Richard Slaten
Auditioning
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- Jan 19, 2003
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This is my first post, so please bear with me......
I have very recently upgraded all my home theater and music equipment. I need to replace the older, junky 18AWG speaker wire for my new left and right surround sound speakers. I will list below all equipment information included with this upgrade.
The surround sound speaker runs will be about 40 total feet each. The high end store where I ordered my Paradigm Studio 60 Series (LCR) has recommended a 14AWG, 4 conductor wire at $0.90 a foot. Is this the right wire for this application? Should I be looking some where else for better pricing or is $0.90 a foot within the ballpark on surround sound wiring? The wire run will be mostly hidden, with some exposure. Flat wire will not work in my situation.
Also, from a budget minded perspective, what should I wire the 3 new Paradigm's with, as the right and left will have about 8-10 feet of cable each, with the center channel needing about 6 feet? Currently, I think the right and left have about 16AWG and the center probably has 12AWG, all clear jacket monster cable.
The upgraded new equipment consists of the following:
Sony 36" XBR800 Televison
Toshiba Prog. Scan DVD Player
Pioneer Elite VSX-45TX Receiver
Klipsch SS-1 Surround Sound Speakers
HSU VTF-2 Subwoofer
Digital Cable Box with S-Video connection to TV
Panasonic VCR
Paradigm Studio 60 Series, Right, Left, Center (All Shielded), on order.
Any and all suggestions (or questions) would be appreciated.
Thanx........Rich
I have very recently upgraded all my home theater and music equipment. I need to replace the older, junky 18AWG speaker wire for my new left and right surround sound speakers. I will list below all equipment information included with this upgrade.
The surround sound speaker runs will be about 40 total feet each. The high end store where I ordered my Paradigm Studio 60 Series (LCR) has recommended a 14AWG, 4 conductor wire at $0.90 a foot. Is this the right wire for this application? Should I be looking some where else for better pricing or is $0.90 a foot within the ballpark on surround sound wiring? The wire run will be mostly hidden, with some exposure. Flat wire will not work in my situation.
Also, from a budget minded perspective, what should I wire the 3 new Paradigm's with, as the right and left will have about 8-10 feet of cable each, with the center channel needing about 6 feet? Currently, I think the right and left have about 16AWG and the center probably has 12AWG, all clear jacket monster cable.
The upgraded new equipment consists of the following:
Sony 36" XBR800 Televison
Toshiba Prog. Scan DVD Player
Pioneer Elite VSX-45TX Receiver
Klipsch SS-1 Surround Sound Speakers
HSU VTF-2 Subwoofer
Digital Cable Box with S-Video connection to TV
Panasonic VCR
Paradigm Studio 60 Series, Right, Left, Center (All Shielded), on order.
Any and all suggestions (or questions) would be appreciated.
Thanx........Rich