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In Reply to: RE: What type of Speaker Cable posted by Crazy Dave on October 16, 2014 at 09:29:44
Dave... as far as I understand, the Supra Classic 6.0 is a 9 gauge wire. It certainly is very thick, so I'm not sure why you think it's a 15 gauge cable.
Here's a statement I copied from an Audiogon thread:
Bobby Palkovic of Merlin told me to look for a 9 gauge, stranded copper wire, and this is what I found. It's unique in that each copper strand is plated with tin, to insulate the strand and reduce "skin effect." The result is a cable that is, in Bobby's words, "stupid good"....
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Tin is a conductor, so unless it has been enameled as well, it does not insulate the strands. If you're quoting him accurately, it sounds like technical mumbo-jumbo. On the other hand, 9 gauge is half the resistance of 12 gauge so there is very little series impedance at lower frequencies.
Jerry
Hi Jerry,
That is why the explanation does not make sense to me. Tin is not as good a conductor as copper, but it still conducts, otherwise solder would not work. They have the sane explanation on the Madisound website, which I believe is the manufacturers explanation.
Dave
My bad! I was looking at the Classic 1.6. Below is a link to the Classic 6. So the tin plating is it. That is the major difference between it and the old Monster style cable. It is inexpensive to the point of not being much of a risk to try. I may very well do that at some point. Right now I am researching cables and trying to make some sense out of it. It is not easy!
Dave
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