Analysis Plus Black Mesh Oval 9 Speaker Cable - 12 Foot - Spade to Spade - Pair

Analysis Plus Black Mesh Oval 9 Speaker Cable - 12 Foot - Spade to Spade - Pair

What It Does in Your System

The Cable That Built This Company's Reputation, at Full Reach

Oval 9 is the design that made Analysis Plus a name in audio — well enough regarded that reviewers kept remarking on how little it costs relative to what it does. Black Mesh Oval 9 is the current version, same engineering under an attractive black mesh jacket.

This is a matched 12-foot pair in the standard full-range configuration, terminated with spades at both ends. Twelve feet is the longest length Analysis Plus offers — the one to reach for when the amplifier lives well away from the speakers, or the run has to travel the perimeter of the room.

Hollow Oval Geometry That Keeps Resistance Flat Across the Band

Analysis Plus is an engineering firm first — the Michigan company earned its name modeling and testing cables for other manufacturers before deciding it could do better itself. Their simulations showed that round conductors suffer badly from current bunching and skin effect, so they developed a patented hollow oval cross-section instead.

A woven pattern places every wire statistically as close to the return current as every other wire. Current density stays even, resistance barely changes with frequency, and you hear a cable that stays consistent from the bottom of the bass to the top of the treble — across a long run as much as a short one.

Nine Gauge of Copper, Which Matters More at This Length

This is a substantial cable — 9 AWG of high-purity oxygen-free copper, built to hold onto deep bass notes played at high volume. Analysis Plus points it specifically at lower-sensitivity speakers, longer runs, and higher listening levels, and a 12-foot run is exactly the case where conductor mass stops being headroom and starts being necessary.

Rather than solid conductors, which kink and deform in ways that degrade the signal, Analysis Plus uses a flexible braid paired with a computer-matched dielectric.

Is This Right for You?

A few things to confirm before ordering:

• You have real distance to cover. Twelve feet is the longest standard length, right for an amplifier across the room or a run that goes around rather than through. If a shorter length reaches, take it — there's no benefit to excess.
• Your binding posts accept spades. Spades give excellent contact area, but some EU-compliant shrouded posts won't let a spade tighten down properly. If yours are the recessed type, Analysis Plus offers this cable with bananas instead.
• This is the full-range configuration. Two conductors per end, one cable per speaker. If your speakers have separate bass and treble binding posts and you want to bi-wire, Analysis Plus builds the Bi-Oval 9 for that.

Setup & Installation

Loosen the binding posts on your amplifier and speakers, slide the spade lugs over the posts, and tighten firmly by hand — snug enough that the spade can't rotate, without straining the post. Observe polarity at both ends, positive to positive and negative to negative, and wire both channels identically before playing music.

The cable measures roughly 20mm by 8mm in cross-section, so it's a wide flat oval rather than a thick round bundle. That profile lies flat and routes well along baseboards or under rug edges over a 12-foot run, though 9-gauge conductors don't like tight turns — give the cable a generous radius where it leaves each component. Keep the run clear of AC power cords where you can and cross at right angles where you can't.

Features & Specifications

Patented Hollow Oval Geometry
Minimizes current bunching and skin effect so resistance stays nearly constant across the audio band.

Woven Braided Conductor
Every wire sits statistically as close to the return current as every other, distributing current density evenly for better signal transfer than solid-conductor designs.

9-Gauge Oxygen-Free Copper
A massive conductor built to convey deep bass at high volume, especially with lower-sensitivity speakers and long runs.

Computer-Matched Dielectric
Insulation selected by simulation to work with the conductor geometry rather than against it, reducing energy storage and release.

Specifications

• Type: Full-range speaker cable, matched pair
• Length: 12 feet
• Terminations: Spade connectors, both ends
• Conductor gauge: 9 AWG
• Conductor material: High-purity oxygen-free copper
• Geometry: Patented hollow oval, oval-coaxial configuration
• Outer dimensions: 20mm x 8mm
• Jacket: Black mesh
• Included: One matched pair of terminated speaker cables

Frequently Asked Questions

Is this a pair or a single cable?
This is a matched pair — two 12-foot cables, one per speaker. Everything you need to wire a stereo system is included.

Does 12 feet of cable cost me anything in performance?
Very little with a conductor this size. Nine gauge keeps resistance low over distance, and the hollow oval geometry is specifically designed to keep resistance from varying with frequency. That said, order the length your route actually needs — coiled excess behind the rack does nothing for you.

What's the difference between this and the Bi-Oval 9?
Same conductor, same geometry, same gauge. The Bi-Oval 9 uses four conductors so your speaker's bass and treble binding posts each get their own pair. This standard version is what you want if your speakers have a single set of posts.

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