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This is 100 feet of 10 gauge wire. 10 gauge is overkill, according to the experts, for the 20 feet I needed, especially since I bi-wired. But at this price, it is cheaper than some smaller gauge wires.
The two strands are copper and silver colored, instead of marking the casing. It does not say it is OFC. But it sounds great.
The only con: This is heavy wire. 10 gauge is the max that will fit in my receiver or speaker posts through the holes.

Upon receiving this product I found that it didn't appear to be long enough. The product as received was new and sealed. When measured I found it to be only 91 feet long and not the advertised 100 feet. I also noticed that it didn't seem as heavy as 10 gauge wire I have used in the past so I got out my precision wire gauge and found that this wire was significantly smaller that 10 gauge and appeared to be closer to 12 gauge even though it was labeled 10 gauge right on the wire. I feel that this product is totally misrepresented and therefore cannot recommend it.

No standard cable will improve the quality of your stereo's sound if there's a great distance between your speakers and amplifier, but if the distance is ten feet or less I would wholly recommend using METRA 10 gauge speaker wire. I switched out my old 14 gauge cable for the METRA 10 gauge and the difference was stunning. The overall presence of sound increased exponentially. And yes, I've heard all the arguments to the contrary - that beyond a certain gauge (usually 14)there is no sonic difference. But I'm here to tell you it worked. Beyond that, it didn't cost a million bucks so what's to lose?

For those of you who actually have some heavy hitting and power hungry speakers at home, these 10 gauges will give you the difference you wouldn't have expected. If you have an amateur home theater system that won't require much wattage, this will be completely unnecessary. So know what you need.

Also, this product comes a little bit shorter of 100 meters. I received 95-96 from my measurement. But unless you need exactly 100 meters, it is not that big of a deal.

The company makes it seem like they have the stuff and then they dont..charge your card for the product that they dont even have... watch out for this total b.s.