Neotech solid vs Dueland tinned vintage - spades? bananas? nothing?


I am putting together some cables and want to know if I should:

1. Neotech ohno solid copper cable;
2. duelland 16 arg tinned copper
3. spades
4. bananas
5. naked

My lavardin amps don't like high capacitance cable - makes the output stage unstable. They like simple cables and as such I have used DNM's for awhile. 

I previously had Nordost Heimdall 2 and they had a muddled sound - the dnm's put me at ease.

Anyway guys - what are your thoughts?
parrotbee

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Since you are mentioning spades/bananas, I assume you are talking about speaker cable.  If you use Neotech solid core, make sure you do a variety of awg size.  Like, use 16, 18, 20, 22 awg conductors for each RED / BLACK speaker connection.  If you want to bi-wire, I would use 16+20 for bass and 18+22 for mids/highs.  You can do multiples if you want to build a really thick cable (such as 16, 16, 18, 18, 20, 20, 22, 22).

Audioquest does a similar thing with their speaker cable.  The reason to use different awg is the larger awg such as 16 or 18 will not do high frequencies.  I think this solid-core solution will be better than Dueland tinned stranded copper. 

Make sure you get the teflon coated Neotech wire.  The PVC coated will absorb/restrict current, especially on the smaller 20/22 wires.

Since this is all solid core conductors, it's hard to use as a bare end.  It's better to terminate with a good connector such as Furutech FP-201 spade or Furutech FP-200B bananas.  I'd recommend the rhodium plated, but you can do gold-plated if you want a warmer sound.