I'm going to buy a Onkyo HTS895 htib.Is it worth replacing the supplied speaker wire with monster wire?

Answer 1

not, unless your cable lengths are 25 feet or longer.

Answer 2

Hi mike.The best cable is NO CABLE.The ideal cable does not change the signal travelling through it in ANY WAY .No cable can improve the sound quality of a system ,they only make it WORSE IN VARYING DEGREES. Therefore the best cables make things worse only a little bit.The truth is there is no way of knowing in advance whether one cable is better than another.Cables are probably the weakest link in a system. They all degrade the signal to some degree.Every peace of equipment in a Stereo or Home Theater set-up degrades the original signal from the Source component to some degree.The price of speaker cable has (usually) no bearing on the quality of the cable.The only way to find out is to try different cables to see if you get an increase or decrease in sound quality from your speakers.Also there is the question of"cable burn-in" When a cable is burned-in,it is actually ruined.No cable should be used for more than a few hours,as the stresses on the insulation and the agitation of the copper molecules cause permanent changes to the structure of the cable which are for the worse.New unused cables can be proven by listening tests to be superior in all respects.

Answer 3

NO! monster cable is no better than zip cord. but i wouldn't use the supplied wire just buy some 14AWG or 16AWG wire. www.partsexpress.com has a good verity to choose from.

for more info on speaker wire and cable just go to : http://www.roger-russell.com/wire/wire.htm
http://www.audioholics.com/education/cables/exotic-materials-and-cable-construction

they give a table of AWG to length ratio.

ps. dont wory about having even length you can have a 4:1 ratio for more info on this go to:http://www.audioholics.com/education/cables/speaker-cable-length-differences-do-they-matter