Comments for Speakers Cables

Comment on Philips Spooled Speaker Wire – 100ft – 16 gauge by SteelEagle

SteelEagle — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 13:52:32 +0000

was perfect to use in finishing our basement and providing quality sound to the home theatre system.
Rating: 5 / 5

Comment on Philips Spooled Speaker Wire – 100ft – 16 gauge by Bruce E. Spencer

Bruce E. Spencer — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 13:10:38 +0000

This speaker wire does not have a marked wire…..so you can’t tell which is the side you want to make positive or negative when hooking up speakers…..sad Will probably throw the wire away can’t use it
Rating: 1 / 5

Comment on Philips Spooled Speaker Wire – 100ft – 16 gauge by Rajeev Surapaneni

Rajeev Surapaneni — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 13:10:14 +0000

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.

Rating: 2 / 5

Comment on Philips Spooled Speaker Wire – 100ft – 16 gauge by N. Ford

N. Ford — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 12:21:43 +0000

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. Rating: 1 / 5

Comment on Philips Spooled Speaker Wire – 100ft – 16 gauge by Frederick J. Ashby

Frederick J. Ashby — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 12:20:58 +0000

I bought much better quality Phillips brand 16 Ga. wire at Wal-Mart for about the same price. This is cheap 18 Ga. wire.
Rating: 1 / 5

Comment on DB Link SW16G500Z 16-Gauge 500 Feet Speaker Wire by alltork

alltork — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 23:16:58 +0000

Wire worked great. Price was incredible. The + and- labeling was a little difficult to distinguish. Otherwise excellent product.
Rating: 4 / 5

Comment on Acoustic Research PR262 Speaker Wire, 16 AWG, Wire by R. Stephenson

R. Stephenson — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 17:50:05 +0000

As noted by another customer I received the speaker cable which was just fine, but the connector pins were missing. I emailed Amazon and they sent a replacement order automatically. Same issue with the second order – wire only, no connector pins. I’m happy with the wire by itself – just be aware you’ll need to order your own connector pins if you want them.
Rating: 4 / 5

Comment on Acoustic Research PR262 Speaker Wire, 16 AWG, Wire by Amit Dubey

Amit Dubey — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 17:34:37 +0000

As rightly mentioned by others , the package did not come with any connectors. Either the picture is old and the vendor / amazon does not bother about it.

I kept my fingers crossed , if I could get lucky and get the connectors !! However the wire looks great and was nicely packaged. It arrived as per estimated date ( 2 days early ).

I am yet to connect it to my speakers , and will probably share some more light on the sound quality and wire quality at that time. Rating: 3 / 5

Comment on Acoustic Research PR262 Speaker Wire, 16 AWG, Wire by Larry G. De Paepe

Larry G. De Paepe — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 15:40:12 +0000

The wire was fine but I did not receive the plugs that were supposed to come with it.
Rating: 4 / 5

Comment on Acoustic Research PR262 Speaker Wire, 16 AWG, Wire by Jack Strong

Jack Strong — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 13:15:46 +0000

This wire is excellent. Very flexible, quality copper. If you need high performing speaker wire at a reasonable cost, you can’t go wrong with this.
Rating: 5 / 5