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

@b4icu 

Wouldn’t you feel better if you would have a blue print or a formula in hand, that would specify by engineering methods what is the optimum cable that customer really needs?

When you find one then by all means clue us in.  If everyone had the same opinion of how the “optimum” cable sounds then we would only need one cable manufacturer.

No, based on my customers likes and dislikes and areas they want to improve on. They know how their rig sounds and what they want more or less of etc...Many thrilled customers as my feedback testifies to.

I sell lots of ICs and USB cables right now.

There is no blueprint that can handle human preferences and the countless system iterations and room environments that exist. It always comes down to the ears of the customer are our own ears. Always.

Mr. Mitch2

Sorry you missed some of this tread, explaining that every amp-speaker has its optimum cable, by engineering calculation. The tweaks of a sound system shall be done other than on a copper wire between the amp and the speakers. No, no one cable for all. The cables are different by the equipment they serve and length required.

Not to say, that the claim is of having a speaker cable that would bring out 100% of a system, rather than have a wire you or others might suggest, that you think is good sounding, but would deliver only 20%-50% of that system's potential.

Please be kind to read the sharing on this thread, of people who made the change and were kind to share. None of the cable you are talking about would get this kind of improvement.

Mr. grannyring

Thanks

Do any cable maker provides with their product some guidance, instructions or suggestions, what cable may fit best a given system or be the right answer for a customer need?

Or they leave it all in your (and many other sales people) hands?

In your words, if someone would come and say that his sound is on the bright side, you would suggest a speaker cable that would solve that? Or if a customer would ask for a cable that would bring to live the highs, you have a solution for that, with a speaker cable?

So for a customer that would like to improve his bass. Have it stronger and tighter?

Could you please answer what is the thicker cable you have to offer and what it costs?

Wire alone cannot possibly cure all the ills or preferences of a given system. The right cabling can help directionally get to the end goal.

Even various 0 gauge cabling will sound different based on the cable’s design and materials employed. A tinned finely stranded copper will sound different than un-tinned stranded copper. The gauge of the strands can impact the sound in obvious ways. Copper clad aluminum cabling will sound far different than any cables mentioned above. All these cables will sound different even if they are all 0 gauge. We haven’t even talked about the outer jacket material which also impacts the sound.

@mitch2 and others know this from experience.

You can see my ads here on Agon. I have built several sets of 7 gauge speaker cables. 12 and 10 gauge seem most popular. I am interested in trying thicker gauge and will test over time. Over the years I have learned that there is no ONE WAY to build anything in Audio that is always the best for all people. The best you can hope for is a recipe that pleases as many Aphiles as possible.