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. .

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.

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!

Nice heavy weight cable and with quality banana plugs . Value for money if you don't want to spend the earth on speaker cable. Make sure you order 2,as these come as single units .

Excellent speaker cables, well put together. Only negative a bit of a funny smell, when bag first opened, hard to describe, hopefully will soon go.

Banana plugs too bit to fit in the sockets for my very large speakers, broke one of the speakers trying to fit it in the connector. Three stars as they seem very well made and durable and I'm not sure if I was doing something wrong to be honest - I just assumed they'd turn up and I could plug them straight in.

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!

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

Awesome, value for money

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.

Heavy wire and sounded great