Has anybody tried using single solid core cables?


At a recent hi-fi show an exhibitor auditioning $47K speakers repeatedly asserted the following: "Any solid core wire, even $0.03 a foot is better than any multi-strand available. Experiment for yourselves, you will be amazed."

My question before I ditch my multi-stranded Audioquest Indigo cables in favor of 4 individual single solid core 18 gauge cobber cables from Home Depot for my newly acquired SA Mantra 50s, has anyone tried using single solid core wires?
arcamadeus
I could build my own solid core cables, but I might have trouble cramming them into bungee cords so I let AQ do that for me.
I'm using solid soft annealed 14 and 18 gauge,.99999 silver wire to biwire my speakers.
This is the best speaker cable I have ever tried.
Multi strand has timing problems, try checking out Anti Cables or Aural Thrills.
Just out of interest, can anyone tell me what 8 strands of 24 gauge wire adds up to? It's what I'm currently using (8x24awg on both pos. and neg. so 16x24awg overall? Not sure how it works. The internet has been unhelpful)
Uberdine, in this wire gauge table AWG 24 is indicated as having a resistance of 25.67 ohms per thousand feet. Eight of them in parallel would have a resistance of 25.67/8 = 3.21 ohms per thousand feet. As you can see in the table that is very close to the resistance of AWG 15. So each of your two conductors is approximately equivalent to AWG 15.

Regards,
-- Al