1.181 ohms per 100 feet. Assuming 4 ohms is the lowest impedance of your speakers, a speaker wire run can be no more 0.2-Ohms total. 20 feet of 16AWG pure bare copper would be 0.1606 ohms, well under the 0.2-Ohm limit. On the other hand, 20 feet of 16AWG CCA would be 0.2362 ohms, well over the 0.2-Ohm limit.

each conductor is jacketed with color-coded PVC for easy polarity identification. The entire cable assembly is jacketed in a white, CL2-rated PVC material. The CL2 rating indicates that the cable complies with fire safety and insurance requirements, making it safe for use inside the walls of residential class buildings.

Monoprice 103846 500ft 16AWG CL2 Rated 2-Conductor Loud Speaker Cable (for in-Wall Installation)

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are you looking for the best speaker cable in this video we will look at some of the best speaker cable on the market before we get started with our video we have included links in the description so make sure you check those out to see which one is in your budget range starting at number one amazon basics stereo speaker wire cable amazon basics is a brand created by amazon itself as the name implies they offer the most basic version of products with decent quality but at a very affordable price the amazon basics 100 feet 16 gauge cable is the best value you'll find for a 100 feet cable the plastic jacket around this wire provides good insulation and one side is marked with a white line to easily distinguish polarity for proper setups the performance is nothing to write home about but it gets the job done distortion is not noticeable with this wire which is good considering its cheap pr