Hardware Connectivity

Get the most out of your home audio system with high quality, oxygen-free, pure bare copper speaker wire from Monoprice!

This speaker wire features two conductors made of high purity (greater than 99.95% pure), oxygen-free bare copper. Pure Bare Copper is a superior conductor to the copper clad aluminum (CCA) conductors used in most other inexpensive speaker wire. CCA is only about 68% as conductive as pure bare copper. This additional resistance is added to the impedance of your speakers and can negatively effect the sound.

For the wire to have no audible effect, the total wire resistance should be no more than 5% of the lowest impedance of your speakers. Even speakers rated for a nominal 8-ohms, may dip to as low as 4-ohms at some frequencies, which further reduces the total cable resistance allowed in the wire. Using Pure Bare Copper speaker wire ensures that the total load put on the amplifier remains as close as possible to the impedance curve of your speakers.

For example, a 16AWG 2-conductor Pure Bare Copper speaker wire has a total resistance of 0.803 ohms per 100 feet (both directions must be considered). By comparison, a 16AWG 2-conductor CCA speaker wire has a total resistance of 1.181 ohms per 100 feet. Assuming 4 ohms is the lowest impedance of your speakers, a speaker wire run can be no more 0.2-ohms total. 20 feet of 16AWG Pure Bare Copper would be 0.1606 ohms, well under the 0.2-ohm limit. On the other hand, 20 feet of 16AWG CCA would be 0.2362 ohms, well OVER the 0.2-ohm limit.

One side of the clear outer PVC jacket is marked with an easily visible blue stripe to indicate polarity.

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Digital Visual Interface (DVI) is the standard interface for a high-performance connection between PCs and flat panel displays, digital CRT displays, projectors, and HDTV. The DVI-D Digital Cable delivers the high-performance, high-bandwidth interface needed for video displays of today while leaving headroom for the products of tomorrow. These precision-engineered cables are fully compliant with the DVI standard defined by DDWG (Digital Display Working Group). The DVI-D dual link configuration provides enough bandwidth for resolutions up to 2560x1600 and allows high speed digital transmission up to 9.9 Gbps.

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Digital Visual Interface (DVI) is the standard interface for a high-performance connection between PCs and flat panel displays, digital CRT displays, projectors, and HDTVs. The DVI-D Digital Cable delivers the high-performance, high-bandwidth interface needed for today's video displays while leaving headroom for the products of tomorrow. These precision-engineered cables are fully compliant with the DVI standard defined by DDWG (Digital Display Working Group). The DVI-D dual link configuration provides enough bandwidth for resolutions up to 2048 x 1536 and allows high speed digital transmission up to 9.9 Gbps.

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3ft Premium Optical Toslink Cable w/ Metal Fancy Connector

Experience superb sonic clarity and accurate musical reproduction with this Premium Optical Toslink cable from Monoprice!
Optical S/PDIF (aka Toslink) cables are an excellent way to distribute high-definition, multi-channel audio without the risk of common electrical problems, such as ground loops or RF and EM interference. This premium cable features a full-sized Toslink connector on each. The cable has an outside diameter of 8.0 mm and features premium, square metal connector heads. A metal mesh jacket sheathes the entire length of the cable, protecting it from knicks, cuts, and kinks.

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6ft Premium Optical Toslink Cable w/ Metal Fancy Connector

Experience superb sonic clarity and accurate musical reproduction with this Premium Optical Toslink cable from Monoprice!
Optical S/PDIF (aka Toslink) cables are an excellent way to distribute high-definition, multi-channel audio without the risk of common electrical problems, such as ground loops or RF and EM interference. This premium cable features a full-sized Toslink connector on each. The cable has an outside diameter of 8.0 mm and features premium, square metal connector heads. A metal mesh jacket sheathes the entire length of the cable, protecting it from knicks, cuts, and kinks.

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