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An EXPERIMENT for those who have never heard differences in cables

There are many here who have never heard differences in cables, I was there years ago until I read a post of someone preferring the sound of 28 awg magnet wires for speaker cables. I quickly drove out to my local Radio Shack and picked up magnet wires of various sizes (22-28 awg) to hear what it sounds like. I remember this being a fun experiment and a really cheap one that taught me a thing or two, I've gone on to experience many other cable designs over the years.

***Run two insulated magnet wire to each speaker (one for positive, one for negative) and use them in place of your existing speaker cable, the insulation on magnet wires are very thin and a little difficult to strip, sandpapering the tips may work. Connect them to the binding posts on your amp and speakers and let us know what you hear?
(Amazon also carries various sizes of magnet wires)
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genez
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millercarbon5,609 posts08-12-2020 7:13pmThere's stuff you can put on the outside of those wires that will make the sound so much better its hard to believe.
 With litz its with each strand within the cable...
When wire strands are uncoated each strand of copper rubs against the others and is free to interact back and forth as the signal passes down the cable.  When each strand is coated?  There is none of that interaction and its as if its one larger cable (surface effect) that transfers the signal without the signal jumping from one strand effecting another.  It eliminates what I heard as a certain dulling, tizzy sound.  The audible effect is like fine focusing a camera lens.  With litz wire a certain clarity is preserved and is one step closer to what an actual instrument sounds like. 
genez
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The only way some are going to hear a difference with speaker cables, is to remove them from your system, and bring them to a home where differences can be heard on that system. Not all systems have the transparency and careful set up to hear what should be obvious. I do not understand why this battle goes on.  It could be that some do not know the best way to set up their system... not knowing its potential and leaving it at that.  Or,  like with human eyesight differences,  some people can not hear certain things that others do... Who knows?   I do know this.  Change cables in my system and you will hear the difference. I have found so far the most neutral to live sound in speaker cables is using litz cabling, like WyWires uses. Before WyWires I used to make my own cables with a solder pot and litz I purchased from a supplier/manufacturer.  My interconnects are now also litz.  Its just a matter of taste.  I am a musician and prefer the realistic sound I hear with certain instruments that litz provides.  I can have my mind changed.  But I have yet to hear what will..
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