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In-Wall Long Runs of Speaker Cable

I am going to be setting up a home theater system in my living room and need to run the speaker cable through the wall. Going through the archives it looks like Canare seems to be the standard. Is that still the case? Anyone use the LAT International in-wall cable, the Belden cable from Blue Jean Cables or anything else with satisfied results? I would like to stay around $2-3/foot. I appreciate any suggestions.

Scott
sjpin
eldartford
4,262 posts
 
There are building code requirements for in-wall wire. If you care to have your insurance be valid make sure the wire is certified.
kirkus
502 posts
 
Actually, Transparent does have a whole line of in-wall products, and they're excellent . . . I think that they have stuff in your price range. All of their cables are plenum-rated, so they can be used in both residential and commercial.

They have accessories such as wall plates and Speakon connectors available, and you can add a network later as an upgrade option.
vman71
218 posts
 
As Eldartford said, make sure that it's certified for in-wall use. I bought a 150ft spool of in-wall Monster wire for $15. Honestly, for rear channels, I don't think that you need to spend a lot of money.
somec59
244 posts
 
Home Depot makes a stranded cable for their outdoor low voltage garden lights, which is suitable for most rear surround applications
jwpstayman
279 posts
 
Scott- for my money, you can't beat Kimber Kwik 12 speaker cable which is in-wall rated and an excellent product that can even be used as a bi-wire. At $1.85/ft it is hard to imagine anything available that is better quality or value.
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