RE: Best internal speaker wire to use

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Posted by caspian@peak.org (A) on October 21, 2010 at 20:16:56

In Reply to: Best internal speaker wire to use posted by jaydacus on October 21, 2010 at 14:14:10:

"The speakers sound a little clearer in the highs, but the mids do not seem as smooth and the sound seems to be lacking in weight."

So you actually hear this much difference between the old and new wire?

What gauge was the old stuff, thicker or thinner than the new?

Maybe you should try the new wire on the tweeter only, and keep the old on the mids/woofers?

The old wire probably has a fair amount of oxide (or chloride) buildup by now, which could possibly degrade its HF response but would possibly have less effect on the longer wavelengths.

What kind of capacitors are in the crossover? If they're electrolytics you should replace them with decent poly film ones of the same nominal value. That will probably make a more audible improvement than wire.

I'm fond of Stinger brand wire, available from Meniscus and other sources. I use the 18ga or 16ga for internal wiring in most of my DIY speaker projects. It's "High purity copper" (they don't say how many nines) in a nice supple black jacket of I'm not sure what plastic. I don't think it's PVC, 'cause there's no chloride tarnish on the wire when I strip the end of a really old piece. Shiny as new. Anyway, this stuff is soft and flexible and solders REAL nice and (while I'm not a wire cultist) "sounds" a little better to my ears than RatShack "speaker wire" or hardware store lamp cord of the same gauge. Oh, BTW, it's also fairly cheap (at least by "audiophool wire" standards) at around 70 cents a foot.

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