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The only -- really minor -- upside of my condo roof leak is that the
association is on the hook for replacing my living room ceiling. So I
figure this is the moment to run speaker cable from my TV/Stereo
cabinet over to my couch. Don't really care about surround sound, per
se, but I figure it'll mean I can keep the volume of the TV somewhat
lower if the speakers are on the side of the room I'm sitting on. That
will

Any tips? The living room is 19-feet-long with 8-foot ceilings. I
figure I should run two pairs of cable around 50 feet??? I know I need
special fire-rated cable, but is there something else I should think
about? And does anyone have a pointer to a good deal on the right kind
of cable?? (I'm not a fussy audiophile. To give you an idea of my
standards, I have a Rotel receiver, but just play music via CD in a DVD
player, or docking my Ipod to the stereo.)

I've never fished wires through walls, so don't really know how
difficult it will be to drop the cable vertically. There's a cable TV
outlet on each wall, so I figure I'll put some sort of terminal plate
that will handle both the coax and the speaker wire.

But I don't really know what the hell I'm doing so will welcome any
guidance and even tolerate some abuse.... Thanks!!!