But have you actually tried any leads with OCC copper Barry?
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But have you actually tried any leads with OCC copper Barry?
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i would say getting the right gauge of wire far outweighs any differences between occ ofc or just ordinary good quailty copper imo alan.
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Bev would you or Alan care to enlighten us as to what the recommended cable is please.
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Yes Keith no problem, it's this cable:Originally Posted by Marra
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https://www.audiophonics.fr/en/hook-...k-p-14003.html
Red
https://www.audiophonics.fr/en/hook-...d-p-14004.html
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Thank you Bev that looks very interesting.
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I agree.
I make most of my cables using no-nonsense cable available off the drum from manufacturers supplying the microwave, RF and aerospace industries and broadcast and studio installations. Most of these use plain OFC, some silver plated OFC. None use OCC copper.
If you go into the theory, the contribution to resistive losses caused by electron-crystal boundary collision is only about 15%.
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It's like speaking Swahili to me to be honest...
I've absolutely no idea about "resistive losses" or "electron-crystal boundary collision"
If the new cable sounds any good I'll let you all know though
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Can a perfectly ok cable be ruined by what terminations (if any) are used? My Atlas Hyper 3.0 speaker wire is just bare at the ends, and I'm considering some terminations.
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Some would say it could. It depends on the design and materials used for the terminations. The secret is to achieve as great a contact surface area possible, rather than worry about whether solid copper, copper, nickel, gold or rhodium-plated brass is used.
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Do you have any recommendations Barry? My aim isn't improved sound (though that would be nice). Rather it is for convenience.
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T/T: Inspire Monarch, X200 tonearm, Ortofon Quintet Blue. Phono: Project Tube Box CD: Marantz CD6006 (UK Edition); Amp: Musical Fidelity A5 Integrated.
Speakers: Zu Omen Def, REL T9i subwoofer. Cables: Atlas Equator interconnects, Atlas Hyper 3.0 speaker cables
T'other system:
Echo Dot, Amptastic Mini One,Arcam A75 integrated, Celestion 5's, BK XLS-200 DF
A/V:
LG 55" OLED, Panasonic Blu Ray, Sony a/v amp, MA Radius speakers, REL Storm sub
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