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Plain copper wire

Been there, done that, tried everything, bought the T-shirt :-)

Eventually came back to the two conductor stuff that is used for household electrical wiring. About 14 or 16 gauge, I think. Two single strands of insulated copper in a figure 8 layout. The only thing to be careful of is not to kink it or flex it too much as, unlike multistrand wire, it can break at stress points.

Don't laugh - try it.

CAT 5 in various formulations is fun to play with, too, as is very thin (like 22-24 gauge) single strand silver or magnet wire - but I always breath a sigh of relief when the single thick copper wire goes back in. The only drawback I've noted is that this stuff can corrode very quickly if the insulation is not real tight. I've not noticed that problem with CAT 5, and certainly not with magnet wire (IMHO one of the main reasons it always sounds so good is the protection of the surface against all corrosion by the lacquer).


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