No one actually knows how to lculate what speaker cable they need
Mr. shadowcat2016 Thanks for bringing it up. As you say, I asked no money, only offered an idea and some help. All for free. No one yet came back from a try with a fail or success, to prove me wrong nor right. So, I will join the question: Why? PS. Please check your dot key, on your keyboard. It seems to stuck occasionally. :-) |
Mr. conradnash Please your kind attention: Here are two spades (I call them also cable shoes: an 8 AWG and a 1/0 AWG. I laid them on a $50 bill, for you to have true size and proportions. Both are quite a tight fit to the wires, to ensure best contact when crimped. A 2/0 AWG is thicker than a 1/0 AWG. Never used a 2/0 AWG, but the gauge table: https://www.powerstream.com/Wire_Size.htm Say that a 1/0 AWG has a 8.25246 mm in diameter, and a 2/0 AWG has a 9.26592 mm in diameter. It’s 10% or 1mm thicker wire. I do not see a way that the flat side of that spade, even if you cut its front center out, is getting into a standard binding post. I only try to save you some disappointment, when you get to the "bridge" and want to cross it. I also would like to remind you, that the weight of a 2/0 AWG pulling down this spade from a binding post, is not the match I would like to see. Some guys here, have equipment accesses of $1/4M! I would not dear to risk in that way. Please use extra caution. |
Mr. khiak I sincerely apologize for the delay. Here is the answer of Mr. Rodolphe BOULANGER, of Goldmund from Swiss, arrived short while ago: 10:58 12/10/2018 (Israel time). "Dear Michael, email well received as well as S/N . The damping factor is Telos 600 damping factor: 400 at 1 KHz, on 8 Ω. I hope it helps. Thanks. Best Regards. Rodolphe BOULANGER For 1.5m long cable @ 400DF you will need a 4 AWG cable. |
Thanks for the image, the cables sure are going to be monsters. I'm going to get them terminated with spades (spades/forks, not rings as in your picture) so there'll be no cutting of the terminals required. Everything is very close to the floor so weight shouldn't be an issue, but I appreciate it might. If they won't fit then I might use a connecting block to convert the 0awg to 4mm cable for the last inch or two. I appreciate the concern and I take your advice on board; I'll be careful. |
b4icu OP Mr. geoffkait Well done. You reached 11,881 posts. Yes, this is the way to have 12,000 posts soon. This may explain your reluctant nagging since I opened this thread. Clock in a digital audio device is jitter related. What jitter has to do with a speaker cable? Do you even understand what jitter is? Why it is of any concern, how much jitter is audible, and when does jitter becomes valid? You are accusing me of: " So, just because you declare these things irrelevant, hotshot, doesn’t make it so". At a time you just bring up things without supporting them by any technical background or sense, I doubt you if you understand them at all! Good luck chuck with the 12,000 posts. Must be the achievement of your life time. Do you collect any other points? Wal-Mart, Safeway, Gas station? Must be a lot of fun. >>>>Wow! Let me point out it was you who misspoke technically when you stated the conductivity of silver is 9% greater than copper. Why you would assume you’re the only one who understands technical things here is simply bizarre. Can I suggest you might not be quite ready for prime time? |
