HI everybody, my speakers are tri- wired and I want to change the cable to the tweeter what will be the effect if I used a much better cable how will it impact the sound.
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Cable for tweeter
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It could be pretty substantial depending on the wire installed to begin with. If I were at it anyway, I'd change the wires to the midrange too. The difference would be much more apparent.
I have silver cabling of a particular brand for the whole setup except the tweeter and one interconnect from the pre to power amp
Well that depends on:
a] what do you mean by 'better cable' ?
b] what affect are you hoping for?
c] what is the impedance curve of the tweeter?
d] how long will the new cable be?
a] what do you mean by 'better cable' ?
b] what affect are you hoping for?
c] what is the impedance curve of the tweeter?
d] how long will the new cable be?
better meaning in construction the effect better highs and more air around instruments length 2.5mts
Have Dave at ZenWave audio make you a twisted cable for them out of his proprietary gold/silver wire that is Litz style. Litz is when each individual strand has a coating. This minimizes skin effect, which is something that higher frequencies deal with more so.
A pair of 18g fine silver solid core wires threaded into silk tubing and then twisted will give you a great bang for the buck. No need for terminations, just form a loop with the wire for the binding post. Also use silk rather than cotton as the latter sounds rather dry and muffled in comparison.
Empirical Audio
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This is simple and effective:
Get silver-plated copper (preferably OCC from Japan) in 22 or 24 gauge, black and white Teflon conformal insulation.
Twist together 4-6 pairs of black and white wires and then connect all of the blacks together at one and all of the whites together at one end. Then do the same at the other end. Terminate with fastons or whatever the speaker and crossover needs. Just let all of these hang loosely in the cabinet, do not twist the twisted-pairs with each other.
This will create a high-Q low inductance transmission line that will not impede the HF transients. For the tweeter, this will beat 99% of the ready-made cables on the market. They are all compromises in order to support all frequencies. You only want to optimize the HF in this case.
Steve N.
Empirical Audio
Get silver-plated copper (preferably OCC from Japan) in 22 or 24 gauge, black and white Teflon conformal insulation.
Twist together 4-6 pairs of black and white wires and then connect all of the blacks together at one and all of the whites together at one end. Then do the same at the other end. Terminate with fastons or whatever the speaker and crossover needs. Just let all of these hang loosely in the cabinet, do not twist the twisted-pairs with each other.
This will create a high-Q low inductance transmission line that will not impede the HF transients. For the tweeter, this will beat 99% of the ready-made cables on the market. They are all compromises in order to support all frequencies. You only want to optimize the HF in this case.
Steve N.
Empirical Audio
Empirical Audio
Industry Expert
This is simple and effective:
Get silver-plated copper (preferably OCC from Japan) in 22 or 24 gauge, black and white Teflon conformal insulation.
Twist together 4-6 pairs of black and white wires and then connect all of the blacks together at one and all of the whites together at one end. Then do the same at the other end. Terminate with fastons or whatever the speaker and crossover needs. Just let all of these hang loosely in the cabinet, do not twist the twisted-pairs with each other.
This will create a high-Q low inductance transmission line that will not impede the HF transients. For the tweeter, this will beat 99% of the ready-made cables on the market. They are all compromises in order to support all frequencies. You only want to optimize the HF in this case.
Steve N.
Empirical Audio
Get silver-plated copper (preferably OCC from Japan) in 22 or 24 gauge, black and white Teflon conformal insulation.
Twist together 4-6 pairs of black and white wires and then connect all of the blacks together at one and all of the whites together at one end. Then do the same at the other end. Terminate with fastons or whatever the speaker and crossover needs. Just let all of these hang loosely in the cabinet, do not twist the twisted-pairs with each other.
This will create a high-Q low inductance transmission line that will not impede the HF transients. For the tweeter, this will beat 99% of the ready-made cables on the market. They are all compromises in order to support all frequencies. You only want to optimize the HF in this case.
Steve N.
Empirical Audio
The cables of my TAD tweeters and midrange are not difficult to replace. I also plan to switch to SilverGold.
I think the difficult part is to balance the sound if different types and brands of cables are used for drivers, tweeters.
Kind regards,
Tang
I think the difficult part is to balance the sound if different types and brands of cables are used for drivers, tweeters.
Kind regards,
Tang
Empirical Audio
Industry Expert
Assuming that you have good silver and that you don't break it in the processing and installation, it should be better sounding. Good silver means OCC and properly annealed and properly handled after annealing.
Steve N.
Empirical Audio
Empirical Audio
Industry Expert
Improved focus and detail. Improved HF dynamics. Improved imaging.
Steve N.
Empirical Audio
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