lne937s Posted April 30, 2002 Share Posted April 30, 2002 I was reading about the dielectric corrosion between raw carbon fiber (or graphite) and aluminum caused by the lower resistance of the carbon and started thinking. Graphite has been used for spark plug wires (which carry tens of thousands of volts) for decades because it has lower resistance so why isn't it used for speaker cable or does someone? It isn't as flexible as copper, but who ties their cable in knots? You would probably want to use crimp on gold plated interconnects, but most people do this anyway. It is more expensive than copper, but with people paying hundreds of dollars for a few feet of high end copper cable, I'm sure it would be competitive. I know that speaker wire does not make that much difference, but if you are going to spend hundreds of dollars, why not get the best? just instigating Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnA Posted April 30, 2002 Share Posted April 30, 2002 Carbon coated figerglass is used in auto ignition wires because it generates less electromagnetic interference for the radio. They are NOT low resistance. http://www.inct.net/~autotips/plugwire.htm John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Garrison Posted May 1, 2002 Share Posted May 1, 2002 Van Den Hul makes carbon fiber interconnects, and speaker cables that incorporate carbon fiber. Check out: http://www.vandenhul.nl/artpap/brocheng.pdf Ray ------------------ Music is art Audio is engineering Ray's Music System Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lne937s Posted May 10, 2002 Author Share Posted May 10, 2002 I just wondered Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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