What is the best internal wiring material?

[Tomv]

I was wondering what is really the best internal wiring material, And does it affect at all?

[cratz2]

Uh oh...

Some think wire (regardless of where in the system) makes a huge difference, some thing it makes next to no difference. Regardless of what anyone says (or can 'prove' on paper) if you can't hear the different between, say, AudioQuest Midnight and Kimber 8TC in a high resolution system, then your ears aren't as good as you think they are. On the other hand, I think if you are paying over $10/ft for speaker wire for a system that only costs $1,000, your sense of financial priorities is a bit off.

My honest opinion on the actual question is this: whatever you like for the outside of the speaker is probably what you will like for the inside of the speaker. If you can tell the different and you like the difference for the 8 feet of cable from amp to speaker, there should be a similar difference in changing the 3 ft inside the speaker.

Said another way, if the budget for a speaker project is $100, I probably wouldn't spend over about $5 on internal cabling. If the budget is $5,000, I couldn't bring myself to use 18 gauge power line from a hardware store.

[tbr]

Foil conductors, either DIY from e.g. copper foil for shielding transformers or bought ones from Goertz etc.

And it does matter, although not that much as with the connection between amp and speaker as the load is much more complex due to the x-over.

Thomas

[soongsc]

Originally posted by tbr
Foil conductors, either DIY from e.g. copper foil for shielding transformers or bought ones from Goertz etc.

And it does matter, although not that much as with the connection between amp and speaker as the load is much more complex due to the x-over.

Thomas

That makes two!

Alpha Core has different gauges, the gauge they have for surround speakers are probably more convenient to work with internally. Foil inductors I have found two be more coherent than straight inductors.

Whatever you use, they would be bigger than the coil leads on the driver and smaller than (or equal to) external.

Pure material without plating generally is better. Some like silver because of lower resistance, there is a difference, but whether it's significant enought for more $$$ is system dependent.

[Bare]

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.. just like what Brand of Oil to pour into yer old clapped Engine.. you either believe or Don't :-)
Magnet wire, kimber speaker wire.. almost any decent quality wire is all that's actually required.
You would have to be superman to detect a difference.

[gary f]

Take five sell 23 gauge silver wire at 1,35$ (can $) per foot. So you can wire your speakers with a couple of strands together for less than 40$. It's not really expensive if you are building a 600$+ speaker.

But by the way, I use 14 gauge ofc stranded copper....

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