Quote Originally Posted by uncooked
yea that mosly depends on the quality of the under lay i guess. " and flat wire is a must lol"

i would really recommend thicker then 16 gauge if you are running more then 30 feet to the back though. its possible to loose some signal. i just ran 25 feet of 16 gauge to the back of a second 5.1 project and im going to have to take it all out and re wire. im making no mistake this time and going with 12 gauge.

there was just alot of static in the rears comapred to the fronts that shouldnt have been there.
Not sure why you were getting static, but am sure it was not from the wires, unless they could have been out of phase (wrong connection). I have had my 16 gauge (running 20'-30') for over 5 years and have never had a problem. I just clean the ends once a year, never have any static or hissing. As far as placement in a finish room, I would go with 1 or 2 different setups:

The baseboard is good
Run along the crease of the wall and celing (if you have kids, Kid Proof)

The wire I used was plain old white Rat Shack 16 gauge that match the walls and then painted it over to make sure it matched. I have to point it out to friends when they come over cuz they don't notice it. Running under carpet IMHO is just asking for problems, all padding wears down and you can't maintain it or switch it out.