Hi All,

For cosmetic reasons, I am looking for speaker wire with a black colored outer jacket. I looked on the Blue Jeans website without sucess. If anyone knows where I can get some decent quality cable let me know (this cable does not need to be "behind wall rated", I am surface mounting it).

Also: When is "shielded" speaker wire necessary?

TIA!

Black Zip Cord is the perfect solution.

Sometimes sold as outdoor low volatage lighting wire.

Also: When is "shielded" speaker wire necessary?


When the speakers have an impedance of 100K or more.

Parts express has some nice dayton wires wrapped in a black fabric and preterminated with banana plugs. I bought them mostly cause I thought they looked cool and they work just as well as any other cables.

Here's a link:

http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/pshowdetl.cfm?&Partnumber=181-602

Buy "normal" wire & use black tech flex. Might be costly depending on length needed.

Many cables can be painted (check with manufacturer). I used wire raceway and painted the raceway...

Low voltage landscape lighting wire works great as speaker wire. It typically has black jacket and is inexpensive ~$20 for 100ft of 12ga last time I got some.

Home depot sells black 14 gauge lampcord wire .

Belden sells it.

You could also get techflex and do it yourself to make them really cool looking.