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How do speaker cables lower noise floor?

I am running Quad ESL 57s now. I have been switching between two pairs of speaker cables: A 2m pair of Nordost Red Dawn that cost around $1100 new and a pair of 14 AWG solid copper from Amazon that cost $20 for 25'.

I wanted the cheap cable to sound better. I want the $600 I can get from selling the Nordost.

I also don't understand how multi-strand cable can be good. No electronic component uses multi-strand cable internally. You are giving the signal multiple paths. How can this be good?

But the bottom line after 10 hours of AB testing is that the Nordost cable has lower noise floor. It doesn't have more bass (which I've experienced if you use too thin a solid cable) or more highs or anything like that, just lower "noise" and, thus, more musical detail.

What physical property of flat cables causes this?

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Topic - How do speaker cables lower noise floor? - PaulF70 17:44:20 09/10/20 (42)
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