KabelDirekt – Pure Copper Stereo Audio Speaker Wire & Cable – Made in Germany – 16 AWG Gauge – 50 feet – (for HiFi Speakers and Surround Sound Systems, Pure Copper, with Polarity Markings)

Worked as expected, Good quality and a fair price

My main motivation for getting this cable was the speaker manufacturer for my new front LCRs recommended 16 AWG for all short runs. I only had 18 AWG, and this wasn't expensive, so why not? Despite a handful of reviews mentioning the plastic getting stripped off when pulling apart the two cables, I didn't encounter that at all. I was able to separate the cables without any issue of the plastic insulation ripping. The first thing I noticed about the wire was that it didn't actually appear wider than my 18 AWG cable. That aside, one thing that was noticeably better was that each individual strand was significantly larger than in my previous cable, and in spite of that, the cable is still plenty flexible. I found this to be important in a good way because I've had issues with many individual strands breaking off, particularly when stripping the wire or attaching banana plugs. Did not encounter that issue at all with this cable and its meaty strands. After setting up one of my speakers with the new wire, I was curious to see if it would sound any different. After playing some music in Mono mode, I found that the low end mid range came across a bit deeper and richer than the speakers connected with my older 18 AWG cable. The highs were basically the same, but an obvious improvement at the lower end. I even asked my wife to do a blind test (she didn't know which speaker I connected), and she also picked the one with this wire as the best sounding one. All and all, this is a great copper speaker wire to get, particularly at its price. If you need new speaker wire and don't need CCA, just get this and be done with it. You'll be happy.

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This is a decent speaker cable with good real ofc copper 16 gauge! I used this 16awg ofc to splice in a second subwoofer to my Samsung Q990C soundbar as well has add external side surround and front and rear Atmos speakers! Overall good quality for the price, but the one thing I don’t like is how stiff the cable is. The pvc around the copper is thick but the strands are also thicker which makes the wire harder to bend. Only an issue is trying to run the wire in Certain scenarios. Side note, after getting this wire 50ft 16awg, I bought the Amazon basics 14awg inwall speaker wire in white 100ft for about $5 more. The flexibility of both wires (excluding the hard white outer shell) have about the same flexibility. I think I’ll have to spend more $$ if I want a truly flexible speaker wire.

Great quality wire, super fast shipping!

This seems like solid high quality speaker wire. I am satisfied with the product.

This is made in Germany and claims to be Pure Oxygen Free Copper (OFC). I think to save weight on shipping, it does not come on a spool but is wound nicely. It comes with a card and contact information for Service, Support, & Warranty in Germany. As soon as I picked up this 14 gauge wire I could feel it was heavier and thicker than my old 16 gauge. Do not try to separate the ends by hands since the jacket is thicker. Use a sharp utility blade to get a clean cut in-between the positive and negative wires. For the ends I used Amazon Basics self crimping, gold plated zinc (non-magnetic) banana plugs. Non-magnetic metals are the way to go since magnetic metals can have a negative effect on the audio signal. These sound great on my Left, Center, & Right speakers. This was for short runs of 2 x 8' and 1 x 4'. For unshielded wire I think it sounds better than the 16 gauge, shielded, 20yr old Monster Cable it replaced. I would definitely recommend this speaker wire to anyone looking to upgrade their speaker connections.

I had a vintage Nikko stereo receiver where one channel started having a different tone than the other. That channel had a weaker output as well. So I sold that receiver and replaced it with a higher-powered Nikko. Soon, the same problem popped up. It seemed like too much of a coincidence, so this time I replaced the speaker wire. The old speaker wire was a high gauge (small conductor), copper/aluminum mix, kluged together from 2 or 3 lengths of wire for each speaker. Replacing the speaker wire not only fixed the difference between the channels, but it improved the sound of the receiver tremendously. Honestly, I wouldn't have believed it if you told me the difference it would make, especially on the low frequency parts. It's like I bought new speakers.