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In Reply to: which speaker cable construction is better? posted by bouncy ball on February 9, 2015 at 18:34:10:
Heh heh.
But really, seriously, the audible differences among decently made cables are infinitesimal, 'though perhaps a few golden ears can hear them consistently. This last hypothesis gives the golden ears the benefit of the doubt, 'though it has yet to be proven with any sort of scientific rigor.
Looking at measurements, you obviously want really low series resistance (this means fairly thick wire gauge), and both series self-inductance and shunt capacitance should as low as possible to avoid rolling off the very highest frequencies. A comparative study of 10-meter runs of various cables by Peter Aczel some years back showed definite measured degradation at audible high frequencies, with several pricey "audiophile" wires behaving notably WORSE than bulk zip cord. I believe he concluded that such rolled-off cables qualified as expensive passive tone controls to offset overly bright amplifiers and speakers.
Highly capacitive cables (like the original Monsters) are a BAD idea when connecting potentially unstable amplifiers to highly capacitive electrostatic speakers. More than a few catastrophic amp failures resulted from this combo, back in the day.
I personally don't mind spending a bit extra for high purity oxygen-free stranded copper in a nice flexible jacket, terminated with good heavy gold-plated spades (silver-bearing soldered, of course) and heat shrink wrapped at the "wrists" to keep oxidation out. This is how I've been making my cables for years, using 12ga Stinger wire, sold by the foot at Meniscus. I could easily spend 10 or even 100 times as much, but doubt if I (or anyone) could hear more than a couple percent improvement in texture/resolution/whatever. YMMV.
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