Duelund DCA16GA

mac,

I have been using the Belden 8402 along with the WE 16ga for the past 6 months. Have them with a Truth line stage BEL 1001 SS amp, and Spendor SP-1 speakers. They replaced Kimber KCAG and Anti-Cable speaker wire. I do not find any of the harshness that you expressed and they clearly outclassed my previous cable combination instantly. As a caveat, I have not cable experimented extensively in a very long time.
The Duelunds appear to be a superior design, and being so reasonable I will probably experiment with them in the near future. However, I could stay with the Belden, WE combination for a long time. In my system I find them  to be open, airy, tonally accurate with a deep quality soundstage.

Jetter,  I read about the 12 g somewhere.  I thought it was on Jeff Day's blog, but I can't find the reference anywhere.  When I needed some longer runs, I considered buying enough Duelund 16 g to double up.  Then I saw the comment about the 12 g in development  and decided to wait.  That is all I can tell you.

Mitch2,

Could you give your source for the 28awg solid core copper in cotton wire that you're using?  I would very much like to make up a set.

Thanks

There is now a 20 awg Duelund available. It's the Tin-plated copper, just like the 16awg being spoken about here. I have an order in to get some of the 16awg, and will be using this for speaker cable. My plan was to try the 20awg, and have this terminated for interconnects. Long story, SHORT....
It was suggested to me it would better to use a 24 gauge for regular interconnects, and actually go up to 30 gauge if I was going to use it as a phono cable, from table > SUT or phono section. Thoughts ?  (-: