I know that Audio Research used to, and maybe still does, sell a litz-based speaker cable. My speaker cables are made by a company called K-Works, a small one-man shop who's a member of our audio society here in NJ, and they too are a litz wire based design with a number of other features (spaced, separate positive and negative legs, ferrites and damping material around the jacket to reduce vibrations)--they are transparent, dynamic, neutral and faithful to the music. We also rewired my woofer enclosures with this wire with very positive results in bass extension, speed and transparency. There are many theories and ways to make speaker wire, and I'm sure there are probably pitfalls to using this wire of which I'm not aware, but from my experience the use of litz wire for speaker cables works quite well.
Has anybody else tried LITZ wire for speakers?
I would like to share my experiment:
I had just made speakers cables out of LITZ wire. I braded together 9 strands of 12/36 litz wire for each of 4 runs (2 per speaker). And the results were great. I new I would get better highs, I was not sure about the lows - I had doubts if the thin wire would be able to handle high currents of low frequencies. But everything sounded great - very clear high frequency and very tight deep bass. All this without any time for burn-in.
I am very interested if any body else had experimented with litz wire before and if you had similar results?
And if the results are so good why litz wire is not being used in making of speaker cables.
I had just made speakers cables out of LITZ wire. I braded together 9 strands of 12/36 litz wire for each of 4 runs (2 per speaker). And the results were great. I new I would get better highs, I was not sure about the lows - I had doubts if the thin wire would be able to handle high currents of low frequencies. But everything sounded great - very clear high frequency and very tight deep bass. All this without any time for burn-in.
I am very interested if any body else had experimented with litz wire before and if you had similar results?
And if the results are so good why litz wire is not being used in making of speaker cables.