"Jo" wrote in message
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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 ?

Jo

Before I went over to active 'speakers, I have used two cables:- QED 79
strand is inexpensive and goes into a banana plug easily. It also solders
well if you want to attach it to spade terminals, or just tin the ends. The
second cable I have used is 30 amp car wiring cable. Available in several
colours, I took two lengths of red and black cable and twisted them together
using a hand-drill. As with the QED cable, it solders well, and, if these
things matter, had an interesting "technical" look about it. I did once try
one of the woven high-capacitance cables, as I got it very cheap, but some
amplifiers (Naim for instance) get upset by the high capacitance, so it's
not of universal application.

Ordinary ring-main cable works well technically, but it is stiff and
difficult to get to lie flat.

By the way, unless you have a specific reason for doing so, bi-wiring is
only a way of getting more copper between your amplifier and 'speakers. It
won't be necessary if the cables are thick enough, even over the 4-5 metre
length you're using.

S.