On Mon, 6 Mar 2006 18:35:02 +0000 (UTC), "Jo"
wrote:

I'm aware of the never ending discussion on interconnects and speaker
cables, but I just want some advice on what to actually buy. Nominal
impedance of speakers is 6 ohms. Room is quite large and so amp/speaker
distance will be 4-5 meters. Speakers are bi-wired.

I just need an idea of cross-sectional area and where I can get some
suitable cable. I'm not convinced by the talk of OFC and so on.
Multistranded copper of sufficient thickness is fine by me. Suggestions
please ?

You should be aware that *all* multistrand cable is OFHCC (oxygen-free
high conductivity copper), because this confers the required
flexibility. Hence, OFC or OFHCC is jusyt a marketing label applied to
standard flexible copper cable. SAs to the rest, something like QED
72-strand or 105 strand will be more than adequate for your
requirement, and you can probably find the equivalent speaker wire
even cheaper at B&Q. Basically, aim for something like 12-14AWG
thickness if you can get hold of it.

BTW, bi-wiring does nothing whatever, so you're better running a
single run of thick cable and leaving the jumpers in place. If any
shop guy tells you that bi-wiring halves the cable resistance, ask him
what he thinks the crossover does, and check the blank expression on
his ignorant mug. Then buy somewhere else......
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Stewart Pinkerton | Music is Art - Audio is Engineering