Best Hookup Wire? (for component internal wiring)

[dantwomey]

Hi,

That wire will be fine, if you don't mind working with shield.

As I mentioned previously, I never found the need for shielded wire and what I'm normally using is 26ga gold plated solid core copper. I only put teflon sleeving where the wire might come in contact with other wires, or chassis parts.I got it from a friend and he didn't disclose his source (most likely in UK)

Other alternatives can ba CAT 5 wire or Cardas uninsulated silver wire and Vampire Cast Copper Wire (available from Percy).

Kimber 19ga TCSS is also good for signal as well as DH Labs Revelation Series 23ga Solid Core Silver hook-up wire available from Partsconnexion.

https://www.diyaudio.com/forums/audio-sector/123003-commercial-gainclone-kit-building-instructions-4.html#post1515208

Regards,
Dan

 

[DF96]

This is for interconnects one meter long pair, sorry if for wrong thread.
For internal and very short wiring of 5-10cm there should not be any big difference in sound quality using standard wiring.

For interconnects there is no big difference either. Shortish wires are by far the most ideal component we have in audio so no need to worry about them.

Does the impedance of Cat5e cable (100 ohms?) is changing anything if a bit long as between a pre and a source for instance?

No. At audio frequencies the cable isn't 100 ohms anyway. However, the RF impedance of 100 ohms tells you the audio capacitance: higher RF impedance means lower audio capacitance, and this can matter on longer cable runs especially if you have a weak source.

Does this characteristic impedance matters for audio digital or clock signals please ? (let assume clock speed <50 Mhz)

What type of hook-up wire would be ok between two boards for such signals please ? Anyone, cause we always try the shortest length or impedance matching between those two boards should worry us ?

If an impedance is specified then use that. It should be coax for unbalanced, twisted pair for balanced. However, in some cases you can get away with using the wrong cable for short connections; just don't tell everyone that the wrong cable is somehow better than the right cable.