Yes, that is a valid approach. Usually more useful with ams that are not officially in the current amp class, but have high output impedance, such as most SETs and the FIrstwatt F2. Of particular use with some single driver designs where a rise in impedance at the top & bottom leads to greater extension. This can be fine tuned thru the use of the speaker wire R.
An earlier comment about "an ACA of speaker wire”, one might consider solid core 24g wires pulled from a CAT5 cable. Further with a pair of ACAs one can have an amplifier with 3 different output impedance, if we set a single ACA as the reference, double the output impedance will occur if run bridged and half the output impedance if run in parallel.
For my big MTM WAWs bridged is too high an output impedance (works greta on my standmount Mar-Ken10p trapizodal boxes. I am going to try running a parallel configuration to see how that is.
dave
All my speaker cables are made from outdoor power cords bought from the local big box store that starts with a W. Made in China from stranded copper wire. It was good for Chesty Puller and it's good enough for me.
Low-Inductance DIY Braided Hi-Fi Speaker Cables
6moons audio reviews: DIY Cables - The White Lightning Moonshine
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Low-Inductance DIY Braided Hi-Fi Speaker Cables
6moons audio reviews: DIY Cables - The White Lightning Moonshine
This is DIY Audio...
No one can tell me what I can or cannot hear.
Time to watch some college football.
I can tell you you cannot hear the voice of God, no matter what you think. The same goes for cable directionality, cable lifters, green felt pens, shatki stones etc etc.
And don't forget those fancy metal power outlet receptacles that cure all audio ills.
Caution!!! These searches will turn up a lot of copper-clad aluminum (CCA), rather than pure copper. That's a REAL good way to make your fancy new 12awg perform like it's actually 15 or 16awg.
I had a defective audio cable (rca interconnect, not plain wire) with a somewhat directional property, went to the trash.
Looks like an informative post, it could keep this thread open for another day...
I think everyone hears that even amplifiers with a distortion level of 0.01 and 0.001 sound differently. So why, cables that have a perfectly perfect linearity of resistance, but through which non-linear current flows, do not generate distortion? And if the cables are still not perfect? Personally, I perfectly hear the difference in the sound of cables from different manufacturers. But the real question is, are the expensive cables of the money that ask for them? Or can you afford to purchase a cable from one or another manufacturer or not.
I have stacked Quad ESLs, and using any "normal" speaker cable just does not work (sound) right. There was a distinct lack of control, and the mid-range sounded bloody awful. I ended up using DNM cable - 3 solid-core conductors spaced 6mm apart in a flat configuration - which totally opened up the sound. Don't ask me to explain, but it just works. My brother who is an electronics engineer, was flabbergasted by the difference.
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