bought some new speakers last week. hooked them up with the 30 foot cables i was using for my surrounds which is rat shak 16 gauge wire with rat shak gold connectors. sounded very good a little bright but speakers are new paradigm studio 60's. then i bought some AR gold bananna clips that you shove cable in hozzle and tighten little screw to secure. seemed nice. hooked those to monster 14 gauge xphp time correct what ever and was waiting for the big difference. the highs were not as bright i give it that but imo and i will have to switch back and forth a few times but the rat shak cable imaged better. it seemed that i was noticing the sound coming from the speakers more with the monster wire vs the sound being in the middle of the room more with the rat shak wire. kinda interesting. also AR bannanas are wiggle around in the speaker post but the sound does not cut out if i wiggle them. they are tight as can be in the reciever post. i will replace speaker post with tighter fitting bananna's. todd