Speaker Cables

@nonoise @cakyol @decooney

hey guys, i need some quick advice (apologies for the minor threadjack)

as sort of a mini diy project, i am thinking about changing out the internal wiring inside a lovely old set of spendor sp1’s... got into this as i wanted to swap the old cheapie binding posts for better, more modern ones... i have confirmed all the drivers and crossover components are all fine in the set, but noticed the fairly basic wires that run inside from binding posts to crossover, then c-o to the three drivers

i need what they call ’hook-up’ wire, in that they are just a single conductor with red and black sleeving - not the internally bundled 2 or 4 conductors inside an outer sleeve type typically used e.g., canare 4s11 etc etc... in particular, i think i would like to do thicker gauge wire to feed c-o’s and the woofers, and maybe a sweet sounding silver plated wire to run from the c-o’s to the tweeter and super tweeter

some stuff i found on the net:

https://www.thecableco.com/diy-cables-and-connectors/bulk-internal-hook-up-wire/11-5-awg-chassis-bulk-wire.html

https://silversonic.com/products/hookup-wire/ofh-12/

https://silversonic.com/products/hookup-wire/ofh-20

https://gothamcable.com/en/gothamcables/Hook-Up-Wires/90141-14-AWG

thoughts and recommendations?

@pesky_wabbit2

I do have a PhD from a British university named UMIST in Electrical & Electronic engineering and I have been in electronics & software industry for the past 30 years, currently developing wifi software for Broadcom. I can give you my linkedin page if you want to verify.

So, I am not parroting away like most of YOU do on this forum.

Next time, fact check your findings.

Everyone knows at audio frequencies, picofarads of capacitance do not make much difference, I was trying to make an exaggerated point, since exaggerations are the norm on this forum most of the time.

The crap I hear most of the time on this forum is unbelievable. There are a few people here who actually know what they are talking about and that is the only reason I stay on it.

@jjss49 
IMO whatever you do, recommend NOT using the home depot brown spool wire some people talk about, it's garbage for internal speaker wiring too. Super grainy result from it in my setups.  Not helping you with your color-coded black/red wire desire, I've been using the White Supra for over a decade in my builds (same as Omega does today, reportedly), yes you can go with thinner gauge with the tweeter. Cardas and Analysis Plus use to offer some nice internal wire too, yet I've only stuck with the Supra knowing its signature. As others have said, its not as bright or detailed and its a preference thing I guess.   As for speaker terminal binding posts, it varies for me using the generic ones Madisound sells for lower grade builds and Cardas binding posts for the nicer builds works nicely. Try the junk ones and the good ones, solder them on with silver solder and you may hear a difference.  Your experiences may vary. Good Luck.    

@jjss49

For your speaker wiring project look at this:

https://www.mcmaster.com/6276T21/

Especially check the current rating on it. It indicates 124 Amps for 8 AWG wire.

The amperage rating of this wire is a testament to its low resistance.

As for inductance & capacitance, for the very short runs of cable you are likely to have inside a speaker cabinet, they will not be significant.

Its max working temperature of 390 F is also worth considering since it will not be a fire starter should something go wrong inside your enclosure.

You will be hard pressed to find something along the same lines for that quoted price.

@jjss49 
I have no experience in rewiring a speaker and would follow deconny's advice. Both my Tonian Labs TL-D1 and Clearwave Duet 6 speakers were internally wired with Supra and they sounded great.

It's just with speaker cables that I eventually passed on the Supras with.

All the best,
Nonoise