What is the best internal wiring material?

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#22
I recall Quad demonstrating £15,000 of gear, including the ESL989 electrostatics (probably the most transparent speaker ever built) at a nicely organised show, with decent listening rooms, using a power-lead swiped from a hedge-trimmer as the speaker cable. Nobody noticed throughout the three days.
Says it all really.
Scott
 
#23
gary f said:
Well, I have a theory about "buying my peace of mind".

Sometimes, I install good quality components in my speakers or crossover, even if I'm not convinced that there will be better performance.
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Bill Fitzpatrick said:


Not a bad idea.

Am curious. Do you take vitamins, shun McDonald's and have a healthy diet with multiple servings of fruits and vegetables daily, don't smoke and exercise at least twice a week?
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I do all of the above, work out every day. Still a fat bastard.

In any event, I prefer wiring speakers using RG-8 with the shield tied to ground. It's marginally more expensive than zip, has lower series inductance, and it's essentially 12 gauge. What's not to like?


Francois.
 
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SY said:

jneutron correctly identified Triskallian (or however it's spelled).
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The gamesters of Triskelion.

Run by the Providers. Sy: You da red, da blue, or da yellow brain..???(or, was it green??)

With Master thrall Galt.

Boy, to have a drill thrall like Shahna..(Angelique Pettyjohn) .whoa:devilr: :hot: :angel:

Cheers, John
 
#30
Hi,
I,ve seen some expensive speakers with short lengths of individually insulated multistrand to connect terminals to crossover to speaker unit.
If using muti-insulated is that good why do they common all the strands at the terminals?
Would a multi-pole connector and multi-insulated going all the way back to the amp provide an avenue for further experimentation.
CAT5 into a 25way plug & socket into more CAT5 into speaker unit may be the way to go. Certainly cheap if unconventional.
 
#31
Yes another example of design idiocay I suspect. There is no reason why they need to do this. But they can probably mention some 'benefits' they've just dreamed up for the marketing. Another £1000 on the price tag -no problem at all. Some fool will cheerfully be delighted to pay no doubt. The Cat 5 will do fine.
Best
Scott
 
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AndrewT said:
Hi,
I,ve seen some expensive speakers with short lengths of individually insulated multistrand to connect terminals to crossover to speaker unit.
If using muti-insulated is that good why do they common all the strands at the terminals?
Would a multi-pole connector and multi-insulated going all the way back to the amp provide an avenue for further experimentation.
CAT5 into a 25way plug & socket into more CAT5 into speaker unit may be the way to go. Certainly cheap if unconventional.
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Actually not a bad idea for DIY! 🙂 We talked about 3 truncks for 8 Ohms and 6 truncks for 4 Ohms. This way you have them all separated untill the crossover. There would be quite a few connectors on the speaker though.
 
#34
I like using 3-core mains cable with two cores paralleled. This gives lower inductance than a simple pair of wires, which is nice. It's also effectively free, since I always have loads of the stuff just lying around. I tend to use the same cable inside the speaker as outside, for convenience if nothing else.
 
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