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Several recent upgrades and additions to two different home theater systems necessitated several new audio and video cables and speaker wire. The addition of a Bose Acoustimass 10 Home Theater System which of course has its own speakers wires and a Sony receiver with the option of surround back speakers necessitated some additional speaker wire to use with an older pair of Bose 301 Series III speakers.

When it comes to quality in speaker wire I find the subject to be somewhat perplexing. To me, as long as the speaker wire clearly identifies the positive and negative cables and the sound comes from the speakers, its good speaker wire, leaving the quality aspect to the receiver and speakers that it's hooked up to. Obviously, to me, when it comes to purchasing speaker wire, you can do one of two things; spend an extraordinary amount of money or a reasonable amount of money depending on the name of the manufacturer.

Since attaching Acoustic Research's AP1650 speaker wire to my Bose 301 Series III speakers in the surround back capacity, I've heard nothing but clarity of sound coming from those speakers when they're in use, leaving me to believe that this is very good speaker wire.

Although I wouldn't say that this is a rave review for this particular product as I don't think that there is a great amount of difference in speaker wires with the exception of pricing; I would definitely have to recommend Acoustic Research's AP 1650 or any other "model" of their speaker wire as they seem to be the best when it comes to meeting the minimum requirement of marked wire and decent pricing! {ssintrepid}