Audiophile grade 6 guage wire for sub panel?

Hi, Talk to Chris at VH AUDIO and see what he recomends.

Hi, Keith. I would think it difficult to find any 6, 8 or even 10 gauge house wire that has even one of these attributes, especially the single crystal one.

For example, I have three 25ft. runs of 10ga 99.99% oxegen-free solid core copper stored away (taken from my previous house and dedicated room) but that was custom made.

And even that solid core 10 gauge with the 4 9's was difficult to find on the open market just a few years ago as I recall several people, including a prominent amp mfg'er, inquiring with me wanting to know where they could obtain that same wire because they already searched high and low.

My research with high quality wiring of this type is a few years old and maybe some of this stuff is now more readily available today than it was then.

Anyway, that's why this time around I just settled for Lowe's solid core copper 250 ft. spool of 12ga and had the whole spool double-cryo-treated.

Perhaps you could do the same with the 6 gauge.

On the other hand, if you did find exactly what you're looking for in a 6 gauge I wouldn't be surprised that you'd probably pay a huge (I mean HUGE) markup fee.

-IMO

Forgive my asking, but is the wire to the subpanel really the best use of your money? (Shields up for the incoming flames.)

How far is it going to be from your main panel to the subpanel? Through walls, or through an exposed basement? I take it that you're not going to have too much more on the subpanel than your stereo, since 6ga wire has an ampacity of only around 50-60 amperes.

I apologize if I sound skeptical, but I just wonder if that extra money might be better put to, say, room treatments.

Michael