Home Depot Ext. Cord for Speaker Cable

I made a set of cables using the "commercial electric" branded ext cord. I used the 12 guage (yellow jacket) cord due to the distances I was running, and clipped the green wire. I think it cost me $50 for the set (ie for a 100ft cord), plus bananas.

I would go this route over Monster cable any day, but I'm not sure I would replace existing cables with it. I needed a new set because the Monster cable I had didn't fit the confuration of my room.

That said, I was very satisfied with the sound quality - I think is was an improvement over the Monster cables (though this was not a controlled/scientific comparison), but clearly not as good as my PS Audio Statements, nor my Totem bi-wires.

I may try the HD wire just for the fun of it. However, what recommendations do you have for a reasonably priced speaker cable that would be a significant improvement over the HD wire? I know everyone probably has their favorite, but I'm curious if there is any consensus on quality lower priced cables. The upper price limit is about $200., preferable less. Thanks again,
Bill

Alpha Core Goertz MI-2 Veracity should be in your price range and has a 30 day trial period.

I used some of the orange HD's for a rear set of HT speakers cause I had to run them under the house through the crawl space (it's a long story). They sound fine in that position though I did not compare them to anything else.