Interesting choice picasso. The majority of my $$$ are going into the speakers. I'll be driving my $1300+ 5.1 ascends i have on order with a 200 dollar Sony Receiver, and currently some aluminum speaker wire which i intend to replace - which brings my question:

Will i lose a lot of sound quality if i went with Monster XP 16 guage for my rear HTM-200s? I like that particular wire cause they have that flat white tape for wire which should blend into my white carpet nicely. I'm trying to be sensitive to the wife and go as small as possible, and i dont have a means of routing the wire though my roof (no attic). "surely" this isnt an issue of debate meaning hasn't someone objectively tested sound fidelity on various wire guages somewhere?

(edit) Hmm- Crutchfield is of the opinion that 16 guage is ok for runs of 80feet or less.