Do speaker wires degrade over time ?

I am looking buying a pair of used speaker cables from the 80's. I have no idea if there is a life expectancy on cables. They are probably broken in !

maplegrovemusic01-14-2011 7:01am

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tarsando Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 578 posts 01-14-2011 at 03:37pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete There is a life expectancy for everything, including cables. It may be thousands of years, but eventually they will degrade down to nearly nothing...
ait Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 480 posts 01-14-2011 at 08:27pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Entropy - the universe tends toward maximum disorder. IOW, everything falls apart.
cyclonicman Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 693 posts 01-14-2011 at 10:03pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Well if it was equipment, I might consider it, but It's cabling and it's 30 year old technology!! If you can get it in the price range of free to $25, I would do it.
maplegrovemusic OP Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,113 posts 01-14-2011 at 10:25pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete It is a run of transparent audio for around $225.00
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