Hi OP, In my family room I have runs of 35 and 25 feet. so expensive speaker wires are not practical. I made 4 individual cables using 10 gauge all copper Audtek wire from parts express. No silver for me! I soldered on spade connections both ends. ok I did use silver solder. Great value for longer runs or any runs. Any speaker benefits from bi wiring and eliminating jumpers. Audtek 10 AWG OFC Speaker Wire 100 ft.Audtek Electronics Part #100-029 Model: SKRL-10-100 |
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+ 1 williewonka If the runs are really long, shorten them up. If you have to make your own unless it's an RCA don't solder anything if you can. Pressure weld or use securements of like alloy. Silver terminal ends use silver screws. |
From the test build I've made, the thinner the wire the better was the bass spectrum. My understanding is that the thinner the wire the more the whole cable act as a solid cables because the strands are more in electrical contact with each other as opposed to larger strands. Being more stiff, the larger strands will push off each other resulting in a sound more akin to a litz cable configuration. Resistance of wire is not linear, at low frequency it is function of the diameter of the wire and as frequency rises inductance takes over and the resistance rises. A larger diameter conductor will reduce the low frequency resistance, shifting the tonal response toward the lows end. |
