[PatOMalley]

OK Gents,

I am using chassis mount RCAs and wonder what you guys used for hookup wire.
What awg#, solid vs stranded, oil impregnated cotton dielectric, silver vs copper?

And if I use cotton cover wire can I twist that together with no problems?

[galyons]

Hi Pat,
I used 21 gauge 4-9's Teflon coated solid silver from Michael Percey.  I used it because that is what I generally buy. Given the short runs, I don't think that there will be a huge difference between high quality wires. I haven't used the cotton wrapped, so can't comment!

Cheers,
Geary

[Bill Epstein]

I've tried silver several times and always found it overly bright. I also seem to be more sensitive to high freqs as I grow older.

Anyway, I originally wired the signal section of the 45 amp with 24ga soft silver from Handmade. Too bright. Then 20ga Vampire magnet copper with the urethane coating; better but the mids got murky. Finally, 26ga. XLO solid core copper with teflon from M. Percy. Aaaaah, just right.

It's all I use now for signal, comes in purple and white.

Killer power supply wire I just discovered is teflon covered tinned-copper multi-strand 22ga. Fits terminals, through holes and just beefy enough to bend and stay put. Also from Handmade; lotsa colors and cheap.

[jameshuls]

I have used solid-core OCC (single crystal) copper and silver for all my interconnects (28 ga silver, cotton dielectric), speaker wire (14 ga copper) and hook-up wire (18 ga silver and copper) with great success. VH audio has some quality wire of this kind, as does parts-connexion. I'm not sure how much difference hook-up wire makes, but for such small runs it hardly breakes the bank to use the best quality you can find. Buy both silver and copper and find out for your self what sounds better, or if there really is a difference...