In Reply to: which speaker cable design is better and why? posted by bouncy ball on February 9, 2015 at 13:20:20:
IF all other things were equal (dielectric materials, quality of conductors, freedom from conductor crystalline stress, physical and mechanical damping, etc., etc., then theory would tend to support the multiple insulated conductors as a more accurate signal transfer component.
But seldom are all other things equal.
The reasoning for the above answer (again, with all other things being equal), is that the inductance of the multiple insulated conductors type cable would be lower (especially if the wires were connected so that the reds were all one polarity, and the blacks were all the other).
Inductance has proven to be a more critical speaker cable parameter than capacitance (as long as the capacitance is not high enough to trigger amplifier instability, etc., such as with NAIM power amps), thus lowering it provides more benefit than keeping the capacitance low.
Jon Risch
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- Much more complex question than you can imagine. - Jon Risch 20:06:22 02/09/15 (3)
- RE: Much more complex question than you can imagine. - Crazy Dave 10:31:52 02/10/15 (0)
- one more question................. - bouncy ball 21:45:35 02/09/15 (1)
- RE: one more question................. - Duster 20:02:11 02/10/15 (0)