Product Description

Monster Cable SFLM GP-50 SuperFlat Mini® Speaker Cable 50 ft. pc. with 4 prs. pins

Product Details

• Brand: Monster
• Model: SFLM GP-50
• Dimensions: .0" h x .0" w x .0" l, 1.00 pounds

Features

• Flat profile for unobtrusive runs along baseboards and under carpet.
• Flexible design for easy routing in corners and around doorframes.
• Paintable Navajo White jacket.
• Convenient for home theater systems and other out-of-wall hookups.
• Available in 20-, 30-, and 50-foot lengths

From the Manufacturer
Hookup Without the Mess: Most of today's home theatres are out-of-wall installations with enough cable to clutter any room. One of the most obvious ways to keep cable out of the way is to route it along baseboards and around door frames instead of leaving it in a tangled mess on the floor. Monster Cable has designed a special Invisible Out-of-Wall SuperFlat Mini cable that offers performance plus virtually invisible cable runs.

Low Profile Design With Paintable Jacket for Unobtrusive Cable Runs. Our unique SuperFlat Mini speaker cable is very flat and very flexible. Because it's only a few millimeters thick, you can run it under carpets or attach it to baseboards with Monster Clamps and Corner Trim, which are included with the cables. SuperFlat Mini's Navajo White jacket blends well with most white walls and trim, and can even be painted to match any wall or interior design.

Fine Copper Stranding for Greater Clarity and Dynamics. More than 300 fine copper strands provide greater clarity and more accurate transfer of music signals, while a low capacitance design maintains signal transfer over long runs for the best music reproduction. Monster's heavy-duty Duraflex jacket resists abrasion and withstands temperature extremes for long-lasting good looks and the most reliable cable performance.

Patented 24k Gold Pins Provide a Superior Connection. SuperFlat Mini comes pre-terminated with four pairs of Monster's patented angled Gold Pins with Lock Notch design to lock the cables in place. The 24k gold contacts provide a high conductivity, non-corrosive connection to components for the best possible signal transfer.

For Unbeatable Looks and Sound. Monster's Invisible Out-of-Wall SuperFlat Mini cable lets you wire your home theatre without creating an unattractive mess of cable. Developed exclusively for the home-owner seeking the perfect marriage of superior sound and beautiful decor, the obvious choice is SuperFlat Mini - only from Monster Cable.

Customer Reviews

Ok for some applications, but not really well designed
This cable really isn't that flat - it's about 2 to 2.5 mm (1/10th inch) thick, and 14mm (0.55 in) wide. (The thickness dimension at the Monster site is wrong.) Not really enough thinner than regular wire, and not space-efficient (see below).

It may be best for running along baseboards, etc. It's a little too thick to run under most carpets, or to paint and have it actually disappear.

Monster doesn't like to tell you the gauge of cables, but these are 16 AWG. Which is just fine for up to about 40 feet, maybe more. Google speaker wire for some discussion on what size wire you need for a given distance from the receiver to the speaker.

The design could be improved, maybe that's why these are sharply discounted lots of places. As noted, they aren't at all Superflat. There's a chunk of plastic down the center that seems unnecessary - maybe it's there to provide a place to attach (nail, screw, staple), but it's just taking up space that could have been used to make the wire flatter instead.

If you're willing to pay a lot more (about $1/foot) you can get truly flat speaker wire. But, since this cable is available for a fraction of list if you look around, it might suit your needs for a specific installation.

The color is an off-white, with a slightly yellowish tinge. Sort of a cream color.

But - and here's another design flaw - one wire is marked on one side with a silver line, with "Superflat Mini" and a bunch of other text every foot. It's much more than is needed to mark the polarity of the wire (to make sure you connect + to + and - to - on the speakers). So it means that only the unmarked side of the wire is really usable - a 90 flat turn on a surface flips the text out onto the exposed side of the wire - unless you plan to paint this.

The SFLM GP50 package includes 4 red/black pairs of straight termination pins, crimp to attach. They don't seem designed for this wider wire, though - they're really meant for standard round wire. There are also 4 clamps (to hold the wire to the wall) and 2 "corner trim" pieces (for making a 90 turn by folding over the wire and putting it into the trim). Not enough clamps for a whole run, if you use them, but might be handy.

File this under products that could be a lot better.

Not as expected
It is flat, but large. Regular 16 gauge wire is less noticeable. I would up not even using it.

Not very easy to work with...
The idea is good, but not completely thought out. The broad flat insulation around the wires plays havoc with a normal wire stripper, and if you were actually going to use all of the wire, there isn't nearly enough wall achors included with it to do the job. Being flat, it is very awkward and difficult to make a flat 90 degree turn, and the wire twists like a garden hose between anchors, instead of laying flat against the wall as it is supposed to.
If you really want your speaker wire to not be seen, then it needs to be run up inside the wall into the attic and across and back down inside the other wall and wired to a speaker terminal. Otherwise, I think it's better to not pay so much, and just buy normal speaker wire that can be hidden along the baseboard under the carpet - or behind the floor wall trim, and alongside a door frame, etc.