I just got these for my surround speakers (since Outlaw does not offer speaker cables that I know of).I had read favorable reviews and was in need of upgrading my 16 gauge monster wire. Let me tell you, I used to think my surrounds sounded pretty good. I did not know what I was missing. The improvement blew me away. I don't know if it is just because the Monster was that bad or the Cobalts are that good but, suffice it to say ,the Monsters I had for the fronts and center went on Ebay and the Cobalts are in the mail. I hightly recommend Cobalt...at least until Outlaw gets a speaker cable

I use Lithium speaker cables myself.

I use Cobalt speaker cables myself and they do sound better than my previous monster cable, and are a great value.Plus, if you can't hide your cables, they look cool....

Yes they do. They are very well made. I was surprised that they sound better than the monster which costs almost two times as much..Goes to show that more expensive does not always mean better.

I agree.

Just curious, what's the gage number of your Cobalt cable?

Well let's see..thay are the Super Speaker Cables so they are 10 gauge. At least that what their site says.

i was on a site recently looking at cables and the 'generic'(their high end) cables costing around $20(1/2 meter) a pair had connectors that were almost embarassing similar to my straightwires($200/pair) although the actual cable was different.
i am talking about interconnects,not speaker.

shop around,don't pay too much.

I am set. Get all my Cobalts so I don't see me spending any more dough in the near future. My interconnects are all Outlaw, by the way. Speakers are Cobalt.

glad you got all set up.i run a mix of 14/2 and 2 RARE runs of straightwire!(would not buy them if i had to pay retail!!)

Yes This is all starting to add up.

WOW!
Bill

Cables seem to be an important part of the whole HT equation. I have been reading about several different speaker cable brands and am trying to decide what to buy. There are several brands that have good recommendations, but it is difficult to have a direct comparison of all of them. At what point am I throwing money into the wind? TMC speaker cables are costly, but will I tell a big difference between them and say Cobalt or Blue Jean or Better Cables or Ultralink? If money was no object I'd buy them all and test each. These will be pushing Ascend 170s.

Are there certain specs that are more important than others when reading about the "features" of different brands. They can all say they are low resistance, but what specs should I check?

there is already lots of talk on this topic in other topics from not too far back.