As I have mentioned in another thread, I have recently gone from having lots of gauge to much less from my amp speaker terminals to my speakers. My reason for doing so was that the two (different brand) cables, even though the exact same length, did not sound the same. I listened carefully before changing the cables, in order to compare them. One (unnamed multi-strand 7*AWG22) cable smeared the HF, and the other (unnamed solid core AWG18) was a born bi-wiring cable, which provided a better soundstage, LF and HF. Together the two cables provided good LF but a smeared soundstage.
Honestly, to me it would seem sensible to run as much copper as possible from the speaker terminals to the speakers, but as it turned out, I was wrong. Any ideas? None of the cables have any defects.
As I have mentioned in another thread, I have recently gone from having lots of gauge to much less from my amp speaker terminals to my speakers. My reason for doing so was that the two (different brand) cables, even though the exact same length, did not sound the same. I listened carefully before changing the cables, in order to compare them. One (unnamed multi-strand 7*AWG22) cable smeared the HF, and the other (unnamed solid core AWG18) was a born bi-wiring cable, which provided a better soundstage, LF and HF. Together the two cables provided good LF but a smeared soundstage.
Honestly, to me it would seem sensible to run as much copper as possible from the speaker terminals to the speakers, but as it turned out, I was wrong. Any ideas? None of the cables have any defects.