Looking for Solid Core Speaker cables

I agree with small gauge wire! 

From the picture in the link it looks that one channel is twisted and hence the whole construction might just be star quad (which I like on paper). Question is really what "small awg" really means? Audioquest Type 4 seems on the larger side with 2x17awg and 2x20awg. 

As my speakers have 99db or more efficiency I definitely dont need thick wires. I am thinking 2x18awg and 2x20awg at the max or even 4x20awg. I know not typical orthodoxy but Acoustic Revive and Morrow (and DNM) seem on similar path..

As my speakers have 99db or more efficiency I definitely dont need thick wires. I am thinking 2x18awg and 2x20awg at the max or even 4x20awg. I know not typical orthodoxy but Acoustic Revive and Morrow (and DNM) seem on similar path..

@total111 

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4x20awg?

Is that 4x20awg for the Pos and 4X20awg for the neg? Or 2x20awg for the pos and 2x20awg for neg?

4x20awg _  effective gauge 14awg

2x20awg =  effective gauge 17awg (slightly larger than 18awg) Too small, IMO...

I second the recommendation of Anti Cables but if you are using a tube amp you might also try Alpha Core Goertz. They have very low impedance and inductance but higher capacitance so they sometimes don’t work well with certain solid state amps.

Solid state, but again super high efficiency speakers, so while the amps have plenty of reserves, typically I would stay within one watt....

DNM has two cables, one is ~16awg and one is ~18awg. Only one conductor. So 2x20awg could work .... however, as I have longer runs (20') the combination of a 18awg and a 20awg might be perfect....I'll will try and see...

The longer I am in this thread the more I realize that we all have always insufficient data and backgrounds to have a one-size fits all approach. Way to many differences in amps and speakers (including crossovers, which my speakers dont have). Hence in the end, with limited (by definition) experiments, I will be stuck with a few experiments around a star-quad config.

Cheers all. Fascinating how diverse the market is...thanks for all the input

@total111 Wrote:

Way to many differences in amps and speakers (including crossovers, which my speakers dont have). 

What speakers do you have?

Mike