Jer;As an xmas gift I bought my sister a HC rceiver. Her's is a similar/something like avr300/ I got it new from a dealer for just less than $550. It has the cable box and a dvd player running thru it. She has PSB speaks---I just used lamp cord.----Keeping track of the + and - ribbed side of this lamp cord.--(So as to keep all speaks in phase). It does sound quite good if I say so myself. She is delighted as it was a nice improvement over the old "pro-logic"setup.One could easily spend more for the wire than the rec. Not to mention you can't use spades or anything fancy. Hi end speaker wire just isn't necessary for this. Get some lamp cord and----Just enjoy!!
Noobie Question on speaker cable for my system
I have a HK AVR230 65watt receiver that will run 50 x 5 in a home theater set up. It is rated at 8ohms. My Ohm Micro Walsh speakers are 6ohm 20-150 watt fronts and center. I will be adding the rears in a couple of months.
Not sure if this is relevant but the speakers frequency response is 47-20,000 Hz +/- 3.5 dB for towers; 80-20,000 Hz +/- 3.5 dB for center.
I am considering Audioquest type 2 or 4 or something else in that price range. With the additional strain on the amplifier, is there a minimum wire gauge I should start at for speaker cable? Is it even something I should worry about?
I will be bringing this up with John at Ohm Speakers but wanted to hear this forums opinion.