Amp Internal Wire


Hi Gents, has anyone have any experience with upgrading amp or preamp internal signal wire? Most older equipment seems to have thin maybe sometimes poor internal wiring. In the world of OFC/OCC/Sterling and even more exotic wire available these days, any experiments done using this internally on components swapping out the cheap?

Lots of discussion about doing this with speakers, but never with components I've seen. For instance, I am thinking about replacing copper 'appliance' wire in an old Bryston with 14awg sterling from the board to the speaker binding post board.

 

Any thoughts?

rickysnit

Time is so precious, I would rather spend it on something else. I can solder well, just don’t really enjoy it. To each his own, enjoy the time you’re given.

Would it not make more logic to just buy a new amp?

Then if you are going to replace the wire should you not replace all other components and the power supply. What about replace all the connection points.? Again just buy a new amp! Your logic is to replace a perceived weak link and will just make another link the weak link and on and on?

Almost overwhelmed and very grateful for all of the lively and informative opinions here, and it’s much appreciated gentlemen, thank you.

I referenced an old Bryston, mine is a 4B ST. I really appreciate the gents with experience with this particular Mundorf cable I’m considering, and also those who haven’t upgraded any internal wire. I view it as a reduction in weak links. Weak links are inevitable, one less of them, it’s like one more high end interconnect in the mix. Each binding post, each banana plug takes something, goal here is to up the score by 1.

The wire in my view is horrendous at 100 Euro for 1M, laughable, but I’d only need 1M of it.

The holes on the board are nice, the boards are nice, they are eyelets which fit a 14awg max, so would fit that 15.5awg/1.5mm elegantly - on that amp, they then connect via faston to the binding posts - I found some ’better’ furutech ones.

All has been encouraging to move forward with this project, interesting to think about the bass and clarity I’d get with 14 awg silver solid core, Mundorf.

Love reading your great stories and experiences!

This is not necessarily replacing a weak link, in many cases its just change in voicing, coloring. Certainly amp with point to point wiring going to be far more amenable to cable changes, changing out a single or couple wires in component using circuit board probably not worth it.

100%, I had a conversation with a chap who compared options with a parametric EQ, I could see his point.