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In Reply to: Surprisingly good sound from Belkin PureAv bulk pcocc speaker cable. Comparisons with DHLabs Q10... posted by machani on April 2, 2007 at 17:32:26:
I've been listing to my two runs biwire DH Labs T-14's for a few years now on my Usher CP-6371 monster tower speakers. 4ohm 89db's.I really want to upgrade them badly for awhile now but the alternatives so far cost so much. Must like the Harmonic technology Pro 9 Plus speaker cables. Another attractice choice is VH Audio's new Neotech UP-OCC Bulk Speaker Cables in BULK. NES - 3004 at $50 a meter cable. Thats very expensive. That's $300 for a set of 9' pair speaker cables! Same cost at used HT Pro 9's. sigh.
Maybe your speaker cables is a nice cheap alternative. I wonder what Jon Risch thinks of these Belden cables compared to his JR DIY 89289 cables.
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I think Belkin has got a basic good design in their bulk PureAv pcocc speaker cables. They use a "precision formulated" PE dielectric and the strands are of varying gauges. The individual PE insulation on the thick solid-core thick center strand is perhaps to prevent "strand jumping" to that strand. IMHO, this cable does an excellent job of carrying the frequencies accross the audio spectrum.On the negative side, the thick PVC outer jacket may contribute negatively.
This could also be an excellent DIY cable. Just strip out the PVC outer jacket and you've got yourself two 16AWG bulk wires with PE dielectric as low as $0.18/ft each (@ $36/100ft from Provantage).
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I see that you twisted 3 sets of these cables to your midrange. Why 3 and not 2 sets? Seems like an odd random number. If I wanted to build a bigger cable than the 16awg that comes stock I would think to double up on it. Why did you go with 3 cables?
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StylinLP,From past trial and error experience, I figured my Quad 22L's needed at least 12AWG going to the LF terminal. (Note these speakers are crossed over at 3KHz, so one run of 16AWG or 14AWG is more than sufficient for the HF terminal).
If I doubled up the 16AWG, I would have got just 13AWG. Hence the three runs, which gives an aggregate of about 11.5AWG. To tell you the truth, I did not compare 2 runs versus 3.
Is there any particular reason I should use an even number instead of odd?
Thanks,
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Oh, I was just curious trying to learn something. I didn't know what the awg came out to till you just told me. Makes sense to want the awg to be below 12awg. Thanks
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