Silverback Speaker Wire by Sewell, 12 AWG, with Silverback Banana Plugs, OFC, 259 Strand Count, 3 ft

Update 11-22-2018 re: additional Silverback wire purchased for Sony SSCS5 surround speakers also from Amazon/World Wide Stereo in our newly expanded 5.1 set up:I recently purchased a 100-foot spool of Sewell Silverback 12 AWG speaker wire to install our two new Sony SSCS5 bookshelf speakers as the surround speakers on 36-inch Pangea stands in our nearly all-Sony home theater with STR-ZA3000ES receiver, SSCS5's also at front L and R, SSCS8 for center, and SACS9 for subwoofer. To run the farthest surround speaker required 50 feet of wire that I routed along the baseboards. The SSCS5 is rated at 6 Ohms, so with such a long run of wire, I felt 12 AWG was a safe bet to ensure great sound. For the nearer speaker, I used the remaining 50 feet of Silverback wire. I measured and confirmed 100 feet of wire on the spool, as advertised. Verdict: Success! Phenomenally beautiful, powerful, and dynamic sound from all Sony Core Series speakers, Sony STR-ZA3000ES receiver, and Sewell Silverback 12 AWG wire in 5.1 set up that just keeps getting better and better. Jaw-dropping sound nearing my standard of perfection that I am thoroughly convinced can be attributed to thorough and tedious homework, purchasing the right quality components, and ensuring their best placement in our home theater/den space. Details do matter, as far as I can tell. One of those details, Sewell Silverback wire, is excellent wire in our home theater set up. At minimum, I know that it is of very high quality, and I am certainly confident that the stunning sound we are hearing is the best that we can possibly get from our extremely capable Sony and Sony ES components. No doubt about it.Original review re: 6-foot lengths of Silverback wire with banana plugs:Great product of high quality that I highly recommend. The Sewell Silverback 12 AWG cables fit perfectly and work great with my Sony STR-ZA3000ES AV receiver and Sony SSCS5 bookshelf speakers on 31-inch stands. The highly-regarded and renowned Core Series speakers sound great anyway, but with these excellent speaker cables in the audio chain, they just sing and sing again like there is no tomorrow! I believe it only stands to reason that the true quality of these interconnects, including quantity and quality of pure oxygen-free copper strands helps make for true quality in the delivery of the intended sound from the source. The best part is that you can get this great quality at an equally great affordable price. I hope this helps. Cheers!

I was very pleased with the quality of the cables. I ordered 4 10' cables, and I had a similar experience to other reviewers with respect to some the banana plugs being randomly loose when I received them. Can't say I can figure out why this is, as it is simply a matter of just finishing screwing them tight with your hand. I did fully unscrew and remove the banana plug outer casing on several of the plugs to examine how the plug is attached to the cable, and to check out the raw cable itself. I was impressed to find that the banana plug itself is attached to the cable by two separate threaded screws on opposites sides and ends of the shaft, and held approximately 1/3 to 1/2 inch of the exposed cable wire. All of the banana plugs that I opened up were very well clamped down on the wire by these two screws despite some of the outer casings simply not being hand screwed all the way to not rattle, etc. Also, having handled a fair amount of wire and cable in my day, this wire does appear to indeed by 12 AWG as advertised (I've noted reviews of some other cables here were purchasers were skeptical that their product was really the advertised gauge, so figured I'd offer that observation that these seem to be).As for working with the cables themselves, they were easy to get to lay pretty flat once uncoiled, and the banana plugs fit very securely in both my speaker posts (Fluance XL7F tower speakers and Fluance XLC7 center channel) as well as my receiver (Onkyo TX-NR3009). Sound quality was noticeably improved from some older Monster cable that I had been using previously. I highly recommend these cables for the value the represent--the quality is very good and this is overall a very worthwhile overall purchase!

Yep, they are stinky. Left them in the garage for a week and most of the smell is gone. Keep them cool and out of the heat!Overall, they are well made. One of the cables was obviously opened and used, but it looked and sounds fine. I can't say if they are superior to other cables, but they don't seem to have any audio flaws that I can detect.

This speaker wire is everything you need for the best connection. The wire itself is 12GA 100% stranded COPPER wire. The jacket is sturdy without being too stiff to snake around your system. The screw on Banana Plug casings are all metal and appear to be made from aluminum. The wire is secured to the gold flashed plug via two screw down crimps. This is not the best solution ( I prefer high pressure machine clamping) which may not be possible at this price point but, will get the job done very well. I do suggest giving each screw a little twist just be be sure they are completely tight before installation. Each plug is marked for polarity red for positive and black for negative. The price is outstanding, especially for the quality or the product. Do not be fooled by the rantings, charts and graphs and the endless B******T hype presented by usual CABLE BANDITS like A********T, M******R , K*********E and all the others.!!!!! These are as good as any of the over priced brand names. Save some money and buy more LP's. Never mind what your cable snob friends might think. Just tell them they cost $20.00 per foot. They will never know!!!! I too once drank the Kool Aid too and bought all those ":high end " cables. Now after many years in this hobby (50) have learned that the "cable science" is BS. Also, don't be put off by the "made in China label". Guess where many of the the "big boys" source their cable from- CHINA. Rest assured that Sewell make a great product and from what I have seen, they maintain good quality control......Please NO hate comments. This is my opinion only and your mileage may vary. HAPPY LISTENING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!