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RE: Best wire to connect amplifier binding posts?

Posted by Duster (M) on August 17, 2012 at 17:51:16

In Reply to: Best wire to connect amplifier binding posts? posted by wcvb on August 15, 2012 at 20:25:21:

There may be just as many personal opinions about what is the best wire to choose to connect the outputs of an amplifier to its binding posts as there are about internal wiring for loudspeakers, bi-wire jumpers, and the myriad of speaker cables, for that matter. I have a rather practical attitude towards the topic, with an audiophile twist.

I have no desire to replace the stock wiring of the amplifier outputs to the binding posts of any of my power amplifiers, but if I needed to do so for some reason, I would likely select what I consider to be an advanced version of typical hookup wire by pulling the conductors out of a particular AudioQuest cable product that's actually very inexpensive, rather than try to experiment with various solid core copper or solid core silver wire options which might present quite unpredictable sonic signatures (good, bad, or indifferent):

AudioQuest Flexible Series – FLX/DB-14/2:

http://www.audioquest.com/flexible-series/flxdb-14-2

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SEMI-SOLID CONCENTRIC PACKED CONDUCTORS: Semi-Solid Concentric Packed Conductors are used in some of AudioQuest's AC power and speaker cables as a cost-effective, flexible alternative to typical stranded conductors. Semi-Solid Concentric Packed Conductors use fewer, larger strands that do not change position down the length of the cable. While solid conductors are the complete solution to strand distortion, Semi-Solid Concentric Packed Conductors avoid many of the distortion mechanisms of stranded conductors.

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IMO, medium strand count conductors would be a better sounding option for this application than fine stranded conductors which tend to soften the sound, and the Semi-Solid Concentric Packed Conductor wire lay is a modern approach that some Japanese cable makers are implementing these days (at least a version thereof). Additionally, while not as advanced as OCC single crystal copper wire, AudioQuest's Long Grain Copper is considerably better than the ordinary metallurgy of typical stranded copper hookup wire.

AudioQuest FLX/DB-14/2 (per ft.) 14 gauge, 2 conductor In-Wall Speaker Cable:

http://www.onecall.com/product/AudioQuest/FLX-DB-14-2-per-ft/Speaker-Cable/_/R-89068?id=89068

Simply pull the conductors out of the jacket to use as hookup wire for an amplifier output to binding post application.

just my 2 cents, YMMV

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