Logitech z5500 Surround Speaker Cables

[mdahc]

I just got the z5500's, and I was rather disappointed to see that Logitech stopped using regular speaker cables to connect the satellites and are now using built-in mono RCA cables. Does anyone know where I can get 25-50 ft. mono RCA cables?

 

[yhelothar]

Radioshack?
www.partsexpress.com
Heh you could get the 75Ohm cables for $40 a pop

 

[mdahc]

Thanks. I thought about checking there, but I'm a little unsure about what I should be buying. Since each satellite speaker has a monophonic signal coming out of its RCA cable, I assume I'd need a mono speaker cable with an RCA interface and maybe a coupler to extend connect each rear surround speaker to the extension cable. However, the only cables I see not labeled as stereo say "audio patch cable" or "phono cable." Will this carry a speaker signal (i.e. is this what I should be getting)?

One last thing, the ones that I've seen over 25' are 18 or 24 gauge. Shouldn't I be looking for at least 16 gauge or 12 gauge if possible (someone told me 12 gauge is more appropriate for long cable runs).

Here's an example

 

[idkruler]

with those speakers i doubt you would notice the difference in cable gauge

 

[mdahc]

I ended up buying the 24' 18 gauge set from RadioShack, and the one satellite I ended up having to extend sounds good to me. It turns out that I actually only needed about 4' of cable. Thanks for the replies.