Replacing internal wiring.

Xiekitchen, what kind of silver solder ? Some of it won't melt or bond for ANYTHING. I use an 800* tip and some silver based solders still won't "grab" very well on some metals.

I have re-wired amps, preamps, speakers, etc... Sometimes, the results are subtle, sometimes they are staggering. One thing is for certain. You should document EVERYTHING ( which wire goes where, what direction, etc... ) before even attempting to remove anything. This will allow you to go back to where you first started on the whole thing or replace just one part. Keep in mind that all of the wiring and connections will take a bit of use to fully settle in, so don't go off the deep end right away if you're not thrilled. Sean
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Sean, i recently re-wired a pair of mono-blocks. In the process, i was able to re-route the wiring for a MUCH shorter and cleaner path. As i've said before, if some of the EE's designing audio gear were doing RF gear, we'd still be using tin cans and string. Some of the stuff that they do just doesn't make sense, especially when talking about NON "mass-produced" hand built stuff.

Putting all of the various "snippets" together end to end, i was able to take out almost 4 foot of wire out of each amp. This probably gave me at least another 100 wpc due to the reduction of series resistance*. Sean
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* PS.... I'm just joking. You get the point though : )

Sol322, i have a pretty good idea of how to solder and would venture to say that i've performed well in excess of 100,000 solder joints in the last few years. Even with all of the past experience that i have and trying to "clean and prep" the surface, i could not get silver bearing solder to bond some joints on two mating surfaces. I even went so far as to grind the surface clean and "rough it up" so that the solder could fill in the crevices, applied rosin, used a small propane torch to pre-heat the surface, etc... with no luck. I also watched as two others that are skilled electronics professionals tried to make the same connection with no luck. Maybe it was funky solder, i don't know. Either way, all three of us gave up. Sean
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Tom, what brand of solder is that ? I know that Cardas has a copper element to it, but it is surely not a high enough level to call it copper based. Care to share your "secret" with us ? Sean
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