Originally Posted by BoomInTheTrunk

well in home audio its not that big of a deal to use cheap wires but in car audio were you have to run interconnects next to huge power wire that have up to 80 amps of electricity running through them can be a problem. The magnetic field around the power wires can introduce distortion into the interconnect causing the music to have strong amounts of distortion in the sound of static and such. As for the oxygen free stuff most speaker wire has it but monster also has extra shielding for automotive use. the louder the music is played the more distortion can be heard. for those of you running off your headunits you will hear little to no distortion because the sound levels are not high enoungh for you to hear.