InstallGear 12 Gauge Speaker Wire 100ft - Deoxidized Copper OFC Speaker Wires 12 Gauge - Flexible Wire Cable with Polarity Marking - Soft Touch 12 AWG Wire for Audio, Amp and Home Theater Use - Brown

High quality speaker wire with a thick jacket. Very flexible

I got excited as I began the job of remaking cables for my six Focal Super (sleepy) Bird speakers. I was not happy with the first wire I chose because of the mediocre quality, very brittle, neither did my birds, sing like they should, they sang like Barney Fife on the Addy Griffith show, now that is below terrible. However, this wire is without question the best cable I have ever used, that about 50 years. The wire is perfect when used with banana plugs or any cable making you may do of your own. It’s crazy, the wire is so soft I wanted to make a bed of it, to sleep in. But at the same time the wires in the cable are super strong and well wrapped to decrease resistance and increase speed! Check it with your ohm meter, as I did. I just get excited when I purchase a product of any kind which meets or in this case exceeds the makers description. Most of the time it’s a shot in the dark, if we are first buyers in line. Many sellers out there misrepresent their product in one way or another. I would recommend this product to the pickiest of the picky, I confess, I am one of the pickiest! Keep up the excellent work InstallGear, making this awesome cable. The cable absolutely makes a difference in sound quality. Use InstallGear Cable then hear and feel the difference, my birds did they are now truly flying like Super Birds and they sound fantastic too, I can hear the music now, yes cable makes a difference. Always keep the chain strong use the best wire, like InstallGear. InstallGear knows that or they would not have made this cable like they have, help produce the sound our ears and body can enjoy. Hey, God Bless All!

I was looking for a heavier gauge cable once I added an 1100W subwoofer system to my living room, and I didn't want to spend a ton of money on overly expensive cables. I thought I would give this one a try and I'm pretty impressed. The one thing I would note for others is that the rubber casing seems fairly thin on these. The upside is it's easy to strip the ends but it also means other objects can cut into the wire more easily when you don't want them to. But if you are mostly just running wire in a living room and not rolling up and packing down these cables regularly (like DJ'ing) in a hard use scenario, this will probably be just fine and gets you nice thick, pure copper cable that is heavy enough to carry serious wattage -- at a good price.

Purchased to use for the main speakers in a home theater setup, thought I'd check it against some other 12 and 14 awg wires I had around (see photos). Cut off about 1.75" of each wire and removed copper from insulation. Measured weight of metal from each core using a precision balance: 0.2 g: Pyramid Power 12 awg (see other review) 0.4 g: Monster XP 14 awg purchased around 2000, discontinued in 2018 0.8 g: hardware store 14 gauge purchased in ~2012 1.2 g: Installgear 12 awg purchased here on Amazon (this wire) Checking the official dimensions for stranded copper wire, this wire is right on spec at ~18 pounds/1000 ft. Only this and the generic hardware store wire met spec. The Monster wire is labeled as 14 awg on the sheath but was later marketed as 16 awg, which would have been more accurate. I did not take a long enough piece off each spool to measure the resistance of the different wires (I didn't want the hassle). Of the four, the Installgear has the nicest handling and looks good with it's smoked insulation, although I could not verify the OFC claim and it had no special features in its construction. The Monster wire is genuinely complicated. It has two outer layers of insulation and a clear plastic core that the copper strands run around. If it were available as 12 gauge I would have bought more although I expect it would be more expensive per foot than the Installgear. For the price, accuracy of specification, quality of construction and availability I give this wire 5 stars.

I wish there was a 4.5 star. This is nice cable. Not wonderful cable. It has a good feel but I am concerned that the soft touch stuff may break down eventually as is usually the case with "tacktile" plastics. But that breakdown might be years away. It is easy to have the jackets split incorrectly when separating the pairs. So use caution and a sharp razor and go slow. Otherwise the jacket from one will split and leave chunks on the other. But this does appear to be solid copper strands which for this price is good. This replaced ~20year old Monster cable that I used w/o connectors. I don't really hear much difference but this cable with cheap banana plugs and extra shrink wrap look better and make for easier connecting. I would buy again.

This is the best speaker wire I've ever used. There's no point in looking any further; if you need some good-quality, easy to install 12-gauge speaker wire, this is the stuff. I had some long runs along baseboard with some gradual and some 90-degree inside bends, and this speaker wire lay flat and secure against the baseboard without any of the usual battle. The insulation is just right. It's flexible enough to make the bends and lie flat where you need it to, but has enough body to stay in place. I don't know why there are reviews saying the wire isn't "true" 12-gauge. It fit the 12 AWG wire stripper I had perfectly. The wire itself is finely stranded, and it worked well with my banana plugs. The individual strands are fine enough that they are very flexible and I don't think a single one broke bending them to conform to the lock of the banana plugs. I'm very pleased with this wire, and won't hesitate to buy it next time I need some.

Good quality as specified. Will buy again

This review is for InstallGear OFC 12 Gauge AWG 100ft Speaker Wire 99.9% Oxygen-Free Copper True Spec and Soft Touch Cable - Brown - with 12 Banana Plugs. Best speaker wire I've purchased on Amazon in years. True 12 Gauge, flexible, copper wire is top quality. The banana plugs are good quality too, they did not cheap out on the bundle here. The plugs are solid and well coated. Buy it, you will not be disappointed

Muy buena calidad y flexible

Produto de excelente qualidade e acabamento. Entrega rápida. Era exatamente o que foi anunciado

Su funcionamiento me agrado muchísimo. Lo instale en un equipo Yamaha RX A8A con bocinas Soavo Ns F901 utilizando Qobuz en calidad HiRes con archivos de musica 24-44.1 24- 48, 24-96 hasta 24- 192 y la calidad de audio es impresionante. Difiero mucho de la gente que comenta que si no se utiliza un cable de cientos de USD se va a escuchar mal. Mi experiencia es muy distinta, si me gustaría algun día utilizar cables caros, pero estoy plenamente seguro por la experiencia que he tenido, que únicamente van a servir de adorno y el rendimiento no va a ser mejor.