spenav and overthemoon, I agree with you both. No doubt there are speakers with good internal wiring. Could be the opposite situation in some cases like you’re indicating. I’m just merely pointing out whether or not the cables can remain faithful for either case if there’s two different cables. Thank you for sharing.
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Years ago, like before the late 70’s, almost everyone used zip cord. Stereo stores, speaker manufacturers, consumers, pro audio installers. It was that or Belden 5000 series. Monster came out in the late 70’s with their large gauge multi-core speaker wire and convinced people that you had to have a cable that had a small gauge conductor set in the center and a larger gauge conductor set wrapped around it, to steer the frequencies through the proper wires so the sound was better. By the early 80s OFC speaker cable became the rage (it too came on rolls). And many years later came the super cables, but usually for the audiophile because they were way too expensive to be used by the consumer or pro who stuck with the same old wires. And still today it’s still the same at the non-audiophile level, although a lot of pro situations are now using 10g. For the most part the speaker manufacturers (JBL, Wharfdale, Infinity, Klipsch, Altec-Landing, etc. etc.) are still using the same 12-14ga something in their speakers that they always have used. So, will a 1ft piece of non-audiophile speaker wire hurt your listening experience? Unless you’re using bell wire, or something with a gauge smaller than the rest of the wire, probably not: there won’t be enough resistance or capcitance add to make a difference. |
I genuinely don’t know what’s wrong with using zip cord and maybe someone could elaborate a bit more on that, but I will tell you all that Allen Sides who’s a masterful technician and very highly regarded used some Home Depot cable that he discusses here and suggested it.
https://youtu.be/w3k9tLzrZGQ?si=Yb66307Oad_5UovJ We decided to use the same cable from Home Depot in the link below, and received criticism until we showed them who suggested it.
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