PVC or Teflon copper wire

fbm211

Im going to rewire my SDAs soon with 16ga neotech wire and was wondering which to use.
And where can I get some pure copper female disconnects??

ben62670

Teflon has better dielectric properties. I prefer Teflon for its openness. Some prefer PVC. I feel that the mids and highs are slightly absorbed by this wire construction. I also prefer solid core wire to stranded for the same reason. Have you tried a google search for copper fast ons?

zingo

You also will not melt Teflon when soldering it if you heat the wire too much; it's easier to work with.

fbm211

Thanks guys.Ill try that google search and contact VH audio too.I think he used to sell some of those hard to find copper disconnects.

Outfitter03

I did the google search thing a couple months ago and really came up empty handed other than finding some that you could only buy by the thousands from China.

Street Wire made some in the standard 0.225 for car audio.

If you can locate some I am interested also. If you run into a larger minimum quantity buy, please email and we could split an order. I am talking a 100 though, not the 3000-5000 I found. I was looking for both the 0.105" and 0.210" size.

Face

Not saying that they don't exist, but I haven't seen copper disconnects.

Systems

Not copper but gold:
https://www.madisound.com/store/index.php?cPath=404_168

fbm211

The best I could find is these: Constructed with Pure Copper, Tin Plated for Corrosion Resistance.(link below)
Id really like to come up with a way to solder some male disconnects to the Xover that I could just plug the females into and that way I wouldnt have to solder the binding post wires direct to the xover.(I really hate those molex plugs.)There a weak link in the chain.
Sure wish someone had the idea to produce some silver disconnects.Those would be da bomb.
Link>> http://www.electerm.com/quick.html

zingo

If you aren't going to be monkeying with your crossovers much after the installation, soldering is a much better connection, and fairly easy to undo if you don't have to do it often. But, those gold plated connectors from Madisound look like the best of their kind if you want to go that route; gold over brass is actually more conductive than tin over copper.

fbm211

I plan to solder the driver wires direct to the XO.The binding posts and IC are what Im concerned with.I dont really want to be soldering inside the box.
Im also waiting for those new Xover boards to become availible.I hope I can get them without the molex plugs presoldered to the boards.
And upgrade to the sonicaps from the daytons.

Face

Soldering in the box isn't that bad. Do everything at once, and you'll only have to do it once.

zingo

Face wrote: »

Soldering in the box isn't that bad.

Especially with a cabinet the size of an SDA...