No one actually knows how to lculate what speaker cable they need

ThePigdog: Think of it as Gabriel Marquez meets Hunter Thompson. Then it becomes art. Found art.

For folks really trying to understand this stuff, you could do a lot worse than googling Waldo Nell The science behing speaker wire. 
He discusses real engineering with real math.

Ganainm,

Google: Monsterslayer.com for silver wire.  Scroll to the bottom of their ordering form to find the .999 wire.  Or, just call them.  Very courteous staff.

Given your background, I would be most interested in your feedback on copper vs silver.  I have built and bought XLR’s and speaker cables with both.  I prefer the lifting-of-the-vail provided by silver.  I read that others dislike the shrillness or glare of silver and prefer the warmth of copper.  

I like hearing the reflected sound of the room in which the performance was recorded.  For me, detail is more important than warmth.  Tight controlled bass, for me, is more pleasing than detail killing boom, assuming both reach the same SPL at  30hz.  I find that DSD recordings lack shrillness and produce realistic sounding bass through silver interconnects and cables.  44.1mhz 16bit recordings do sound “shriller” or contain more glare to my ears.  I suspect copper wires would tame the glare.

I am concerned that I am biased because I came up with a minor twist in cable design and I recognize that cables are tone controls.  BTW, I have spoken to others who have experimented with the ladder speaker cable design.  Cable TV systems originally used ladder line (naked copper separated by clipped-on 1/4“ wood dowels).

I am equally concerned that other listeners just prefer to hear that which is familiar or that less vailed reproduction by interconnects and/or cables amplify shrillness in source components.  I glean from your comment that, “familiar” to you, is the live performance.  Hence, my interest in your opinion.

I will be ordering the 0 AWG copper and assemble ladder speaker cables.  I remain curious.  Please stay tuned.

Thanks for the kind words.

All good wishes,

Two things about the Waldo Nell 43 page anti audiophile “scientific” extravaganza. First, the third word in his diatribe is pseudoscience. I think I already see where this is headed. Two, the correct grammar is, “a lot of pseudoscience is being tossed around.” Waldo Emerson he’s not. Audiophile shops? What in heaven’s name are those? Anyway, for those reasons I’m out.

“A lot of pseudoscience are being tossed around audiophile shops, manufacturers and the internet regarding speaker wiring and how it affects sound quality. Manufacturers and resellers want you to believe that spending thousands of dollars on speaker wires are justified as it can make a substantial difference in audio quality when compared to cheaper wires.”