Interconnects: solid or hollow core wire?

For the money, if anyone knows of a better deal than Mapleshade I am all ears!

I just swapped out some unmatched stranded everything (off to my vintage cable museum!) for newer A'quest balanced and single ended ICs, solid core digital (coax) and solid core speaker. Nothing particularly pricey, and I did keep one old stranded Straightwire IC for a headphone amp because it looks cool (so sue me..it's blue with groovy plugs). There is some synergy there now and somehow solid core makes sense to my addled brain. I think the electrons are happy and moving along properly and my system sounds better...the major "skin effect" issue I have now is attended to by my dermatologist.

I like a noise-rejecting braided or woven bundle of various gauges of solid core wire. Examples include Kimber, AudioQuest, Cardas, and the Zu I have, which even varies the metallurgy and dielectric among the individual strands, and PS Audio XStream which I also have, but is no longer made.

I also have a subwoofer cable by Analysis Plus, which is woven copper forming a hollow oval, and it sounds fine to me too. I am also impressed as hell by Transparent Cable, which uses network boxes on most of its products and I have no idea what its cable topology is. If I could afford anything, I'd probably have a fairly high level of Transparent. Lacking that I have a mishmash of PS AUdio and Kimber on my HT system and all Zu on my 2-channel analog system.

All Solid Core DNM Wire in my system. DNM HFTN IC's and the Stereo version speaker wire. Very natural and a good bargain. Do a search and read all about them.

07-18-11: Trebejo
A good compromise is bubble core. Electrons love a good bubble bath.
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07-18-11: Pmboyd
I'd like to hear from the electrons themselves, please, about whether they like a good bubble bath or not.

when's Audiofeil going to chime in with his opinion?? :-D

Stevecham, you haven't tried them all.

Solid Core ICs and speaker cables by Mapleshade or Audioquest. Two very different price points and design approaches but Mapleshade is the best cable bargain in existence.

I'd like to hear from the electrons themselves, please, about whether they like a good bubble bath or not.

A good compromise is bubble core. Electrons love a good bubble bath.

Hmmm, I thought Supra used hollow core wire but they just confirmed that the wires are wrapped around an hollow tube of PE. Their literature is vague about it. It seems to suggest they use hollow wire... a new one on me, too, hence the question!

Stranded is multiple stands of small guage wires to make up the core.

I know what solid core is. I know what stranded is. I do not know what hollow core wire is? Isn't wire by definition solid as even stranded is made up of small solid core? Is there an audio cable that uses metal tubing?

Pmboyd,
I'll email you to not promote my product.
But to answer your question about the difference.
Sonics are more open and and imaging is pinpoint.
The depth I've been getting is spooky.
Solid core has allowed me to reach the true three dim. soundstage that I've been trying to achieve for years.
I've heard IC's that come close, but the price has always been a factor.

Z, And are your s-c cables thick or thin gauge?

Z, Which brand solid core? Compared to what else? How is it different from everything else you've tried?

I love the solid core sound. I've listened to many many IC's and settled on solid core for my system.
JW Audio