Cable Asylum: Re: "Yet Another Home Depot" recommendation by TAS(long) by Artar1 Interconnects, speaker wire, power cords. Ask the Cable Guys.

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Posted by Artar1 (A ) on April 21, 2004 at 14:41:55

In Reply to: "Yet Another Home Depot" recommendation by TAS(long) posted by PeAK on April 17, 2004 at 08:25:21:

Interesting post.

I will be making two sets of speaker wires in this high-performance, low cost category: one set from Yellow Jacket Extension Cord (#2992) that is a 10 AWG 3 conductor wire capable of carrying 20 amps and a second set from a twisted pair of E51583 THHN, capable of carrying 50 amps per wire. I will then test these two cables against a 10-foot pair of Transparent Audio Music Wave Plus speaker cable and an equal length of Cardas Neutral Reference. Then I will report my findings here. But it will be awhile. I have other system priorities, like buying an additional amp and preamp.

Interestingly enough when I was at Home Depot the other day I had an opportunity to discuss wire with an electrician who worked in the electrical department. Right away he tried to steer me to the 12 AWG Carol wire that Home Depot sells, which isn't too bad by the way. "No," I said, "I'm more interested in your E51583." The electrician went on to say that that wire was used to heat hot tubs, for example, and was often used in conduit. "So," he said, "Why did I need that." When I told him that I was going to make speaker wire out of it, he just couldn't believe it, but he went silent after that and continued to give me a strange look as if I were nuts.

Well, I felt obliged to defend my project, but felt, all the while, that I could not rationally justify what I was saying, even though the entire project was going to cost me only a $100, which included high quality connectors and shrink wrap tubing. Then I told the electrician that one could easily spend one-to-two thousand dollars for an eight-foot pair of speaker wires. You should have seen this guys face. I didn't have the heart to tell him that their is wire on the market that costs $30,000 for a ten-foot pair!

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