Duelund DCA16GA

grannyring...I`m actually thinking that maybe the 16ga is a better fit for my speakers.
With the bass handled by 3- 6.5" woofers in each speaker I wonder if the thinner (16GA) would help in not over dampening them for a little fuller bass.
Just a thought :)   

I have two 6.5 inch woofers per speaker and prefer Duelund 12ga and Western Electric 10 ga over the Duelund 16 ga.  But, my runs are very long and I prefer a nice full bodied sound that has bloom and meat on the bones. The 12ga Duelund and 10 ga Western Electric have this in spades! 

I just finished making a set of Duelund quad core wound jumpers using 4 runs of the 16 gauge Duelund wire terminated with the excellent Furutech FP203G spades. I jumped from the bass posts up to the highs on my Dali Epicon 6s. I am very pleased with the initial sound. Very. The combined gauge is 10. 

As a rough rule of thumb, if you're braiding four strands of wire, what is the ratio of the length of the unbraided wire to what you end up with?  I.e. how much shorter is it?  1/2?  1/4?  Or?

Between 3/4 and 7/8.