GearIT 12AWG Speaker Cable Wire with Gold-Plated Banana Tip Plugs (10 Feet) in-Wall CL2 Rated, Heavy Duty Braided, 99.9% Oxygen-Free Copper (OFC) - Black, 10ft

I’m currently using the GearIT 12AWG Speaker Cable Wire with Gold-Plated Banana Tip Plugs (10 Feet) to connect my McIntosh MC501 mono block amplifiers to my Sonus Faber Stradivari speakers. For those unfamiliar, this is a high-end, premium audio setup. Previously, I used Wireworld speaker cables, but they were left behind when I moved, so I’m unable to make a direct comparison. As a passionate audiophile, I do believe that cables can influence sound quality, albeit with diminishing returns. Given that I only needed a short run, I opted for these 12-gauge cables, which can easily handle the 500-watt output of my mono amps, with peaks up to 1200 watts. The speakers sound excellent with these cables. While it’s possible that even more expensive options—such as silver cables—might offer slight improvements, these GearIT cables offer outstanding value, and their build quality is solid.

Very good for the cost high quality

I bought the " Gear IT" brand of speaker cables as a temp solution until I could get into my storage locker to retrieve the $1,500 apiece McIntosh Cables and $300 Emotiva cables I stored along with electronics when we got new carpeting , I run 2 pair of McIntosh XRT-22 line array speakers as front & rears ,the fronts I had biwired with McIntosh Banana to spade wires and the rears is where I used the Gear speaker wires ,I have my listening room live mic'ed hard wired to a DBX spectrum analyzer ,when I 1st hooked up the inexpensive wires I didn't expect much so I didn't turn on the spectrum analyzer at 1st,after a few songs I started doing A/B tests with the fronts & rears ran by my 2 channel preamp ,the rears get the exact signal as the fronts ,when doing the A/B tests I thought the " Gear " wires sounded good with a bit more high end than the McIntosh wires on the fronts ,I turned on the DBX & started doing series of A/B tests while monitoring the display for differences in speaker response that would show up if the speakers were performing different than the other matched pair. The bright high end was all in my head,once I could see on the analyzer there was absolutely zero difference in speaker response aka sound ,that's when I realized the Gear brand wires that cost me $45 sounded just alike with the McIntosh wires I paid $3,000 for ,I was shocked ,when I got all my electronics & wires home I tested my Emotiva brand cables against the McIntosh cables 1st and saw a slight raise in " Transient Peaks " from the Emotiva wires ,I chalked that up to the Emotiva wires being 2 totally separate speaker wires with Bananas on 1 end & spades on the other ends which gave 2 contact points with the amps ,and 2 contact points at the speaker ,the McIntosh cables only have 3 contact points ,2 at the speaker & 1 at the amp ,next I did A/B tests against the single pair of banana terminated wires against the Emotiva double cables ,the results were the same ,the 2 individual pairs of cables slightly out performed the single pair of Gear IT branded cables with slightly increased Transient Peaks . I like the Gear IT brand cables so much that I ordered a 2nd 25 foot long pair that I'm scheduled to receive on Tuesday ,my plan is to do a true Bi-wire with 2 pairs of Gear wires on 1 pair of speakers ,I plan on running 1 pair to the Woofers and the 2nd pair to the Tweeters ,just like I ran my 2 pairs of Emotiva cables ,if I see the same increase in Transient peaks being displayed on the DBX analyzer I will be buying 2 more pair of 25 foot banana terminated wires to do true Bi-wiring of both pairs of speakers ,I will also order 3 pair of 10 foot Gear IT brand cables that will allow me to do a true Tri-wire of the McIntosh XRT-28 line arrays in my 2 channel system ,I'll be running banana terminations on the 4 woofers ,bananas on the 52 mid-range driver's & bananas on the 26 tweeters ,on the monoblock amps I'll be running 2 pairs of spade Terminations tightened under the speaker connection ,then the 3rd wire will be banana Terminated and plugged directly into each amps speaker terminals . The $22 per speaker Gear IT brand speaker wires aren't the same quality build as my McIntosh speaker wires that cost me $1,500 per speaker but they aren't junk build either ,the 1 and only issue I can see is the Gear IT branded cables don't have heat shrink over the banana terminations where the coupling can be unscrewed from the cable ,I'm ordering heat shrink tubing to put 6" pieces over every banana & spade terminal ,once that quick $5 upgrade is done I'll be selling the Mcintosh & Emotiva speaker wires I spent over $12,000 buying on eBay ,do not hesitate in buying every speaker wire you need from Gear IT,they are excellent wires of great build quality .

These GearIT speaker cables are very sturdy and well-built, with a braided jacket and cable "pants" to finish them off. A beautiful speaker cable, much better looking (and much cheaper) than my Audioquest and QED speaker cables. HOWEVER... I really don't know about these plugs. They are listed as BANANA plugs, but they aren't; and they're not BFA plugs either. They look like a new type, maybe a Chinese invention. They did NOT look as though they would make as solid an electrical connection as a conventional banana plug OR a BFA plug. I have BFAs on both my Audioquest and QED cables and personally prefer regular bananas. From other reviews here on Amazon, I wasn't about to take any chances on a plug breaking off in a socket. These cables will be used in a bedroom system and will be difficult to access. I don't have the time or the patience to disassemble equipment to push out a broken plug from the inside. Rather than take the chance, I immediately removed the questionable plugs and replaced them with Sewell Silverback Banana Plugs (available on Amazon) that I already had on hand. The Silverback Banana Plugs aren't perfect either, as they are not insulated (neither are the GearIT) and should be covered with heat shrink tubing (also available on Amazon), but I've used the Silverbacks for several years without any problems. The knurled body is interchangeable between the GearIT and the Sewell plugs, as are the set screws (in case you lose one. Or several.). I disassembled one end of one cable and slipped two scrap pieces of 1/2 inch red heat shrink onto the cable pants to mark each end of the right channel and reassembled the end. After rechecking polarity with a multimeter, a final check to be sure the set screws are as tight as I could get them, and the knurled body is as tight on the plugs as I could get them, I used 2 inch lengths of 3/8 inch red and black heat shrink tubing and a heat gun to finish them off. The pieces of heat shrink on the plugs insulate and make it easier to see hot and neutral in dim light. See photo. UPDATE: Still loving these cables, going from a Denon AVR-S570BT to a pair of ELAC Debut 2.0 B5.2 bookshelf speakers. This is prolly overkill for a bedroom system but it makes watching TV a bit more involving. I really do wish they sold them in pairs though.

Solid speaker cables. Don't need hyper-expensive wire for HIFI audio

I cavi fanno il loro lavoro, sono esteticamente piacevoli ma hanno un problema non da poco, per chi li ha comprati con l'idea di rimuoverli di tanto in tanto (per fare spazio, pulizie, etc.) da dove sono attaccati. Gli spinotti vanno in pezzi alla minima sollecitazione. È vero che si rimontano facilmente, ma è una noia mostruosa doverlo rifare ogni volta che si sposta una cassa.

With all the discourse on whether or not high quality cables make much of a difference regarding sound quality, I needed to know for myself if this was all snake oil or if the golden-eared hifi enthusiasts were on to something. I figured it was wise to find a happy middleground between my Best Buy speaker wire and those infamous cables that reach into the hundreds-of-dollars category, and decided to grab a set of these GearIt connections. I can say right now, the look and feel of them is fantastic and strikes well above their price point. As someone who takes pride in having a listening room that's as easy on the eyes as it is on the ears, this was a major bonus. The build quality is solid too. As for the sound... well they made a difference, although the improvement was very subtle. Psychoacoustics are a funny thing, and maybe it's a placebo effect, but whatever it is, it seemed to open up the soundstage and offer a bit more clarity overall. I think when you reach the point where your sound system starts getting expensive, and you've done all the work to acoustically treat your room and get the best equipment you can, high quality cables are a must-have, and these ones are a perfect blend of value and functionality. After I replaced the gold-plated brass plate jumpers on the backs of my speakers with short lengths of equally high quality wire, things are sounding better than ever. Voices are more natural and alive, with mids and highs shining through with the natural splendor I always knew my speakers were capable of reproducting. I'll recommend these speaker cables to anyone, any day, and would advise anyone with dual-binding posts to toss out those flat plate-style jumpers and replace them with a lower-resistance option, like the high quality jumpers you can find right here on Amazon while I'm at it.

Câbles de bonne qualité. Très bien.

Cable con buena apariencia estética, como se ve en las fotos del anuncio del producto. Las clavijas banana las veo muy correctas, y fijan bien la conexión tanto del cable con clavija, como la clavija con altavoz. En mi caso, el amplificador no permite conectar con bananas, por lo que tuve que desmontarlas en ese extremo y conectar cable directamente a los postes de salida del amplificador. En el extremo de los altavoces, sí me permite usar las bananas, y fija muy bien. El conjunto cable y funda trenzada, tiene cierta rigidez mecánica, pero nada extremo, por lo que puedes moverlo razonablemente bien. Revisa que extremo a extremo coincide cada polo (+ ó -) con su correspondiente polo. Dentro de la funda trenzada, cada cable viene identificado. Es decir, un polo tiene funda de goma completamente blanca, y el otro tiene funda de goma blanca con línea roja. Corrígelo si es necesario, ya que yo tuve que hacerlo en uno de los cables. Respecto a la calidad de sonido, no he apreciado ningún cambio respecto del cable al que sustituye (AWG 14). El calibre del conductor de cobre es el indicado en la descripción del producto, AWG12. No veo necesario invertir más dinero en cables de altavoz "esotéricos", ya que estos cables GearIT están bien estéticamente y funcionalmente

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