Wanted to put something out there. Some food for thought.

wizzy

Have you read

http://www.audioholics.com/education/cables/skin-effect-relevance-in-speaker-cables

steveinaz

mmadden28 wrote: »

Is it unreasonable to future proof wiring? Running speakerwire is not a simple task (assuming of course you're running it in walls, etc), so to me it would make sense that if at some point down the road you wanted to upgrade your 'basic/mediocre' system that planning ahead is just logical.

When I put my wiring in, I made the 'investment' in better (now to be determined) or should I say more expensive wiring in the hopes that one day...Well now that day has come, all I have to do is put new speakers in (well OK and a new sub, and a new reciever, and a new amp, etc, etc. :eek:)

-Madden

Using pricey cabling with the intent of later upgrading components--that makes sense. But someone who spends more on a cable than they did their receiver--that's lunacy.

mantis

disneyjoe7 wrote: »

This is what made me a strong fan of AudioQuest cable where they state a thin guage for the tweeters and a larger guage for the bass. As the frequency of the signal rides on the skin of the wire not the center, so smaller wire is better for high frequencies. I like the fact they use a solid wire, where other use a stranded wire which as many small skinned effect things going on maybe.

I use nothing but Audioquest now. I have for a few years. It's great wire. It's like reaching a level and knowing your sytem is performing it's best. I find no reason to use anything else. I love it.

Solid core is good, harder to run but worth the extra effort.