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How to select a good Speaker Cable
Professor,I have installed the third 0 AWG cable between a Devialet 120 and Magnepan MGIIIa’s. I was expecting an incremental increase is performance. The performance increase is dramatic.Now, I am tempted to install a fourth per channel per side.... 
How to select a good Speaker Cable
Michael,Sounds similar to my experience.I await delivery of what will become the third 0 AWG cable driving my speakers.I found a clever way to couple two cables and a tail for use with a banana plug, see: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07QZRKX... 
How to select a good Speaker Cable
Michael,Thanks for the information and suggestion.  I am first going to install another 0 AWG set of cables to see if this improves performance, before considering the acquisition of another amp.I high pass the amp output from 35hz.  The Magnepan ... 
How to select a good Speaker Cable
Dear Michael,You are right, again.0 AWG wire delivered yesterday.  Within two hours I had it installed in the system.  Each side is now driven by 2x0 AWG cable.  Best $67 tweak, yet.Two steps closer to believing the performers are in the room.  Ne... 
How to select a good Speaker Cable
Micheal,https://www.ebay.com/itm/WELDING-CABLE-1-0-BLACK-25-FT-BATTERY-LEADS-USA-NEW-Gauge-Copper-AWG-Solar/...Hope this helps.  Price includes approximately $20 shipping within US.  The listing does state that they ship internationally.I just ord... 
How to select a good Speaker Cable
Dear Michael,The Devialet site states the following: What makes a Devialet unique and standing out from any competition is its patenting amplification section ADH (Class A / Class D Hybrid). What you get to hear is the purity of a class A togethe... 
How to select a good Speaker Cable
Dear b4icu,Thank you very much for the generous investment of your valuable time.I look forward to hearing if Devialet in Paris has any additional information.I will experiment with doubling up the 0 AWG six foot lengths.  You haven't been wrong y... 
How to select a good Speaker Cable
b4icu,Glad to see are you are well and offering useful free advice.You may recall I used your DIY 0 AWG cable (relatively flexible thin strand welder's cable) to connect Pass Lab 250.5 to Magnepan MGIIIa's.  Fantastic results.I have changed the am... 
Are manufacturer AC cables good enough?
If you are in a money-saving DIY mood:Install an external LIVE solid AWG 16 to 12 copper or silver wire to a conventional power cord. Strip two inches of the outer insulation sleeve just before the connectors at both ends.  Then cut the LIVE wire ... 
New Amps Arrived...
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I’m gob smacked. What were you’re aha moments?
Curtesy of Audiogon discussion forum:Modification of my thirty year old Magnepan MG IIIa’s due to generosity of Peter Gunn.Installation of DYI interconnects derived from friendly and patient input from Steve Reeve and Joe Levy.Installation of 0 AW... 
could somebody help me out on the benefits of expensive phono and speaker cables?
Tablejockey,Your linked article by Harry Marynard is very informative.Harry describes the relationship between wire resistance, speakers’ varying impedance and the amplifier’s damping factor.  These issues were addressed in the posts by b4icu refe... 
Speakers positionning
Elizabeth,  How far apart are your 20.7’s inside edges? 
No one actually knows how to lculate what speaker cable they need
Dear Professor Michael,Please find photos of the cable I built as a result of your tutelage at the following links:https://imgur.com/a/12C7MQMhttps://imgur.com/a/vIL3qs0I hope this helps you and your disciples.All the Best 
No one actually knows how to lculate what speaker cable they need
Granny ring,If you use the terminal ring/spade linked above, you can crimp the terminal with 8” channel locks.  The medal is soft.  Alternatively, Amazon has $15 crimping tools, including one that has a cradle and piston you hit with a hammer.  I ...