| PARENT ASIN - AudioQuest Type 1 bulk speaker cable |  | Brand: Audioquest
Category: CE
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Superior speaker cable / wire November 27, 2008
D Train
This "high performance speaker cable" comes flat with four strands, which at first seemed strange in that only one strand of wire is needed per connector, thus two per speaker connection. I learned that with type 1 cable, after stripping the ends, you twist two of the four strands together (each outer strand with the inner strand next to it) to form two strands from the four. At the end of each twisted pair of strands you generally will want to put a connector (banana, spade, pin) rather than screwing the exposed wire ends onto the speaker post directly, which apparently can cause corrosion. br / br /Each of the type 1 cable's four strands of wire is composed of solid (and not easily bendable) 16 gauge long-grain copper, this as opposed to traditional speaker wire composed of hundreds of tiny multiple strands of "oxygen free" copper. Through joining two solid copper pieces each 16 gauge the conductivity seems to be much greater than higher gauge (12 or 14) traditional speaker wire. In addition, the box the type 1 cable comes in says that: A. Multiple strands interact electrically and mechanically, causing irritation and one-note bass boom. B. "Oxygen-free" copper is oxygen-reduced, but is not selected for low distortion. C. High-inductance geometry smears sound, reduces information; whereas: 1. Solid conductors eliminate harshness and confusion due to strand interaction. 2. Long-grain copper means fewer impurities, less grain junctions, lower distortion. 3. Low-inductance geometry preserves time information, preserving dynamics and clarity. br / br /The sound through my type 1 cables, from a decent pair of DefTech speakers, is strikingly clear and beautiful. I haven't compared the sound by trying these speakers with traditional speaker wire, but I doubt traditional wire could improve on what I've got going with the type 1 cable.
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