carlsbad2
"15awg is not big enough for speaker cables imho."
well, we tend to go overboard these days, here’s a wire chart from the roger russell speaker wire document. depends on both length and impedance.
SPEAKER CABLE OR INTERCONNECT
I am planning to upgrade my speaker cable and interconnect to the HIJIRI cables but budget is a constraint I can do one cable at a time.
So my friends which cable should be my first purchase the speaker cable or the interconnect.
Thanks
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I suggest you build speaker cables yourself using Cat 8 Ethernet Cables I’m 75, tried many speaker cables over the years, myself and my friends. They sound great, cost comparatively next to nothing, and there are advantages to having quality removable connectors. most are 26 awg (x8 = 17awg), I use 24 awg (x8 = 15 awg). cat 8, 24 awg x 8 = 15 awg pure copper, S/FTP S/FTP: SHIELDED WITH FOILED TWISTED PAIRS Similar to F/FTP, the individual twisted pairs are wrapped in a foil tape before being wrapped in an overall flexible yet mechanically strong braid screen. The additional foil on the twisted pairs helps to reduce crosstalk from adjacent pairs and other cables. The braid provides better grounding. ............................................. I use two different colors, wrap them around each other, tape every 3 lf ; add expanding banana or spade connectors. easy each end to know +/- add a bit of length to allow for wrapping them, leave slack both ends, extra length costs next to nothing compared to expensive cables. cut them after you make them, add connectors, done! |
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+1 @zlone Helpful to know what interconnects/cables you’re using now, but in general I’d start with the interconnect closest to your source unless your speaker cables are worse/lower quality than your interconnects. |
@gkelly +1 then Mad Scientist Graphene Oxide then iso devices under everything > interconnects/digital I/Os> speaker cables |