Suggestion for re-wiring Wilson Watt Puppies

[ARCANE]

Folks,

I am revamping my Wilson Watt Puppy 5.1 speakers and after replacing the velcro/foam on the front of the speaker, I am having the woofers re-foamed.

While this is all open, I was thinking about replacing the wires inside and the rear connectors for better ones that I already have. Now, for the wires, what would you use as I have little experience in that domain?

Thanks
Yves

 

[DrDyna]

I'd probably leave them be and spend that money on some acoustic treatments for the room 🙂

Are the wires physically damaged somehow?

 

[DSP_Geek]

I like coax speaker cable, but Sommer is almost impossible to find on this side of the pond. You might want to try RG8X for kicks & grins; the stuff is 16 gauge and not overly expensive to boot.

 

[WithTarragon]

Folks,

I am revamping my Wilson Watt Puppy 5.1 speakers and after replacing the velcro/foam on the front of the speaker, I am having the woofers re-foamed.

While this is all open, I was thinking about replacing the wires inside and the rear connectors for better ones that I already have. Now, for the wires, what would you use as I have little experience in that domain?

Thanks
Yves

The gains, if any, would be slight.
It would however, lower the re-sale price if they have been modified.

 

[ARCANE]

I am only thinking about re-wiring the Puppy(es), the woofers boxes. The Watt will remain untouched.

I have no intention to resell them and thus do not care about keeping them pristine and original. I am also changing the suspension of the woofers, otherwise they would no longer function correctly.

Thus, it will be quite a few things which will not be exactly as they were when they left the factory 15 years ago.

Yves

 

[ARCANE]

I found this one:

Vampire Wire - #SC-554

An externally hosted image should be here but it was not working when we last tested it.

Anybody has some experiences with this cable? I have used Vampire connectors for more than a decade on multiple products and have been very happy.

Yves

 

[DavidL]

Whatever makes you happy, if the wire in question is the same or a bit larger gauge then it can't do any harm, then again if the wire already in the speaker isn't damaged or too small a gauge, the benefits are purely your peace of mind. I second the suggestion of using the money on acoustic room treatments if necessary.

 

[David Gatti]

The first thing those wires will do is go into an inductor - a coil of thin wire several meters long. You wont notice any difference.