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Another speaker wire possibility at Home Depot???

As an alternative to the "decorative" orange and gray stripe 12 guage wire that has been discussed in several previous threads, I am wondering whether anyone has used another 12 guage wire from Home Depot under the brand name Carol Landscape Lighting Cable. It is low voltage for use with 12-volt outdoor lighting systems, black casing with one conductor ribbed for polarity identification and much more flexible than the orange/gray extension cord wire. I intend to give it a try and will report back to this thread at a later date. Meantime, would welcome any comments and/or any experiences others may have encountered with this cable.
wepratt

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jea48
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Some of the best speaker cable is Home Depot's THHN. I don't know what that means, but use a leg for plus and another for minus, and its really good.
Thermoplastic, PVC, with a nylon jacket.
jea48
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09-13-07: Joeabrams
"12 ga. is 12 ga" ??
1. the physical distance between the positive and negative legs will determine the capacitive and inductive characteristics of the cable.
2. the number of strands will affect high frequency response and group delay.
3. the material used in the dielectric will affect apparent speed of the presentation, and will affect ultrasonic high frequency extension. That's why manufacturers of quality audio cable use PE, foamed PE, or Teflon instead of (much cheaper)PVC.
And those are just easy-to-talk-about factors ...
Joeabrams
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I agree.... This guy goes into more detail and tells why....
http://www.geocities.com/jonrisch/s1.htm
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