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John
24-02-2013, 12:29
Any good suppliers for Solid copper cable I want to remove the silver cable from tweeters. Looking to buy 4m something like 16awg would be ideal

John7
24-02-2013, 13:52
Have you looked at HiFiCollective?

Toppsy
24-02-2013, 14:25
If it's just to wire up your tweeters then use a single twisted pair of CAT5 cable per +ve and -ve. Works for me and it's what I use on all my speaker builds.

John
24-02-2013, 14:33
Cheers

electric beach
25-02-2013, 12:26
If you want 16awg then I'd use magnet wire. But I'm with Colin on this one - I think Cat5 is enough, even at 22awg. Personally I favour two completely untwisted strands per connection but of course it's what suits your particular amp and speaker.

John
25-02-2013, 15:29
Hope everything well Steve

goraman
25-02-2013, 18:21
This stuff is very nice.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/SOLID-CORE-20-Awg-600V-silver-plated-teflon-Wire-5-lengths-of-20ft-/170993332363?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item27cfff308b


Another nice option.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/16-AWG-STRANDED-MIL-SPEC-600V-TEFLON-WIRE-112ft-5-colors-Audio-Tube-amp-DIY-/170993332504?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item27cfff3118

DiveDeepDog
25-02-2013, 22:44
Not sure about the gauge, but Audioquest Type 4 is solid core copper. Often pops up on ebay reasonably priced

Toppsy
26-02-2013, 10:18
If it's just to wire up your tweeters then use a single twisted pair of CAT5 cable per +ve and -ve. Works for me and it's what I use on all my speaker builds.

I agree with Steve (electric beach) and to clarify I mean in my earlier posting above to use a twisted pair stripped from CAT5 or CAT6 cable for both the +ve and the -ve connections so you are doubling up the standard 22swg wire. No need for any expensive 'booteek' cables.

Riislingen
27-02-2013, 12:37
Hi John,

Why solid core ? I´m thinking <16AWG solid is pretty inflexible for fitting inside a speaker.

John
27-02-2013, 22:22
I overcome the issue as using a wireless server creating issues with the treble Now sorted
I use 16awg silver sold core in the treble and thought I needed to move to copper