Silverback Speaker Wire by Sewell, 12 AWG, with Silverback Banana Plugs, OFC, 259 Strand Count, 3 ft

Firstly, yes there is a smell when first using these cables. I am assuming the manufacturer of the outer cable is using a phthalate free plasticiser in their PVC compound. Anyway the good news is the odour does diminish over a day or so. The quality of the cable and plugs is good quality at this price point. A few people don't understand that Banana plug outer sleeves are designed to be tightened by fingers therefore they may arrive a little loose. As far as sound goes I was very sceptical that simply having a higher strand count would make any noticeable difference to my Dali Zensor 5 setup. I was wrong, the change in sound was easily noticed especially in the tricky sibilant frequency which I found overly harsh on some tracks previously. Just by changing the cables the sibilance has been halved to a now acceptable level. The midst seem more forward but I'm pretty sure the bass has become reduced a little, or maybe it's just tighter. Also the bass seems to be able to dip a little lower which is great. Will be hitting the volume hard when the neighbours go out and will add to the review if my findings change any.

I really wanted to replace my old speaker wires, which were the standard copper wire style, soldered at each end. I liked the style of these cables but I wasn't sure if banana plugs would fit into both my amp and my speaker terminals, which are drilled posts with screw-down caps that are designed to clamp down on bare copper wire, but most comments on the internet suggested they would be fine. It was a tight fit but yes, luckily the plugs seem to work with systems that were designed with thin copper wires in mind. The cables look professional, too. You do need to be VERY careful that the plugs don't touch each other on these older systems, where the terminal spacing is a bit close. Screw down the terminal caps really hard and angle the plugs away from each other and you should be fine.

Good value and well made cables, the customer services were very helpful when I had cable query, I will be reordering a longer set of cables. .

Just what I needed

I am really impressed with the quality and sound of this cable - only needed one as it was to feed some Bluetooth speakers but the sound improvement was immediate....highly recommended, and a complete bargain at the price!

Not the head line most would expect about speaker cable but its so true once out of the pack these sunk out my room for a week or two but once beyond the smell you see these are great cables nice thick copper wire plus the banana plugs that they use grab the binging post like its life depends on it i was using this on my yamaha amp with svs ultra bookshelf speakers and i was completely happy with the performance from them.

The cable smell like toxic waste. I've found a reference smell for the green clouds with skulls in them that are comnon in cartoons. I've had the cable for a week and there's no sign off the smell wearing off so I had to order a new cable but I'll reuse the banans. TLDR: The cable smell like toxic waste and will fill your home with an unbearable smell

These little bad boys took my Monitor Audio BX2 speakers to another level. I already thought they were great. I am now in shock as to how food they sound. If you have half decent speakers. Give yourself and your speakers a big treat for a small price.

Todo perfecto. El cable es de muy buena calidad y la entrega según lo esperado. He notado una mejora apreciable en los matices.

Sound transmission 100% great high and low frequency, Monster powerline was not great everything is great., The better the cable the more you hear no signal loss have also bought speaker cable for my front speakers and wow everything fantastic also for my rear. never write reviews I have to. Am a hifi buff for over 45 years so impressed I assumed the cables were great, now I know

Update 12/24/2025: Still the best, in my experience. Just bought some new Sewell Silverback speaker wires with banana plugs for my new set up - after several years of good success with my old set up. They are still truly outstanding with my Sony STR-ZA 3000ES (vintage 2016) and SSCS5 speakers. Update 11-22-2018 re: additional Silverback wire purchased for Sony SSCS5 surround speakers also from Amazon/World Wide Stereo in our newly expanded 5.1 set up: I recently purchased a 100-foot spool of Sewell Silverback 12 AWG speaker wire to install our two new Sony SSCS5 bookshelf speakers as the surround speakers on 36-inch Pangea stands in our nearly all-Sony home theater with STR-ZA3000ES receiver, SSCS5's also at front L and R, SSCS8 for center, and SACS9 for subwoofer. To run the farthest surround speaker required 50 feet of wire that I routed along the baseboards. The SSCS5 is rated at 6 Ohms, so with such a long run of wire, I felt 12 AWG was a safe bet to ensure great sound. For the nearer speaker, I used the remaining 50 feet of Silverback wire. I measured and confirmed 100 feet of wire on the spool, as advertised. Verdict: Success! Phenomenally beautiful, powerful, and dynamic sound from all Sony Core Series speakers, Sony STR-ZA3000ES receiver, and Sewell Silverback 12 AWG wire in 5.1 set up that just keeps getting better and better. Jaw-dropping sound nearing my standard of perfection that I am thoroughly convinced can be attributed to thorough and tedious homework, purchasing the right quality components, and ensuring their best placement in our home theater/den space. Details do matter, as far as I can tell. One of those details, Sewell Silverback wire, is excellent wire in our home theater set up. At minimum, I know that it is of very high quality, and I am certainly confident that the stunning sound we are hearing is the best that we can possibly get from our extremely capable Sony and Sony ES components. No doubt about it. Original review re: 6-foot lengths of Silverback wire with banana plugs: Great product of high quality that I highly recommend. The Sewell Silverback 12 AWG cables fit perfectly and work great with my Sony STR-ZA3000ES AV receiver and Sony SSCS5 bookshelf speakers on 31-inch stands. The highly-regarded and renowned Core Series speakers sound great anyway, but with these excellent speaker cables in the audio chain, they just sing and sing again like there is no tomorrow! I believe it only stands to reason that the true quality of these interconnects, including quantity and quality of pure oxygen-free copper strands helps make for true quality in the delivery of the intended sound from the source. The best part is that you can get this great quality at an equally great affordable price. I hope this helps. Cheers!

I recently upgraded my stereo system with the purchase of a Marantz CD6005 CD player. It occurred to me that the Marantz CD6005's incredible audio performance might be further enhanced by replacing my 16AWG speaker wire. My internet research confirmed my suspicion. From what I've read on audiophile sites, upgrading to 12AWG gauge wire will more than likely -- but not definitely -- result in improved music quality. Monoprice 12AWG gauge wire, which is sold by 50ft lengths, is the product that's usually recommended, due to both its performance and extremely reasonable price. When I factored in the cost of the 12AWG wire, the cost of 2 pairs of 4mm banana connectors (for receiver connection), 2 pairs of 2mm pin connectors (for speaker connection), and the cost of shipping, I was looking at paying out about $40.00CDN. So I started looking around to see if I could purchase a pair pre-cut and terminated speaker cables for around that price. This product -- which only provides cables to connect one speaker per package --- fell in line with this price. The fact that only one cable was included was fine for me, even preferable, since I required two different cable lengths. As for the Silverback Speaker cable itself, its 259 strand count make its copper core exceptionally dense. Intuitively, this increased copper density should provide for improved signal transmission when compared to the 12 or 16 copper strands used in standard 12AWG wire. Did the installation of the Silverback Speaker cable result in a noticeable improvement in audio performance? My "impression" -- I'm using the word "impression" because I wasn't able to directly compare the audio performance of my old 16AWG speaker wire to the Silverback's 12AWG cable, I had to rely upon my recollection of how my speakers sounded -- is that the Silverback cables have improved my system's audio quality, particularly at lower volumes. High frequencies (i.e. bells, cymbals, tings) in particular seem to be clearer, sharper, and more discernible -- once again that's a subjective impression. From what I've read, ANY make of 12AWG gauge speaker cable will make a noticeable improvement in a quality audio system. However, from what I've read, the brand-name, method of manufacture, and/or strand count makes NO discernible difference whatsoever in actual audio performance. When it comes to audio performance, all quality "bare" (meaning pure) 12AWG wire is created equal. So buy the cheapest 12AWG wire you can find and enjoy the audio improvement!!! By the way, one reviewer helpfully suggested checking the Sewell's Silverback cables to ensure that the screws on the banana plugs are properly tightened. I checked the screws on the banana plugs terminating my Silverback cables and sure enough they were a little loose.

2 (due) cavi da utilizzare per il collegamento a diffusori terminati con connettori di aspetto esile ma funzionale e lunghezza 6ft =1,82 mt.Buona la sezione in rame. Da acquistare quindi una coppia per poter effettuare i collegamenti usuali.