Home Theater Speaker Wire, Subwoofer Cable, HDMI

Home theater wiring at its most basic requires connecting each of the passive speakers to your home theater receiver using appropriate speaker wires, the powered subwoofer(s) to the receiver using subwoofer cable(s), the television or projector to the receiver using HDMI cable, and any source component(s) to either the receiver or television/projector depending on your specific needs using HDMI cable(s).

Speaker Wiring for Passive Home Theater Speakers

You will need to run individual speaker wires from the back of the surround sound receiver to your desired room locations of each speaker in your home theater system.

A speaker wire stripper, cutter, crimper tool will be useful if you start with a spool of speaker wire.

The lower the gauge, the thicker the speaker wire, but also the more difficult it is to conceal and bend thick speaker wires around corners.

Banana plugs and other similar speaker termination options plugged into binding posts (instead of bare wires) are a great way to achieve a clean, sturdy connection between speaker wire ends and both the receiver and speakers.

To run a single cable to two speaker channels together, you may want to go with 4-conductor instead of 2-conductor where applicable to keep the home theater installation clean, tidy, and uncluttered.

If you will be running any speaker wires inside the walls, ceiling, and/or floor, you will want to go with CL3 rated speaker wire for in-wall use.

Flat speaker wire with adhesive is a stealth solution because it can be stuck like tape to walls, ceilings, and/or floors and is paintable, or it can be hidden underneath carpet to run to your rear surround speakers.

Self-adhesive cable raceway cord cover kits are another potential stealth solution to hide speaker wiring.

If you don’t want to run speaker wires at all to rear surround speakers, consider going with a separate wireless two-channel amplifier with transmitter and receiver kit to avoid the hassle. The wireless transmitter needs to be connected to two rear surround speaker outputs on back of the home theater receiver. The wireless receiver needs to be located near where you want to locate both rear surround speakers. Transmitter and receiver each need to be plugged into an AC outlet for power.

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Subwoofer Cable(s) for the Powered Subwoofer(s)

You will need to run sturdy subwoofer cable(s) from the subwoofer output(s) on back of the surround sound receiver to the desired room location(s) of your subwoofer(s). Keep in mind that a powered subwoofer needs to be located near an AC outlet for power.

Select subwoofer cable(s) long enough to let you play around with subwoofer placement possibilities to achieve the best possible sound.

If you do not want to run and conceal long subwoofer cable(s) around your room to the subwoofer(s), consider a wireless transmitter and receiver kit designed specifically for subs. The wireless transmitter needs to be connected to the subwoofer output(s) on the back of the surround sound receiver, and the wireless receiver needs to be located near where you want to place the subwoofer(s). Both transmitter and receiver each need to be plugged into an AC outlet for power. (Some brands such as Klipsch offer their own proprietary kit that works seamlessly with their own brand of subwoofers.)

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HDMI Cables for Television/Projector and Sources

You should probably go with high-quality Ultra High Speed HDMI cables to take full advantage of the latest advanced features and higher frame refresh rate capabilities found on today’s home theater receivers, televisions, projectors, Blu-ray Disc players, and game consoles.

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You Need a Home Theater Power Surge Protector!

Don’t forget to plug the AC power cords of your home theater receiver, subwoofer(s), television or projector, and source components into a home theater surge protector to protect your expensive equipment for the long haul.

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