No doubt some of you are familiar with the use of CAT5 wires as speaker cables. I thought it was a simple case of stopping by Home Depot and our local home improvement store and picking a ton of CAT5 wire. Had no idea that there were different kinds of CAT5 wire. From what I've read I do know that I need 4-pair CAT5 wires. But one thing I've not been able to learn more about is the difference between Plenum and non-Plenum CAT5 wires. The Plenum CAT5 wires cost over twice as much per foot versus the conventional non-Plerum variety.

Does anyone have any insight on the Plenum CAT5 variety versus the conventional CAT5 wire? Are the Plenum CAT5 wires worth the premium? More importantly, I wanna make sure that I don't end up paying more for an inferior wire.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Many thanks!