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In Reply to: What's the smallest wire AWG that you feel confident using for speakers? posted by Quiet Earth on April 1, 2007 at 09:11:36:
My experience is that 14-gauge Teflon insulated, silver plated stranded copper is optimum for tonal balance for audio use: power cords, interconnect and speaker cable. Higher gauge number sounds thin while lower sounds muddy.
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Al,
It can be expensive bought through normal distribution channels, if you have to buy a whole spool at a time. Electronics stores that sell surplus parts may sometimes have it for very little.One of my best scores was when a local store was having a sale. I found a spool that had most of its original 500 feet, and asked the manager how much. He said $4, so I rushed to the checkout. My wife was haggling over a few cents difference between the part number price and the bin price of a hemostat, and I was trying to signal her to just pay what they asked so I could escape before they reconsidered the price of the wire!
This stuff has a directional sonic character. You can neutralize the directionality by cutting each conductor in the middle, and reversing one of the halves. Splice, solder, and insulate, then make up the cable.
http://www.takefiveaudio.com/mall/shopdisplayproducts.asp?id=91&cat=Mil+Spec+Wireor
http://www.partsconnexion.com/catalog/wire.html
or
http://www.weicowire.com/specpage.asp?nGroupID=180
Good Luck
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