Reddit mentions of AmazonBasics Speaker Cable with Gold-Plated Banana Tips - CL2 - 99.9% Oxygen Free - 6-Foot

Five feet of speaker wire is not as much as it sounds and 8ga is serious overkill for that setup. You can get terminated speaker wire or an entire spool for not much more. You will hear no difference with 16ga wire and you get so much more.

You will need an amp to power the passive RB42 speakers. Micca OriGain Compact Stereo Amplifier 50W x 2 for example. 3.5mm to RCA input to the amp then speakers wire out to the speakers.

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Speaker wire: Pure Copper Oxygen Free Speaker Wire, then 4 Ways to Strip Wire - wikiHow. Optionally add banana plugs. With banana plugs AmazonBasics buy 2 for a pair.

We don't recommend sound bars because they are bad by design. I'd suggest getting 3.0 with a receiver. Here are the settings on the receiver you'll want to adjust: dynamic compression (makes everything closer to the same volume meaning loud explosions won't be as loud and quiet whispers won't be quiet), vocal booster, and if needed boost the center channel volume. Here's a good setup for cheap that should provide really clear dialog:

• Denon s530bt or Denon s540bt for $150
  
  
• Micca MB42X $80
  
  
• Micca MB42X-C $70
  
  
• 3x Speaker cable with banana plugs $31 (depending on placement you might need longer or shorter cables)
  
  
  Edit: Then setup is match red on back of speaker to red on back of receiver, HDMI from tv to receiver then go through the quick setup. And if you want to keep it lower profile you could flip the speakers on their side but probably better to just buy some cheap wall mounts and mount them beside the tv since you're supposed to put them equal distance apart as they are from the listening position. Probably have it set up in 30-60 minutes.
  
  Edit 2: encase you were wondering why sound bars are bad

Extreme rookie question and need some help! I recently bought a set of Polk Audio R10 speakrs from a friend and have a Yamaha RX-V473 receiver, and thought I could simply connect the two with a set of banana plugs. I bought these cables off of Amazon, but the banana plugs won't fit into either the speaker or the receiver.

Did I just stupidly order the wrong plug size or something? I had thought banana plugs were all one size, but apparently that's not the case.

ok i found those in the italian store, can you check if they are the same?

https://www.amazon.it/gp/product/B07FKJDTPY/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=A11IL2PNWYJU7H&psc=1

https://www.amazon.it/gp/product/B01D5H8KO2/ref=ox_sc_act_title_2?smid=A11IL2PNWYJU7H&psc=1

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btw the micca mb42x are not sent in my country

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Dac/speaker amp/headphone amp, Bluetooth (play songs from phone)

https://www.amazon.com/Topping-MX3-Bluetooth-Headphome-Amplifier/dp/B075SYC4Z5

https://www.amazon.com/S-M-S-L-AD18-Amplifier-Bluetooth-Subwoofer/dp/B071JN7GXN

Hook up with usb or optical from pc (they come with usb to usb micro cable)

Reg speaker wire will work but banana plug cables easier

https://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-Speaker-Cable-Gold-Plated-Banana/dp/B07FKJDTPY

https://www.amazon.com/Monoprice-Affinity-Premium-Braided-Speaker/dp/B07G9R51CL

I've got no clue - trying to keep it under $150. Pref bluetooth but plugging in an Echo would take care of that.
IDK whether to go standalone phono+Amp or receiver combo. Hard for me to distinguish which is best value. Amazon has used like-new plutos for ~$75

The speakers I have are binding post so I think banana plugs would work best, but does that mean banana plugs on one and and bare wire to plug into the amp/receiver on the other end?
Example: AmazonBasics Speaker Cable with Gold-Plated Banana Tips


How does this compare to some of the 2.1 Sony / Yamaha units in the sub-200 range?
Denon AV Receiver Audio & Video Component Receiver BLACK (AVRS540BT) - 199

I think some of this would be fine.

And the smaller the number of the gauge, the larger the wire. It won't matter a ton.