£1 per meter speaker cable?

[Bigbobby666]

Hi.

Setting up a surround set up. Actives at front passives at back. I need a v cheap speaker cable for the surrounds... Thoughts?

Cheers
Bob

 

[Mullardman]

Not quite a quid a metre.. but close..

https://www.richersounds.com/hi-fi/.../cambridge-audio-speaker-cable-per-metre.html

 

[al2002]

Why not get some 14/16 gauge mains cable from your local hardware store? Can't be beaten for price.

 

[HarryB]

Surely you need to spend at least £100 a metre or it won't work.

 

[hp1]

The 79 strand white cable with black stripe on one side is more than ok, should be well under a £ 1 per meter on ebay.

 

[djftw]

The clear 2.5mm stuff with a red stripe on one side is also very good and about £20 for a 50m reel!

 

[linnfomaniac83]

http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/710-5...0001&campid=5338728743&icep_item=331146623326

 

[Mike42]

I use 1.5mm lighting flex for my surrounds.

 

[westsea]

Suggest you look at the Cambridge Audio website Symphony 100. It is 1.3sq mm in area, there is a simple chart relating impeadance to length, which gives a first order calculation as to the area of copper needed. Probably applies generally in your application, unless you are using 500 w amps!

 

[JensenHealey]

If you have a local Maplins - they will sell some 79 strand. I think you can also buy it, or similar, at B & Q .

 

[djftw]

IME the B&Q one is best avoided, my brother had some and the cut and stripped ends oxidised like crazy... so we cut them off and stripped again (several times going back about a foot total before making the cable too short stopped us) only to find it had already oxidised under the insulation...

 

[kitemap]

If you don't need flexibility then 1.5mm solid core mains cable works fine for most speakers/amps.

 

[IceG]

The marker on these cables is very useful for making sure you have matched polarity...

 

[Barrymagrec]

IME the B&Q one is best avoided, my brother had some and the cut and stripped ends oxidised like crazy... so we cut them off and stripped again (several times going back about a foot total before making the cable too short stopped us) only to find it had already oxidised under the insulation...

Once you have soldered the plug on this doesn`t matter.....

Quite a lot of bare copper cable oxidises under the insulation, I am never sure if this is due to poor / damp storage or some reaction with the sheath material

 

[djftw]

Once you have soldered the plug on this doesn`t matter.....

Quite a lot of bare copper cable oxidises under the insulation, I am never sure if this is due to poor / damp storage or some reaction with the sheath material

Probably not, I know the 24awg Dollar Tree stuff I have does it too! But I've not had this issue with the clear 2.5mm stuff I mentioned earlier which is a lot less than B&Q charge for their 79...so cheap infact it usually just falls off the back of my mate's van

 

[DavidS]

Generic 79 strand will be fine.

 

[Martyn Miles]

Ah, cable threads.
So predictable...

 

[Robert M]

I've used cat6 cable.

 

[Rockmeister]

Maplins probably. Their on reel stuff is fine at that price or less. If you'd like OFC of a decent width, then they sell Van Damme, but it's about £4 a meter. Not an unfair price for what it does.

 

[russel]

Most of it less than a quid a meter and fine for hifi use.

http://cpc.farnell.com/webapp/wcs/s...41842,111641844,111641846,111641847,111641848