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Surround Sound installation recommendations

Posted on 9/16/14 at 9:47 am
Posted by Mahootney
Lovin' My German Footprint
Member since Sep 2008
11877 posts
Posted on 9/16/14 at 9:47 am
I've got a Bose system that we just inherited, with an Onkyo receiver.
I'm not opposed to paying for someone to install the system if it's worth it.

Is there a fair-priced installation company that you recommend?

Do I pull the speaker wires myself?
Posted by Neauxla
New Orleans
Member since Feb 2008
33449 posts
Posted on 9/16/14 at 9:50 am to
If you don't have to run anything in an outside wall and if you have an attic access or crawl space access above or below your room, you can easily run yourself.
Posted by CAD703X
Liberty Island
Member since Jul 2008
78378 posts
Posted on 9/16/14 at 9:52 am to
quote:

Do I pull the speaker wires myself?


absoutely you do.

man up. go to monoprice and get some fat-arse reel of 12g speaker wire. 100ft for $29 or 100ft of 14g for $25. your choice.



then grab you some banana plugs (i assume bose speakers have decent connectors). they're like $1.40 a set or $8 for a 5 pack.



then put on some old clothes & get set to crawl around under your house and/or get a drill to cut a hole in your hardwood where the speaker wires will come up.


while you're on monoprice, might as well pick up some optical cables, F HDMI to F adapters, some HDMI with ethernet cables & other crap for super cheap.


you'll be happy you did it yourself.

just make sure you measure first to see how much speaker wire you need, then buy about 25% more than you think you need because you need some slack behind the components to move them around and if you're like me, you always tend to cut the speaker wires too short.
Posted by VABuckeye
Naples, FL
Member since Dec 2007
35614 posts
Posted on 9/16/14 at 10:44 am to
You don't need 12 gauge speaker wire. 14 or 16 is fine. If you are running wires down the wall make sure you buy speaker wire that is rated for in wall use.
Posted by Gaston
Dirty Coast
Member since Aug 2008
39068 posts
Posted on 9/16/14 at 1:23 pm to
I'd just do my best to hide the wires, outside of running one bundle to the back.
This post was edited on 9/16/14 at 1:26 pm
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