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I agree, my guess is the "hum" is interference caused by a poor quality cable, or poor quality connection at some point in the signal stream. The sub sees the "hum" as a signal and thus stays on.

I did this with my Polk Monitor 70s and my TX-SR-608, I couldn't tell the difference at all. I tested it at loud volumes, quite volumes, I really wanted to hear a difference, but nope nothing. I...

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I have Monitor 70's, CS2 Center, RM8 Surrounds and a PSW10 Subwoofer hooked up to a ONKYO TX-sr608 in my 600sq ft apartment, and I could not be happier. The only downside is the 70's are pretty big...

This page has a size chart for various components (heatshrink, sleeving, cable pants) depending on your cable gauge....

Depends on what you want, I found some great 4 conductor 12ga on ebay, but usually monoprice

I like banana plugs because it saves a ton of time when you have to move thing (cleaning, upgrades, etc), as Alvaro mentioned, the GLS locking plugs rock, they are a bit bulky, but if you take time...