I require my Norh 9 speaker inside. I made a choice between Audioquest copper solid core and siltech strand silver . Since my Norh were not revealing , The siltech did work better. It give me more sparkle and transparency. If my gear are tube ? I will go strand wire..my 0.2 cents
solid core VS stranded for inside speaker cabinet
I recently purchased a crossover upgrade DIY from a popular seller GR research for a Klip 504c however the seller sent me in the kit Solid core wire as part of the kit , I always thought stranded was best and I haven't really seen solid used before inside of a speaker cabinet , I was taught that electrons flow on the outside of a wire not the inside so having many strands is better vs 1 16 awg solid core wire , I thought that this seller maybe just wanted to save a little money by sending this wire out but he insists solid core is better , my gut wants me to finish this project off with stranded not solid core , I want to ask what's better and why, is it possible solid wire from the cross over to the speaker is better or is stranded better from the cross over to the speaker?
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GR’s wire is a high quality oxygen free solid core copper in a PVC jacket. I’ve used it to wire up a few pair of speakers and it sounds quite good. For my latest speakers, I elected to use Neotech OCC sold core copper in Teflon. This is quite a bit more expensive, but I wanted I smaller gauge wire for the tweeters since I was wiring sixteen together in each cabinet. And since I was spending a lot more for premium crossover components (copper foil in oil), I decided it was worth spending on the wire. That said, I think the difference between this and GR’s wire is pretty subtle. |
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@jasonbourne52 Indeed you can't always hear slightly better equipment. But as we go about putting together our system, consistently making the best choice, often guided by physics, sometimes by experience, the 30 to 50 choices we make will add up to superior sound in the end. I snicker at those who describe the performance of a component with terms that sound like a review from wine spectator, but you are at the other end of the spectrum. reading your comments one could assume that they can buy a 1000 ft reel of 22 ga wire and just use it for everything. That is obviously not true. The truth is always somewhere in the middle. but in our society today people like to polarize to one end of the other. I'm in the middle. Jerry |
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