I just purchased the last component to my new home theater system... Pioneer Elite 55txi receiver, pioneer elite dv-47ai dvd player, polk rti speakers (floor, center, rear).
My question is... What kind of wires should i buy to maximize the performance of the system?
I'm not looking to spend $5 a foot on speaker wire, as I will need about 100ft of wire, but I want to make sure I don't go too cheap and jeopardize the quality of sound.
Thanks for everyone's help.
Also, can anyone recommend a record player for under $250 that I could add to my setup?
I know these questions may not pertain to receivers, but I have come here in the past for advice and have been extremely happy with the quality of responses...Thanks again.
I will not tell you what wire to buy but will say do not buy the Sound King brand that has been popular on this board in the past. I spent 6 and a half hours redoing my wire a few months ago with the Sound King 14 gauge and after all that work, and it's a major project in my house it sounded extremely bright and shrill and I went back to my old Monster Standard. I know it's only 16 gauge and everyone says to use at least 14 or 12 but it sounds so much smoother and better in my system that I will not change again. It's just way too much work and I like the way my system sounds now. I can only say do not buy Sound King, unless you want the 200 feet of it that's sitting in my attic!
Usually, we see pretty much eye to eye on things, but on this one, I will have to respectfully disagree. I am not disputing the results that you had with the Sound Kind brand as I wasn't there to hear it, but I have had significantly different results.
I used to have the Monster stuff (16 gauge from Circuit City), and later switched to the 12 gauge Sound King, and I really couldn't tell a difference (which is my point). Granted, I did not do a "side by side" test of the two (switching between them), but I am thourougly satisfied with the way that it sounds in my system.
in a double blind test,i doubt that many people would be able to tell the difference between "high tech" wire and 12 or 14 gauge wire from any hardware store...