Duelund speaker cable gauge for my system?


Hi everyone!

I feel like trying a different flavor of speaker cable. At the moment using some Chinese "Neardost Odin" cables (OFC copper, silver plated, teflon insulation of each individual core) and it's a very good cable, but I'm trying to get rid of everything silver plated in my system (because of a slight unnatural glare).

Using very high sensitivity horns in an active tri-amped  situation: subs <60Hz, bass and low mids 60 > 500Hz, mids and highs > 500Hz.

Average sensitivity from 60 to 20KHz is 105dB. Midbass drivers are 15inch, horn loaded.

I listen to almost every music genre there is, including electronica / techno.

In my system only the range above 60Hz would be concerned by the Duelund cable.

And, I don't know what gauge to choose! Should I take 16GA (my instinctive choice) or 12GA? I'm confused.

Also, do the recently added "dual" wires sound different than the single 16GA or 12GA?

And last but not least, is the Duelund cable suited for every musical genre? Is it smooth at high levels? (I tried Belden 9497 for a while and, while I liked it very much at low SPLs, I found it insufferably rough and gritty at higher SPLs...)

Thanks!

 

rolox

If you google it, there's a good write up on Duelund on a blog.

I ran dual 16g and I found them bit on the warm side; I read that the larger gauge you go the warmer it gets.  Never tried the 12.  For speaker I ran them unterminated.

Legendarium 2A3 SET to Klipsch RP5000.

I only ran the singles as ICs; I don't think there was a difference.

 

@ghdprentice +1

I agree.  Solving that problem with wire changes sounds like chasing your tail.

BTW, I have a wide variety of speaker, interconnect, and power cables made from both Duelund and old stock Western Electric tinned copper wire.  The house sound is full-bodied and somewhat midrange-centric.  Another similar wire you could consider is made by Jupiter Condenser Co. in 16 and 12 gauge twisted pairs.  The machine twist is nice.

Yes you have a very complicated system knowing what it is would help very much and obviously high sensitivity horns are very sensitive to amplification.

The Duelund is warm sounding but not that great in detail ,especially low level.

try the Kimber  8TC , or12TC very good quality Litz wire,  a solid value.

Not knowing what Cha got, equipment and room, we can’t know how best to help.

All the best.