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From: pac@munsell.UUCP (Paul Czarnecki)
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Subject: Re: Mercury Filled Speaker Wire
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Date: Fri, 18-Sep-87 17:15:48 EDT
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In article <1709@crash.CTS.COM> bblue@crash.CTS.COM (Bill Blue) writes:
>In my view, the big culprit that kills the 'hardware store' variety
>cables is the varying time of arrival of different frequencies at the
>other end of the cable due to skin effect propagation and other factors.

>I make these statements from personal experience with all sorts of
>cables.  Take *any* heavy, stranded, copper cable -- anything from 12/2
>or 10/2 electrical cable to the 12 guage (standard) Monster cable
>(reasonably cheap at ~$.50/foot) and you'll get a similar sound.  The
>number of strands and thickness of each will provide subtle differences,
>but all in all they're about the same.

Why must you use stranded cable?  I realize the mechanical
difficulties in using a solid core cable but are there any electrical
problems?

I used 12 gauge solid core for many years.  It was the cheapest stuff
I could find.  (It was UL listed for underground use also. :-)

Just curious...

					pZ
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