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Duelund 16g Speaker Wire Question

Having heard great things about this wire I ordered 12 meters of it from Parts Connexion.
It arrived today and I hooked it up and started listening to it.  I plan to spend a lot longer with it before deciding if it's better than the Clear Day Cable Double Shotgun wires I've been using for more than 5 years, but so far I really like the sound.
My question is, would there be anything to gain by doubling the run of wire similar to the double shotgun approach that Clear Day uses?  16 gauge wire is pretty thin so I wonder if adding conductors will improve sound. 
For reference, I am using a Primaluna Dialogue Premium HP integrated amp and Harbeth 40.1 speakers. Speakers are rated for 6 ohms and 85db sensitivity.

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toddverrone
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Great analogy.

I agree. I always over-do it on cables. I run 12 gauge wires to my woofers and 14 to my mids and tweeters. Before I biwired, I used 10 gauge. But I also use speakers with side firing 12"s, so they like current. In general, for me, it’s usually not that much more to go up in diameter when building cables, so I do.
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@snackeyp I twisted the 16 gauge Duelund wire every 1.5" to 2" and then every 8" to 10" I used a 1/4" piece of shrink wrap to hold the twists and wires together. I also used bare wires on the amp terminals and bare wire on the speaker terminals. Because the speaker terminals (Montana EPX speakers) were provided one set for bass and the second set for mids and highs, I extended the same single one-piece wire from the bass terminal to the mid and high terminals.
If that 16 gauge wire doesn't provide enough bass for you try the 12 gauge wire.
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Thanks lak for the tip!

Also, just wondering if doubling a 16g wire would effectively result in an 8g?  As you can tell this is new territory for me.

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Doubling 16 gauge wire gets you a 13 gauge rating.

Sweet little calculator:

https://www.wirebarn.com/combined-wire-gauge-calculator_ep_42.html


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I love the wirebarn combined gauge calculator. Good share!
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