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In Reply to: RE: Speaker jumper lengths. posted by pc123v on August 26, 2016 at 13:31:17
One factor to consider is very short wires can be a smaller gauge and no problems.
With a longer connector, then a larger gauge is better.
Though most folks use the same wire as the speaker wire.. and then the gauge issue is moot.
But if you are experimenting.. Short as possible, with solid core wire with the gauge small than your speaker wire, would be good.
For best bass hook your speaker wire to the bass..
For best imaging and clarity, connect the speaker wire to the upper range. (unless a two way with a small tweeter.. Then always connect cables to the woofer)
And if a two way with a small tweeter. The wire to the tweeter cold be as small as 22gauge if very short.
Tweeter us a tiny fraction of the total power/
Midrange a bit more, and woofers the majority of the power.
Usually a split in a three way is woofer is the separate, with mid and tweeter on the other part. Even a four way might have just teh woofer on one, with the rest on the other...
Just stuff tho think about
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I have found the effective gauge of bi-wire jumpers regardless of bridging to or from the low-posts and high-posts perform better when the bi-wire jumpers are a rather large effective gauge, rather than a single 22 AWG solid core wire, for example. A fundamental experiment is to incrementally add several 22 AWG solid core wires, increasing the cross section each time the wires are added to the bundle, such as:
One 22 AWG wire = 22 AWG effective gauge
Two 22 AWG wires = 19 AWG effective gauge
Four 22 AWG wires = 16 AWG effective gauge
Six 22 AWG wires = 14 AWG effective gauge
Ten 22 AWG wires = 12 AWG effective gauge
Sixteen 22 AWG wires = 10 AWG effective gauge
When the desired effective gauge is determined, gently twist each bundle of wires together to form a proper litz wire bundle for each bi-wire jumper.
I recommend building at least a 14 AWG effective gauge bi-wire jumper (twisted bundle of six 22 AWG solid core wires per polarity), but 12 AWG effective gauge or larger is more advisable to experiment with, IMO.
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However, I highly recommend choosing VH Audio 21 AWG solid core OCC copper wire with AirLok insulation, since the cellular FEP Teflon AirLok insulation is very well-behaved when twisted vs. solid FEP Teflon insulation, and it's a superior sounding wire, IME. Here's the effective gauge calculations using 21 AWG wire instead of 22 AWG wire:
One 21 AWG wire = 21 AWG effective gauge
Two 21 AWG wires = 18 AWG effective gauge
Four 21 AWG wires = 15 AWG effective gauge
Six 21 AWG wires = 13 AWG effective gauge
Ten 21 AWG wires = 11 AWG effective gauge
Sixteen 21 AWG wires = 9 AWG effective gauge
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Note: Make sure to use a longer length of wires than the final desired length, since the bi-wire jumper will become shorter when the wire bundle is twisted together. Also, since the bundle of wires may be somewhat stiff, make sure to build the bi-wire jumper long enough to form a gentle bend that will not put stress on the wires and the bi-wire binding post connections.
VH Audio 21 AWG solid core OCC copper wire with AirLok insulation (see link below):
@Duster. Thanks again!
@Smelly_Socks. Thanks so much for taking the time. Really appreciate it.
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