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In Reply to: RE: Impact of jumpers posted by pc123v on March 25, 2016 at 15:12:58
DeoxIT is a contact cleaner that may leave a residue within a stranded wire bundle, so I would stick to cleaning your binding posts with DeoxIT rather than try to clean the ends of stranded conductor with it. An advisable approach for a stranded bare wire connection is to place the ends into a binding post hole and tighten the nut with a binding post wrench in order to provide a nominal gas-free interface with maximized contact area, and leave it alone thereafter other than occasionally making sure the binding post nuts have not loosened over time. If many wire strands become broken due to high-torque or if obvious oxidation takes place, cut off all of the wire strands and strip the insulation again in order to provide fresh wire strands to place within the binding posts. Otherwise, you might consider a proper termination of the bi-wire jumpers with speaker cable connectors of your choice.
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@Duster. The MIT and cardas 101 turned out to be a rather a good combo. If I may ask you another question...would 14awg be ok for a 5 meter run? Have chanced upon a used pair (diff brand) that I would like to try before I settle down on the one which is closest to what I am seeking in SQ.
Thanks again.
A 5 meter (16 foot) run while not optimum is under the maximum advisable length based on practical guidelines for a 14 AWG speaker cable. However, for a length over 10 feet, I would recommend doubling the cable cross section (11 AWG) by selecting a 4-conductor cable such as the Cardas Crosslink 1S rather than the 2-conductor Cardas 101. Cardas Crosslink 1S would also provide lower inductance when wired cross connected (star quad) instead of that of a twisted pair such as the Cardas 101.
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