Advantage of bigger and/or multiple conductors in an interconnect?
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| Posted on November 16, 2021 at 11:02:41 | ||
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When I changed my speaker cables from 15awg (2 runs of 18awg) to 9awg (2 runs of 12 awg), things changed significantly (and for the better). When thinking about interconnects, I don't think of power delivery capability as I do with speaker cables. What might be the advantage of using bigger and/or multiple conductors in an interconnect? Looking at various interconnects, I see everything from a single conductor to many numerous conductors used and wonder what the rational is behind that. FWIW, I was looking at Nordost interconnects and see some use 4 conductors while others use 6. Not a significant increase, but an increase nonetheless. Then I remembered Morrow Audio whose conductor count does go up significantly as you move up the line, starting with 8 conductors and then up to 14, 24, 48, 72, 96, 144, 194, and finally 288 for the top model! You can go from $70 to $4995, and apparently all that changes is the number of conductors used. Again, I tend to see this being beneficial for speaker cables, but an interconnect? voolston - audiophile by day, music lover by night!
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