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From: herbie@watdcsu.UUCP (Herb Chong, Computing Services)
Newsgroups: net.audio
Subject: Re: RE: Super Cables
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Date: Tue, 30-Oct-84 22:18:35 EST
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Posted: Tue Oct 30 22:18:35 1984
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You might be interested in Monster Cable Power Line.  It is a heavier
gauge version that is wound to cancel inductive effects of the cables.
On the other hand, any good heavy gauge cable should do.  The jacket
has to prevent corrosion of the cable and there should be many strands,
for flexibility if nothing else.  Since you were able to use Polk cable,
I would assume that your amp works reasonably well into a reactive load.
Other cable to try is LiveWire BC-4 or BC-8.  I have a set of BC-8 and
have experienced no untoward effects due to the cable.  You might have
problems making connections because the wire is so thick.  My personal
opinion is that heavy gauge cable is all you really need.  Stay away from
cables that cause excess capacitance (most coaxial cables) unless you know
you amplifier can handle the load.  Inductance effects are less important,
but must be considered also.  Since my amplifier is designed to operate at
full power (120 W/ch) with square wave input at 20Khz into an 8ohm+.1uF load
and remain stable, I have not had much problem with any cable I have used.
I was not able to identify any effects of the cables that I have tried that was 
not due to simply the reduced resistance of heavier cable.  That's why I 
rewired my speakers with Fulton Brown, a 12Ga silver-alloy zip-cord cable.  
The BC-8 I run is about equivalent to 8Ga cable.

Herb...

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