"Owain" wrote in message
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[1] Actually, proper "bell wire" - the solid stuff that should be used for
wiring electric bells in good-class work, not the flimsy flex stuff -
would be pretty good for speaker use, I would have thought.

The most important factor in speaker wire is the resistance, which equates
to cross-sectional area of the copper. And solid-cored wire of sufficient
CSA for anything other than very short runs would be unmanagbly stiff for
normal use.

David.