Anti-cables alternatives
Go to home depot (etc.) and buy a 500 ft spool of solid copper wire with the shiny thin red insulation. Get: 12 SOL THHN or THWN RED T90 NYLON or TWN75 600V, made in USA. American Insulated Wire Corp. THen go to, say parts express or Michael Percy and get some basic spades. Solder, twist, and enjoy. Pretty much the exact same stuff. Have Fun! |
I'm pretty happy with the Anti-Cables and have no problems with their price. In fact, I wish Paul would offer to sell them twisted (properly and evenly) for an upcharge. The reason I might be interested in an alternative is that, because they are so stiff, it's difficult or impossible to make them unobtrusive in the living room. I guess there's no getting around that with heavy guage solid wire, though. |
I spent quite some time looking for magnet wire and did not find a source that met my criteria. Since this wire is not normally marketed to audiophiles, the sellers are often not aware of some of the basic design features. I want an "annealed" wire [dead soft] - and high purity copper - doesn't have to be six nines, but some of these websites don't even address the metal content/alloys of their wire. So - I have to assume that not all magnet wire is created equal - and I don't have the patience to try out too many experiments. I did make magnetwire interconnects with the radio wire shack [3-spools for 5 bucks] and it seems to work pretty good. But I do not want to blow money on 100+ feet of speaker wire if I'm not even sure of the wire content. |
Subdued: I'm using wide tape along the length of the cable, keeping the conductors ~2" apart along the way. COnductors are, of course, on the sticky side of the tape. Please note that this creates some capacitance and, being unshielded, can pick up EMI. I used the standard paper backed masking tape. Cheers |
This is an old thread. I am also interested in alternative to Anti Cables. Anybody has any idea if this wire is any good? One reviewer says he does use it for audio. TEMCo 12 AWG Copper Magnet Wire - 1 lb 50 ft 200°C Magnetic Coil Winding https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00LV8YMN6/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_-GwkzbD3J6D4K |
