Hi everyone, I'm basically tying up some loose ends before making the final purchase of my new audio gear and have come to the speaker cable portion of the purchase.

I'm not a believer in the hype behind expensive cables, and only prescribe to the very standard beliefs which can be proven as fact. Eg; wire can oxidize causing degredation in signal quality; gauge of wire vs. length of run and basic build quality. I was thinking about doing a DIY job, but lost interest because I'm just too busy and wouldn't have the time/patience for the job anyway.

My conclusion though, is that I'd like to buy speaker cable which is in decent enough housing and is terminated with banana plugs. All of my equipment is currently pretty close to each other, but I'm buying a new A/V center/rack, and that might change, but I'd like to think it will be the same for precautionary measures. Reason being, I guess I should look for a set of cables which are protected from noise/interference too.

Now, I've read about Cobalt and Monster cables, which seem to be the cheapest in terms of what I'm looking for, and the Cobalt seem to be a bit nicer aesthetically speaking, but are there any other brands which I should be looking at, which are within the same price range ? Though good build quality is a must, I'm not looking for ones which are said to have superior technology, because I'm not buying the hype surrounding the industry.

So what do you guys say ? Thanks.

Doug