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In Reply to: RE: Magnet wire gauge combo question posted by dcuhl on February 20, 2015 at 05:50:56
You need to increase the aggregate gauge of your top end wire, either with JBen's recipe or with another combo.
As it stands the resistance of the thing wires is significant and is lowering your top end's response. Besides that, the wires still need breakin. 50-100 hours is common, if you increase the gauge it will take much longer for the top end to open up.
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Satie, careful now with claims of cable break-in...D may throw a tantrum if we over do it, LOL!On the serious side, like you mention, the resistance is there and readily measurable with a single strand of 26 or 30ga. However, as far as I've observed, the top-end clarity takes very little time to manifest itself with ONE thin wire. That is, as long as there is a clean contact at each of the ends, and no interference fields. Part of it may have to do with the slight extra resistance itself and how some amps may like it.
On the other hand, anything more complex, like a Multimag combo, begins to really shine after a little use. At least I've always found this to be the case when I solder the bunched ends and terminals, even with silver alloys. The real fun begins at 10+ hours of vigorous playback, and keeps improving for a long while.
Edits: 02/21/15
You can use my name....don't be bashful. I've never thrown a tantrum on any audio forum and I'm certainly not going to start with this one. :) As I've said numerous times, subjective evaluation is beyond discussion. It's very simple....if you hear it, it exists.It seems there is less and less interest in objective discussions on this forum.....and that's disappointing. Echo chambers where everyone tells each other what they want to hear are pretty boring.....IMHO.
But that's just the way it goes sometimes. Oh well.Cheers,
Dave.
Edits: 02/22/15
Since I have not been doing multigauge wires since I went to multiamping I am sure there are many fine points that don't spring back into memory. The effect of a single or two strands of fine gauge wire on the rapid breakin at the top end is something I had observed. I recall having to take out a fine gauge wire or two out of a bundle to tame the top end after 100 or so hours as the rest of the fatter wires broke in.
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