47 Labs Stratos OTA vs ribbon 4719 speaker cable

The 4708 (26 gauge) is a bit more brittle than some of the other 20/22/25.5/26 gauge solid core copper wire I've tried.

In my case the wire has been broken (@ the speaker post) a few times by one of our cats.

I noticed that one speaker was "out" upon playing source material and shut the source gear off with no damage to amp transformers.

Aside from that it's been fine for a couple of decades.

I started out with 12 foot runs to the living room speakers and would guess that they are down a foot, or two, @ this time due to exposing fresh ends.

If you want to experiment with something on the cheap try the Neotech solid core CU/Teflon wire in 22, 24 or 26 gauge.

DeKay

Thanks for your answer: I went through most of the comments, there is practically only 1 person that has commented and has tried both. Do you find any problems with the 4708 in-terms of being fragile?

PS:

You might also take a look @ Silversmith Audio cables.

DeKay

There is info in this old thread.

I've used 4708 for 20+ years, but never tried the 4719.

https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/sakura-systems-ota-cable-kit

DeKay