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Speaker Cables For Your Surround Sound

By Andy Dansby A note about Premium cables. When you are buying a surround sound system, be wary of snake oil sales people trying you sell you a monster of a cable. They will give you all kinds of facts and specifications about the fancy cable and its fancy price. It was gas injected and braided by the purest copper. It might have a higher range of frequencies that the human ear cannot possibly perceive. The ends are made out of gold, platinum or some other rare metal. It is outrageous and many people fall to this ploy. The cables are outrageously expensive! Just say no thank you to the sales person and walk away. The monsters of the cable industry are doing one thing and one thing only, making a huge profit from people wanting their surround sound to sound the best and their inexperience with cables. A little common sense is needed. First a well known saying comes into play, a chain is only as strong as its weakest link. If you bought a poor sounding surround sound sys