Question on speaker hookup wire upgrade


I am in the process of upgrading the hookup wires inside my woofers to 18 gauge solid silver with new Cardas connectors. Is it better to wrap the positive and negative leads together or leave them as individual unwrapped leads? Thanks.
hiendmuse

Showing 1 response by kijanki

Wrap them as tight as you can (twisted pair). It will increase capacitance
and resistance (both not important) and reduce inductance (also not
important with the woofer). What might be important is reduction of
ambient electrical noise that wires can pick-up and feed back into amplifier.
Twisted pair effectively reduces noise pick-up for frequencies that have
much longer wavelength than twist pitch.