Are there hybrid cables - solid and stranded?

Audiolabryrinth,
I believe DNM was a big proponent of solid core cables before Tara Labs.

I'm pretty sure the various cable companies offer every conceivable configuration of solid, stranded and Litz wire, shielded and unshielded, to meet our demands, even the ones we didn't know we had :-)

Kimber Kable combines many different gauges of wire combined into one conductor than they will take four or eight of those and braid them together.

There were proponents of Solid Core cables long before Tara Labs. I remember back in the late 80's, some of the british mags were big proponents of solid core designs.

check out the LFD Hybrid Speaker Cable
Gene Rubin Audio has them