Duelund Tinned Copper Speaker Cables

I've made speaker cables from Duelund Tinned Copper. The speaker cables sound very good, with good tone and timbre and a sense of realism, I used a larger gauge of Duelund Tinned Copper for the bass run with very good results.  There is always going to be a product that sounds better, it's just a matter of how happy and content you can be.

@mdrone - The main feature of the Duelund wire is their insulation, which gives them their clarity. The combination of the stranded wire with tinned coating and the nice copper they use gives them their more mellow musical sound.

They are good as speaker cables because OCC copper can be a little too analytical.

I’ve used Duelund for power cables and interconncts and I prefer the sound of OCC copper or OCC sillver (for interconnects) for their superior details and dynamic performance.

Insulation and geometry are important as well

Take a look at this thread

What makes a good cable

It explains the merits of the different variables in cable design

Regards - Steve

Below are the tinned copper options I am aware of.  They are all constructed a little different and are available in different gauges.  I was not previously aware of Luna.

Luna Cables (tinned copper in waxed cotton)

Duelund Tinned Copper Speaker Cable (tinned copper in oiled cotton)

Jupiter Condenser Wire (tinned copper in lacquered cotton)

SUPRA Ply 3.4 Speaker Cable (tinned copper in pvc)

Western Electric Copper Wire (tinned copper in plastic then covered with cotton, available new or NOS) 

willywonka,

I've never heard anyone ever comment and say that OCC single Crystal was too analytical sounding, I use the rectangular OCC single crystal copper and it's even better than the round OCC, that analytical sound could be coming from the equipment.

@magnumn - My speaker cables use 2 x 14 gauge solid OCC copper for the Signal wires and 1 x 10 gauge silver plated stranded Milspec for the neural wire

When I tried the 2 x 14 gauge solid OCC wire for the neutral, the warmth and musicality that had been there with the 1 x 10 gague Mil-spec had gone, so I went back to the milspec

Maybe its the insulation? - OCC with a different insulaton would sound very different from my own cables. The cables as they are have a very low noise floor and are very dynamic and detailed.sound with the warmth often associated to Tube gear

BTW I’m using a Bryston B125 Integrated amp with Gershman Sonogram Speakers, which for me, is a very nice combination

My IC’s use OCC Silver for the signal wires and OCC solid copper for the Neutral. But there are some menbers that have tried building my IC’s and preferred using the Duelund tinned copper wire with cotten insulation because they preferred its musicality.

Regards - Steve