Dopogue, thanks to your mention of the HD 14 cable in a previous post, I ended up making trial 4 ft. speaker cables that have, honestly, surprised the crap out of me. After two-three days burn in, connected to the speakers lower posts and in conjunction with some good silver jumpers for the highs, the impression is shocking. I guess shocking because I not only, didn't blow up something in the system, but that they are really so damn good. Even from the first minutes, the soundstage was huge and, already by the second day, instrumental timbres were quite accurate. (I ended up using them with the embossed legend reading from amp to speaker.) I was a virgin with wire and now I am broken in! Thank you. (Cigarette?)
Can you tell me please:
Have you tried the HD 12 or 10 gauge for speaker cable or PCs?
Any advantage (or disadvantage) to using a lower gauge?
On the above cables, I ended up using bare wire at both ends wrapped snuggly and securely, and with a small amount of electrical tape to keep things neat at both ends. (In other words, absolutely no fear that these will be showing up in an Audiogon classified any time soon.) Would introducing spades or bananas change the sound dramatically?
Best regards.
Can you tell me please:
Have you tried the HD 12 or 10 gauge for speaker cable or PCs?
Any advantage (or disadvantage) to using a lower gauge?
On the above cables, I ended up using bare wire at both ends wrapped snuggly and securely, and with a small amount of electrical tape to keep things neat at both ends. (In other words, absolutely no fear that these will be showing up in an Audiogon classified any time soon.) Would introducing spades or bananas change the sound dramatically?
Best regards.