Speaker Wire Cables for all your home entertainment needs

Choosing the right speaker wire cables for your home audio system, home entertainment system, or home theater can be a tedious and confusing process. Still, as much of a hassle as they can be, it’s essential to select the correct ones as speaker wire cables have the ability to affect your audio system as much as, if not more than, anything else. Regardless of how pricey your speakers themselves may be, it won’t mean a thing if you don’t spring for a quality speaker wire. Luckily, PI Manufacturing Corp. is here to help you pick the right speaker wire to get the best sound out of your setup.

Three things determine how well your speaker wire perform: Their resistance, their capacitance, and their inductance. Ideally when purchasing new audio cables, the goal is to find a set with as little resistance, capacitance, and inductance as physically possible. Quality speaker wires, such as the kind sold by PI Manufacturing Corp, generally aim for a resistance of less than 5%. When the resistance of a speaker wire exceeds this number, it begins to have an audible and unwanted effect on caliber of your audio system. Less resistance on your speaker cable generally means the amplifier can more easily energize the speaker itself. Likewise, an ideal speaker system is built with speaker wire that also offers little or preferably no capacitance and inductance. Although the effect capacitance and inductance has on sound quality is far lower than that of resistance, unusual or extreme amounts of either can similarly degrade speaker performance. In general, the shorter the length of audio speaker wire, the less you’re likely to encounter resistance, capacitance, or inductance when dealing with your audio system, home entertainment system, or home theater. Keep this in mind when using speaker wire cables for your audio or home entertainment setup.

Also important for a good speaker wire is determining what gauge you need for your audio setup and what thickness is ideal for the best sound. The term gauge refers to exactly that: How thick the speaker wire itself is. Contrary to what logic would seem to dictate, a lower gauge number indicates a thicker audio speaker wire. Here at PI Manufacturing Corp, we offer our quality speaker wire in a wide variety of gauges to suit any of your audio needs. Our speaker wire cables even function as an in-wall speaker wire, in the case that your audio system uses in-wall mounted speakers.

PI Manufacturing Corp. offers gauges in sizes of 12 AWG (American Wire Gauge, the unit used to measure the thickness of a speaker wire), 14 AWG, 16 AWG, and 18 AWG to fit your audio system regardless of your need. In general, you want to determine the gauge of your speaker wire based on a few factors: the sound quality you’re aiming for, the amount of money you have at your disposal, and the distance between your receiver or amplifier and your speakers. A fairly good rule of thumb to go by is that the thicker the wire, the better it’s able to pass a signal from the receiver or amplifier to the speakers.

For longer distances between the receiver or amplifier to the speaker, thicker gauge speaker wires are ideal as longer lengths of speaker wires can result in large power losses. For distances of under 80 feet, it’s generally accepted hat 16 gauge wires are sufficient for quality sound. For distances of 80 to 200 feet, 14 gauge wires are acceptable, and for distances of over 200 feet, it’s best to spring for 12 gauge wires. However, audiophiles may want to consider going with thicker 14 or 12 gauge speaker wires, even for distances of under 80 feet because as established earlier, thicker cabling is more adept for transferring sound signals. The thicker speaker wires not only decreases the load on your receiver or amplifier, but because of that decrease in load, it can also result in a more dependable and stable sound system.

However, if you’re working on a limited budget and / or your speakers are located close to the amplifier or receiver, going with 16 or even 18 AWG speaker wires should provide sufficient quality sound. Not only are the thinner speaker wires like the kind provided by PI Manufacturing Corp. are less expensive, because of their lower gauge, they also have the tendency to be easier to work with as they are more flexible. This makes them ideal for routing around walls, floors, ceilings, or doors.

Still, despite the importance of gauge when determining what speaker wires you should be looking for, there are other things to be weary of as well. As essential as it is to choose the correct gauge, it’s almost equally essential to make sure that your speaker wires are made of quality materials. Higher quality speaker materials generally result in lower resistance, capacitance, and inductance, which of course, means better sound from your audio system.

The speaker wires used and sold by PI Manufacturing Corp. use only highest quality copper speaker cable. In addition to being relatively inexpensive compared to other materials such as gold and silver, it also produces very low amounts of resistance meaning that audio systems that use copper speaker wires are still capable of performing to the needs of even the most devoted audiophiles. Additionally, unlike cheaper and lower quality aluminum speaker wires, any oxidation on copper speaker wires still provide conductivity, as opposed to the insulating qualities of aluminum speaker wire oxidation. This makes copper speaker wires more suitable for a wider range of environments.

PI Manufacturing Corp.’s speaker wires are purposely designed to connect between your existing or future speakers and audio or video devices. Our speaker wires and audio cables are specifically engineered to fall within our high standards of tolerance to provide a reliability that you won’t find with the speaker wires of other manufacturers. Because of their engineering, our speaker wires provide reliably high quality performance even during the most extreme and stress intensive applications. Each one of the speaker wires sold by PI Manufacturing Corp. is purposely designed for optimal performance. Our speaker wires and audio cables are capable of producing unparalleled data transfer speeds and signal conductivity, resulting in more data and information being retained between the receiver or amplifier and the speaker itself. The results in a peerless audio clarity that can only be achieved by using speaker wires like the ones supplied by PI Manufacturing Corp.

Our speaker wires are constructed using over 99.9% pure copper conductors for the best sound possible. Regardless of your need, be it adding additional speakers to an already existing set or simply trying to extend their reach. Additionally, many of our speaker wires use PVC jackets to help insulate your speaker wires from the elements. The jackets are also OFC (oxygen-free cable) to ensure that the speaker wires have a longer life and remain rust-free for their lifetimes.

With that information in mind, it’s relatively easy to determine exactly how much speaker cable you need for your audio system application. Simply running a string from your amplifier or receiver to the location of your speakers while allowing some slack for curves in the speaker wires will allow you to figure out the length of audio speaker wire you need for your sound system. It’s important to leave room to allow for curves in the speaker wires, as sharp angles and folds in the speaker wires will likely degrade sound quality. Speaker wires are an integral part of your audio system, home entertainment system, or home theater. Poor quality speaker wires produce a noticeably degraded sound which severely reduces the output of your system, regardless of how much you may have spent on it. Don’t risk the integrity of your sound system by going with poor quality speaker wires. PI Manufacturing has all your bases covered when it comes to high performance speaker wires.