Speaker wire matters, Sewell provides an excellent, reasonably priced product that significantly enhanced the sound of my stereo systems. Banana plugs slid easily into my receiver and speakers. 10 awg cable allows for minimal resistance. I highly recommend them! I have them on both of my systems. There are more expensive cables, but I’ve yet to find cables of better quality!
Our media room had a very expensive proprietary remote that required paying a fee to an installer when I changed devices in the control room. The BlasterIR now allows full control of all devices via their original remotes with out the costs of media room “expert”. I find this quite liberating.