InstallGear 14 Gauge Speaker Wire - Red/Black 100ft Speaker Wire for Car, Home Theater, Stereo, Radio, Surround Sound Systems - 14 Gauge 100 ft - Durable

A great product for anyone. A great value. Looks professional. Simple to install

UPDATE 5/3/18: Purchased a 2nd 100" roll. Great speaker wire. Original Review: Although it's typical to use 16 and 18 gauge speaker wire to hook up your speakers you really should use a heavier gauge. The heavier gauge helps to reduce losses on long runs and helps to ensure low-frequency damping which can affect bass performance. Of course, it's sometimes of a mystery exactly what size wire gauge you should use. If the manufacturer of the amp you're using specifies the minimum size gauge based on the length of the run then you're home free usually. Unfortunately most manufacturers leave out such information. It is possible to get copper wire as thick as 4 gauge, but unless you're powering a Tesla Coil I'd stay clear of it unless you're prepared to call in your local utility company to run it for you. In general, a 14 gauge size speaker wire is a good size to use for runs of 50 feet or less. Yes, you can use 14 gauge for longer runs if you want, but I'd suggest 12 gauge for runs over 50 feet. Typical 14 gauge speaker wire is rather thickly insulated and somewhat stiff to work with. And too often such wire is not marked with any polarity stripe to keep the positive and negative the same at both ends of the run when you hook up the speaker and amp. Sometimes, the insulation for one conductor will have a white stripe, but not always, or each bundle of the pair of wires will have a silver and gold coating to make it easier to see and use for the positive and negative connections. But in dimly lighted areas tinted wire still can be difficult to see. The installGear 14 Gauge solves both problems by being flexible, making it very easy to work with, and it's insulation is clearly color-coded so that you'll be certain to properly wire the positive and negative terminals at both the speakers and the amplifier. You really can't go wrong with this wire for speakers. TRistate, the vendo, got my order out to me in excellent time. 6/1/18 - Bought another 200 feet worth. It would be nice if this speaker wire came in moe than 100 feet rolls.

Did not yet use. Keeping it for future use. 14AWG wire is excellent for moderate to longer runs of wire for high quality sound reproduction especially with 'vintage' stereo components from the 1970's like Pioneer, Kenwood , Marantz receivers and integrated amplifiers connecting to good quality two way and three way speaker systems. I am currently using 16 AWG wire (one diameter smaller) for my Pioneer SA- 9500-2 integrated amplifier rated @ 80 watts per channel RMS continuous power output from 20hz-20,000 hz into 8 ohms with 0.05 % THD ( Total Harmonic Distortion) using 4 Technics 3 way speaker systems with bass ported 12" woofers. (hz=hertz same as cps= cycles per second) : how many vibrations a particular tone or frequency makes in one second from positive to negative creating the sound you hear and enjoy. My stereo system is vintage 1977 and works perfectly. It is well made. Try finding that today! Heavier wire means less resistance resulting in less power being wasted in friction producing heat allowing for more efficient power transfer used for reproducing the music rather than being wasted away in extra resistance producing friction that generates heat. 14AWG & 16 AWG wire is good for most applications where distance is moderate between speakers and amplifiers or receivers. Receivers are amplifiers containing an AM-FM tuner on the same chassis. Integrated amplifiers contain a Preamplifier for turntables that use magnetic phonograph cartridges in the tonearm and a separate power amplifier on the same chassis then relying on a separate AM-FM tuner connected to it for radio broadcasts. Receivers combine all three units together on one chassis. Technically separating them out into separate units is theoretically better as each unit can concentrate on what it was designed to do. I prefer separate integrated amplifier and AM-FM tuner combos over one unit receivers. But practically speaking there is no degradation or detectable difference in sound quality. Both arraangements work well.

This is my go-to wire spool for hooking up speakers, lights, and other items in vehicles. Cuts cleanly and has a decent quantity of wire for each spool.

Very good quality. Easy to work with flexible. Hundred foot spool was more than enough for this project.

INITIAL REVIEW: Advertising: This speaker wire comes exactly as described and pictured. Shipping & Item condition: Arrived on time and in good working condition with no damaging. Price: $15.99 - This wire, for the gauge and amount of feet you receive, appeared to be some of (if not the) cheapest priced speaker wire I could find. Build Quality/Durability: The wire is true to size and has a nice thick sleeve that has a good feel to it. I was considering getting those fancy-looking braided sleeves, but the quality is good enough that they are unnecessary. They split and removed easily as well (though I had a wire stripper, which helped to get a clean strip/cut). Performance: I have not yet seen any performance issues with these wires. I'm not an audiophile, nor do I have special audio tools to measure their performance. Considering, however, that I ran about 20 feet around my room, and under my carpet, and still hear no issues with my surround speakers, I'd say they are up to par. Design/Features: Not much to say in this department. They're speaker wires. What you see is what you get. Overall: Very impressed with the quality-to-price ratio you get with these wires. They look good, feel good, sound good. No complaints here! 1 Year review UPDATE: I've had these wires for about a year now, and I have had zero issues with them. I've had speakers get knocked down and the wires ripped out from the connections, yet they still work fine. They're just plain speaker wires, after all, so there's not much to complain about. Still a great product producing great sound!

great quality cable. It can handle loads of power

I recently upgraded my A/V system to a 7.2 surround system. I quickly realized that the new system had 3 times as many banana plugs than I had on the old system. As I looked at how much cable I would need to run for the additional rear speakers, I discovered that one of my current surround speakers had a much smaller gauge wire than the reset of them. So to finish this project I decided that I would need several additional plugs and a moderate amount of cable as well. I was assuming that I would have to get all of this separately plus I really wanted to get gold plated plugs if they weren't too expensive. I found this kit almost immediately and it had exactly what I needed: a 100' roll of 14 gauge cable, 12 top quality gold plugs - enough to retire the old Radio Shank cheap plastic jacket plugs, The best thing was that the price was at least half of what I had found in a store. I placed my order and was notified within an hour that my kit was on it's way and in fact it arrived a day sooner than it was supposed to... that's awesome service guys!. Everything was exactly as advertised and it made the whole upgrade project so quick, easy, and cost affective.

A simply excellent value! A high quality wire with 12 Banana connectors at a great price.

Adquirí este cable debido a que cambié mis bocinas del amplificador integrado por un paquete de Bocinas de 2 torres, 2 bocinas laterales y una bocina central cada una de ellas de 8 ohms (Paquete Supernova 5F de Pure accoustic). Cual fue mi sorpresa al recibir este cable ya que se siente de muy buena calidad, es un cable flexible con una excelente protección plástica, mantiene la señal sin adherir ruido. Yo coloqué al mismo conectores banana (Fijos y Flexibles) en todos los extremos y la verdad hace lucir mi equipo con toque de elegancia y dando un aspecto semi-profesional. Recomendado ampliamente este cable Calibre 14 para equipos de sonido.

Bought this wire to replace the 20 odd year old wire that came with my Technics stacker system. I have to say I was sceptical at first but I'm glad I bought the wire as its good quality and does exactly what a wanted it to do. It has handy blue and blue/black wire so you can't really get confused as to what wire goes where and the wire is of a good thickness. It fits better than I expected and meant I could make my wire runs longer, which in turn allowed me to locate my speakers in a better position. I prefer the look of the blue/black cable to the more traditional red/black as I think what you can actually see of the wires looks sleeker and more professional. The sound quality was good from these wires, but although my system is decent, it isn't top of the range, so using these compared to the original ones didn't make any notable difference, but to be fair I didn't expect it to. I recommend buying these if you are looking to replace original wiring or wiring up a new system.

Picked up the InstallGear 14 AWG speaker wire hoping for a nice upgrade, and honestly, it delivered. The moment I swapped it in, there was a noticeable difference in sound clarity — like my speakers had been mumbling before and finally decided to enunciate. The build quality feels legit too, true-to-spec gauge (not one of those “14 AWG” wires that’s secretly 20 AWG wearing a costume), with a soft-touch jacket that’s easy to route and doesn’t fight you the whole time. Whether you’re wiring up car speakers, a home theater setup, or just trying to make your radio sound less like it’s underwater, this stuff gets the job done without draining your wallet. Simple, solid, and it actually does what it says — can’t really ask for more from a spool of wire.

Bastante cable para la instalacion de bocinas, a simple vista se puede identificar la calidad de los materiales y acabado, seguiria comprando mas de la misma marca