Mediabridge™ 16AWG 2-Conductor Speaker Wire (100 Feet, White) - 99.9% Oxygen Free Copper – ETL Listed & CL2 Rated for in-Wall Use (Part# SW-16X2-100-WH)

I've been dabbling in high end audio for forty years. During this time I have gotten used to seeing obscenely pricedaudio components, and the oftentimes ridiculously overpriced ancillary equipment that accompanies them - especially audio interconnects and speaker wire.Whoever started Mediabridge must have gotten frustrated with this aspect of audio and decided to do something about it by offering quality audio and speaker cables at an extremely reasonable price. I have purchased several Mediabridge audio cables over the past few years and they continue to work flawlessly, never detracting from the music I listen to.They are also constructed quite well.I recently purchased some of Mediabridge's speaker cable (100 feet/16 gauge) and this product is typical of whatI have experienced with this company for the past several years; excellent quality for a pittance. I also like the fact that the speaker wire is clearly marked in order to make it easy for one to know exactly how many feet they need to cut for their speaker system.The white plastic covering also makes for a nice clean installation.These days, the audio enthusiast really has become spoiled given that for around $200 you can put togetheran extremely nice sounding audio system (integrated amplifier, speakers, speaker wire and a mini 3.5to a pair of RCA interconnects) - All of this equipment being driven by your own wireless computing device.Take into account that YouTube has become the largest venue in the world for free music and you havethe most user friendly environment for music lovers in human history!A big thanks to the folks at Mediabridge for remaining faithful to those of us who love music, yet don't haveboatloads of cash to spend on audio equipment.

Product works as advertised, and the quality of the wires is apparent. Though this speaker wire is rated for in-wall installation, I am using it on the outside of our walls, reason being that the white color blends in with our white wall and ceiling colors. I also bought some anchors that hammer in the wall to keep the speaker wire in place. One thing to note is that because the cable is fairly thick, you will want to make sure to purchase a wall anchor strong enough to hold it in place, especially when making turns along the corners of walls. I am pleased with the quality of the wire, and though both runs took up the entire length of the cable, I do not notice any audio quality degradation (using MartinLogan speakers) as can sometimes happen with long runs using lower-quality speaker cables. Overall, well worth the money invested.

After reading the few negative reviews I decided I had better check this wire out before going through a difficult installation process. With any item made in China these days, there's that 1 in 1000 chance you get a dud. Length:There were complaints about the length not being as advertised (e.g. 80ft instead of 100ft) so I unrolled the spool and measured my '100ft' spool and it was 98ft 9", so not too bad. The jacket is labeled with the CLS rating, etc. but I found it also listed the wire as 99 feet long. So Mediabridge IS indeed misrepresenting and they know it, but not as badly as one-star reviewers claimed. The jacket is white, not off-color and the marking is inconspicuous. Flexibility:I found that, for the 16 gauge wire at least that flexibility was good. I didn't expect to get performance here as good as 100% silicone insulation, so I'm very pleased. Continuity:There were some comments about intermittent sound being attributed to the wire. I performed a "wiggle" test, bending the wire in a spiral contortion every foot or so, finding continuous connectivity. Copper Quality:Some complaints were about tarnished copper. I did not find any where I cut or stripped the wire and solderability was consistent with OFC wire. I measured resistance using a 4-point Kelvin method and found that with a 2-amp source, resistance was 3.83 milli-ohms per foot, beating the AWG 16 gauge solid wire spec of 4.016 milli-ohms per foot.I am very pleased with my purchase.

You get what you pay for, this works great, what more can I say.

Good for the price range

This is designed for use inside walls, but I purchased it to use outside of walls, because it has a nice white jacket. The grey print along the side spirals around the cable and runs its entire length, spoiling the appearance if you want to tack it to white walls, hoping it mostly disappears. But that's my particular use, I guess I can't ding the product for that. What I can ding it for is being overly stiff, which means you have to really tack it in place. It actually pulled off one of my plastic and nail cable tacks on its one while installing it because it's so stiff. You wouldn't expect that from 16AWG speaker wire. It's the thick jacket that does it.Sound quality is nice. I like that the inner wires are color coded clearly, and not like, both are black but one has a faint grey stripe. Overall a good buy. You get a lot of it too.

This is excellent speaker wire which is covered, durable and great for in-wall or mounted installations. Mediabridge makes excellent products (USB, Toslink and Cat 5 as well as others.) and when I need a product and Mediabridge manufactures it, that is the one I buy. The stranded copper wire is very high quality, and the white jacket has foot markers making it very easy for measuring. The jacket is good for pulling through walls and conduit.. Overall great speaker wire, better than the basic paired stuff with thin covering at your large hardware stores.

I ended up using this wire for my rock lights on my JK Wrangler. Wish it was black, but that wasn't a option unless you wanted to pay a lot more, not sure why. Anyhow really nice quality wire and was easy to work with, even though it had a sleeve to protect the wires. I ended up using about 30 ft on my 4 door JK with about 12 led lights.

Please dont buy this...i was expexting 12awg and 200ft but only received 16awg 100ft