Bought some 14/2 “speaker wire” from Home Depot

I switched to 10 gauge speaker wire around 1984, it was spec'd out by an
electrical engineer friend of mine and avid audiophile.  He needed to purchase at least 1000ft (I believe) to have it custom made. So I went in for 300 feet.  Been using it ever since in varying lengths. First was cut six 50 foot lengths and terminate them with soldered pin connectors (tri-amped system).  And (horror of horrors!) I coiled all the extra cabling and just stacked it up, coil over coil!  Then figuring this has to be doing something to the sound, at least inducing some voltage.  I turned off the mid and high amps, left the bass amps on and blasted some tunes. Much to my amazement not a peep, nothing, nada coming out of the mid range or tweeter.  Maybe this was not a good test, but that is what happened.

As far as listening is concerned, I'm sure we all listen to our systems in different manners at different times.  My rig sounds the best to me when it just disappears, by that I mean I'm not listening to the equipment, just the music.  The older I get the more the music wins. Regards.

Stay safe,
barts

 

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Hello all- I started this trouble! And now, I’m glad to say that I have put back my Analysis Plus speaker cables. Yes, it’s better but I stand by my original comment- the 14/2 was not a horror. It was livable but not optimal (assuming anything can be optimal of course)

i thank all for their comments and observations 

-Z-

http://www.canare.com/ProductItemDisplay.aspx?productItemID=65
As mentioned before
Used on my Joesph Audio Purars with a Mac 275 and am very happy. Low cost too.

For what it’s worth...
I get satisfaction from using 
underground landscape wire
for speaker wire.  Lots of copper 
and insulation. Been at this since
1966 and keep high end systems .
I don’t believe in the Easter bunny
or Santa Clause or fancy wire.
Curmudgeon