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No one actually knows how to lculate what speaker cable they need
Dear Professor (b4ic),I replaced DIY 5 foot 16 AWG silver ladder line.  Have previously used a variety of commercial Helix design, solid flat wire and braided multi-stranded wires insulated and in multiple sleeves.  Alll 12 AWG, 5 to 8 foot length... 
No one actually knows how to lculate what speaker cable they need
Dear b4icu,I purchased 25 feet of 0 AWG form a supplier on eBay for $45 ($12 shipping) and four brass (supposedly gold plated) battery connectors ($7.49).I constructed four five foot cables in just over one hour.  Battery connectors were converted... 
No one actually knows how to lculate what speaker cable they need
Dill,You are correct, $23 buys clad aluminum.  Thanks for educating me.I will order pure copper for $69.Gratefully yours 
No one actually knows how to lculate what speaker cable they need
Dear Ganainm,Please a look at the work of Steve Reeve (image99.net, click on Audio Alchemy) regarding noise created by parallel + and - wires.  Steve’s approach to a solution is different.  I have assembled his cables and they are very good.  My e... 
No one actually knows how to lculate what speaker cable they need
Ganainm,Google: Monsterslayer.com for silver wire.  Scroll to the bottom of their ordering form to find the .999 wire.  Or, just call them.  Very courteous staff.Given your background, I would be most interested in your feedback on copper vs silve... 
No one actually knows how to lculate what speaker cable they need
Solder bare wire to speakers bare wire to custom crossover and form a soldered wire hook for amp screw clamp terminal.  Any suggestions? 
No one actually knows how to lculate what speaker cable they need
Ebay is selling 25 feet of 0 AWG copper wire for $23.  I will buy it, install it and report back.  I have five feet of cable between amp and speakers.  Any other instructions?  For me the hobby is about experimenting. 
No one actually knows how to lculate what speaker cable they need
I experience the same results with the silver wire ladder design driving a second system consisting of a Hegel H200 integrate amp driving Aria A speakers (Joe D’Appolito three-way design employing Cabasse cone woofer and Accutron ceramic drivers).... 
No one actually knows how to lculate what speaker cable they need
I have tried many cables to drive modified Magnepan MG IIIa’s with a Pass Labs 250.5.  The best so far are DIY five foot cables made with 16AWG .999 pure solid silver inside 1/4” poly sleeve connected directly without termination to amp and speake... 
Switched from RCA to XLR Interconnects - WOW
With help from the work and advice of Steve Reeve, Joe Levy and Nelson Pass I have designed and built DIY “Ribbon XLR interconnects.”  The design consists of three 39” 11ga Teflon tubes layed out parallel 1” from each other and sandwiched between ... 
Where to put one's best power cords??
Go to Steve Reeve’s website (image99.net), click audio alchemy, and build his DIY power cables.  I built four cables for under $450 (including silver plated connectors and Furutech signal wire) and connected everything.  Tremendous improvement.All...