Western Electric Cloth copper 3M 16GA Wire for IC's

I had been using WE 14g speaker wire bi wired with Belden 8402 IC's and was very pleased with it. Certainly can't beat the price but it's not for everyone. It's more of a vintage sound with great tone and very musical and while detailed it's not nearly as transparent as many cables on the market. It works great with tube amps. Some that have heard it in my system thought it lacked transparency and they're probably right but I find the sound to be very natural and real sounding. I have some Duelund 16g on order as many seem to prefer it and unlike WE 16g its readily available. I'm also going to try Cerious Technologies Graphene Extreme cables as they are supposed to be very real sounding with great tone along with great transparency.......maybe the best of both worlds? I shall see. 

The new Duelund copy is better sounding for sure and yes use it to make your ICs and speaker cables. It is amazing stuff surpassing many high dollar cables in sound quality. This wire sounds so right. Get it at Parts Connextion for $10 meter. I use it for ICs and just lately for speaker cable. Just fantastic. No need to ever spend more. 

Whitestix,
The the newer Duelund 20ga interconnect wire should be the ticket to happiness. Read about it now on Jeff's Blog, jeffsplace.me, he covers the interconnect thoroughly, plus he is a huge fan of Mr. Sacks' work and sound of his Citation preamp rebuild that I know you like. Best, Rob

We will see if the 20ga sounds better. Based on what I hear and read it seems it just sounds different, not neccessarily better in ICs. I like a little warmth and weight and it seems some of this is traded for air and resolution. We will see.

Both make the best IC possible really. Determine which gauge is best based on your sonic priorities. More full bodied tone vs more ambient detail and air.....

Grannyring,
apAs you know I am in your camp and like the more full-bodied gone plus a little warmth. Best, mikirob