I use different weight cables on my tweeter/ midrange than the bass. I did quite a bit of experimenting to achieve this so I think you have a good idea here.
Different Cardas cables for bass and mid-highs ?
I tried to link the B&W 803D with two pairs of Cardas Golden Reference speaker cables.
The result was an excess of mid-high frequencies: I believe that a Cardas Golden Reference is perfect for driving the three woofers of the B&W 803D, but I think that another Golden Reference gives too much power to the midrange and the tweeter.
I believe the problem is the excess of current for midrange and tweeter, and that a thinner cable than Golden Reference may work better on the mid-highs.
I thought that the "perfect" cable (by section and electrical characteristics -low energy storage-) could be the Cardas SE9.
I would use this configuration:
- Cardas Golden Reference (5 AWG, 16.8 square) for the three 7" woofers
- Cardas SE 9 (9.5 AWG, 5.9 square) for the 6" midrange and the tweeter
5.9 square section (9.5 AWG) of the SE9 is similar to the 5.6 square (9.7 AWG) of the 4 conductors (of 12 total conductors) of the biwired Cardas Golden Reference speaker cable (some people told me that the biwired G.R. is not as good as the full range G.R. in the bass depht and impact).
What do you think of this possible solution (Golden Reference for bass, SE9 for mid-highs) ?
Many thanks
Emanuele from Italy
The result was an excess of mid-high frequencies: I believe that a Cardas Golden Reference is perfect for driving the three woofers of the B&W 803D, but I think that another Golden Reference gives too much power to the midrange and the tweeter.
I believe the problem is the excess of current for midrange and tweeter, and that a thinner cable than Golden Reference may work better on the mid-highs.
I thought that the "perfect" cable (by section and electrical characteristics -low energy storage-) could be the Cardas SE9.
I would use this configuration:
- Cardas Golden Reference (5 AWG, 16.8 square) for the three 7" woofers
- Cardas SE 9 (9.5 AWG, 5.9 square) for the 6" midrange and the tweeter
5.9 square section (9.5 AWG) of the SE9 is similar to the 5.6 square (9.7 AWG) of the 4 conductors (of 12 total conductors) of the biwired Cardas Golden Reference speaker cable (some people told me that the biwired G.R. is not as good as the full range G.R. in the bass depht and impact).
What do you think of this possible solution (Golden Reference for bass, SE9 for mid-highs) ?
Many thanks
Emanuele from Italy
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